Production Lead - Distribution

Power your Future with Qualus as a Construction Manager (Production Lead) on behalf of Florida Power & Light under the SSUP Program initiative.  Make an impact in the Electrical Utility Distribution industry by collaborating with clients, engineers, and various departments to ensure industry standards are met. As a key communicator, you’ll facilitate seamless coordination between team members, resolving challenges and modifying designs as needed. If you possess strong communication skills, project management expertise, and a willingness to learn, we want to hear from you! Take the next step in your career and join us in shaping the future of Utility Distribution.

• Collaborate with the client as well as engineers, permitting agencies and various other departments to ensure that both the client's and industry standards/practices are being met.
• Communicate daily with co-workers, supervisors, engineers and other departments by phone, email and/or in-person to ensure all parties are on the same page.
• Examine supporting documents to develop, compute, and verify specifications for design, such as the configuration of parts, dimensions and construction standards.
• Review construction standards and confer with engineers and design staff to resolve problems and modify the design.
• Will need to be able to work with construction crews to monitor quality of work and safety of crews on overhead and underground distribution projects. Need to be well versed in the client's construction standards. Must also be able to fill out daily reports on the progress of each project to the client. Need to be familiar with WMS as all work will be assigned through that system.

• BS Degree or 4 years of formal post-high school specialized trade from an ABET-accredited school preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License required.
• 5+ years of utility distribution construction management and/or lineman experience required.
• Experience and understanding of Underground and Overhead distribution work methods, safety practices, processes, and standards required.
• Project Management skills OR Line Construction experience required.
• Knowledge of Databases, Electrical Circuits, Surveying, Permits, Pole Structures, Utilities, Virtualization, or Servers preferred.
• Good understanding of safety principles and able to assess vendors for adherence to safety protocols.
• Able to effectively communicate (verbal and written) project status and details to leadership.
• Able to effectively utilize laptop and/or iPad to access and utilize FPL applications and construction prints.
• Willingness to learn and operate client-provided programs, systems, and software.
• Ability and willingness to travel locally up to 100% of the job time.

Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, renewable developers, and government clients, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled solutions and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry issues such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has over 1,000 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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