Preconstruction Project Manager, EV Construction Management
Turner & Townsend
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- NV5 owner representatives act as a dedicated advocate, alleviating project complexities and mitigating risks effectively.
- Acting as field electrical engineer: owner’s representative providing field inspections, construction quality assurance, oversight of electrical testing and commissioning activities at multiple sites during various phases of construction.
- Tasks include completion of checklists, adherence to established processes, identification of code compliance issues and common deficiencies, escalation of energization blockers, and documenting as punch list items.
- Electrical systems include commercial facility power upgrades; participate in internal weekly program syncs and coordinate with Project Managers to ensure field documentation and checklists are completed.
- Travel 50-75% within the United States to attend site walks and Owners Rep onsite services at commercial customer sites.
- Inspect, oversee NETA vendor testing, and onsite verification of installed low, medium (480V) and potentially high voltage electrical systems.
- Assess power transformer testing results - Doble, TTR, Insulation Resistance, etc.
- Oversee NETA testing of both electro-mechanical and solid-state relays; verify cable testing results (Tan Delta, Power Factor, VLF, DC Hipot).
- Identify and create punch lists of deficiencies observed onsite; ensure compliance with Client processes.
- Automatic transfer switch troubleshooting oversight; low, medium and high voltage switchgear and circuit breaker experience.
- Relay calibration and power metering knowledge; attend customer sites in a timely manner.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
- 5+ years of field electrical maintenance experience within EPC of commercial projects or similar.
- Ability to identify onsite deficiencies and energization blockers.
- Experience working with NETA qualified testing vendors, ability to assess pass/fail of test results.
- Proficient with Medium Voltage infrastructure including functional testing of relays.
- Ability to work in small teams and coordinate onsite activities during outages (for preventative maintenance or power upgrades).
- Experience developing and conveying findings to public or private entities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft programs including Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, Adobe / Bluebeam and Smartsheet.
- Must have excellent communication skills.
