A career in Construction Operations provides the opportunity to support and ensure safe operations of construction in the field. The Project Coordinator monitors, inspects, and maintains projects from start to finish. This involves scheduling meetings routinely throughout the project until completion. Additionally, this team member plays a role in ensuring company initiatives are on track, such as measuring performance within functional teams and working closely with other business units.
The Construction Operations team is responsible for oversight of all capital construction work, including planning, assigning, monitoring, and reporting on all construction work completed by South Jersey Industries team members and contractors. Additionally, this team member supports the execution of strategic plans related to construction implementation and oversight, customer service, and quality controls. This team establishes priorities and resource allocation and maintains deadlines for effective and efficient delivery of multiple simultaneous projects.
Essential Functions:
Oversee construction of gas utility infrastructure for residential, commercial, and industrial properties, including supervising and inspecting all construction activities like safety, compliance, quality, locates and restoration
Coordinate with internal and external service providers and support other units to take action in the field and ensure that work is performed as planned, permitted, and scheduled
Review and approve work orders, progress reports, field changes, invoices, as-built records and bid contracts to ensure compliance with company standards and policies
Maintain customer satisfaction through timely and thorough communication with customers, municipalities and other governmental agencies such as DOTS, Counties, etc., including serving as initial contact for new business construction inquiries for developers, builders, homeowners, and Service Center personnel
Champion Quality Assurance (e.g., policies, procedures, standards) and Quality Control on all capital construction projects
Drive results through performance management of external and indirect resources including setting expectations, evaluating results, and taking corrective action as needed
Direct "root-cause" analysis on any self-inflicted gas damage or customer outage related to construction
Influence external contractors who represent the company by exhibiting the organization's values
Required Skills:
Strong communication with all levels of the organization
Outstanding interpersonal skills for establishing and maintaining effective working relationships
Contract and performance management capabilities
Negotiation skills
Ability to walk construction sites and potentially drive for up to four (4) hours at a time
Required Background:
High School/GED
5+ years of overseeing construction and/or distribution operations in a gas utility or equivalent work experience
Preferred Background:
Bachelor's degree and/or Master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience.
Experience in gas industry focused on capital construction and maintenance and/or experience in field inspection activities, project control activities, process improvements, business systems, or similar
NACE I
CWPI or CWI
Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office products