# Construction Manager, Terrestrial Transmission

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: New York, NY, US
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking a Construction Manager, Terrestrial Transmission for our New York City and surrounding New York State project locations. The role involves providing high-level technical project leadership and guidance for terrestrial construction of a major 345 kV underground transmission program.

**Job Summary** The Construction Manager will serve as the Owner's Representative and provide full-time field construction management oversight. Responsibilities include overseeing safety, quality, environmental and permit compliance, traffic and pedestrian management, schedule and installed-quantity verification, cost and change management, pay application review, stakeholder coordination, documentation, and closeout.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Implement the applicable Project Management Plan, Construction Execution Plan, communication/escalation procedures and package-specific oversight requirements.

- Lead and coordinate assigned Assistant Construction Managers, construction inspectors, quality inspectors and other oversight personnel.

- Review contractor work plans, drawings, specifications, submittals, Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), sequencing and six-week look-aheads.

- Confirm that the contractor has obtained and maintains the required permits, street-opening authorizations, access approvals, agency notifications and work restrictions.

- Oversee and document compliance with approved traffic management/MPT plans, pedestrian protection, business and residential access, emergency vehicle access, work-hour constraints, detours, signage and street restoration commitments.

**Requirements**

- Bachelor's degree in construction management or closely related discipline, or demonstrated proven equivalent experience.

- Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible field experience in underground electric transmission, utility infrastructure, heavy civil construction.

- Demonstrated knowledge of duct bank and vault construction, excavation and trench support, utility identification and protection, dewatering, backfill and compaction, concrete placement, restoration.

- Experience leading construction inspectors and coordinating quality, environmental, and safety oversight personnel.

- Working knowledge of New York Article VII Certificate Conditions, approved EM&CP requirements, permit conditions, agency approvals.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Master's degree.

- Experience on 138 kV/345 kV or comparable underground XLPE transmission programs.

- New York City and New York State utility street work experience.

- Familiarity with Article VII construction compliance, EM&CP implementation, environmental inspections.

**Physical Requirements**

- May require shifts of up to 12 hours and work up to seven days per week.

- Ability to work outdoors in extreme weather and urban roadside construction environments.

- Ability to wear required PPE throughout site visits and field assignments.

- Ability to lift at least 30 pounds and walk approximately three or more miles per day.

## Skills

### Required
- construction management
- project management
- power transmission
- utility infrastructure
- heavy civil construction
- duct bank construction
- vault construction
- excavation
- trench support
- utility identification
- protection
- dewatering
- backfill
- compaction
- concrete placement
- restoration

### Nice to have
- Master's degree
- XLPE transmission programs
- Article VII construction compliance
- EM&CP implementation
- environmental inspections

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