Company Summary Statement

As one of the largest investor-owned utility companies in the United States, PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), is committed to creating long-term, sustainable value for our 3.5 million customers, our shareowners and the communities we serve. Our high-performing regulated utilities — PPL Electric Utilities, Louisville Gas and Electric, Kentucky Utilities and Rhode Island Energy — provide an outstanding experience for our customers, consistently ranking among the best utilities in the nation. PPL’s companies are also addressing challenges head-on by investing in new infrastructure and technology that is creating a smarter, more reliable and resilient energy grid. We are committed to doing our part to advance a cleaner energy future and drive innovation that enables us to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while maintaining energy reliability and affordability for the customers and communities we serve. PPL is a positive force in the cities and towns where we do business, providing support for programs and organizations that empower the success of future generations by helping to build and maintain strong, diverse communities today.

Overview

Leads and manages PPL EU's Construction Management functions throughout the lifecycle of a project. Responsible for ensuring projects are planned, designed, constructed, and commissioned in a manner consistent with PPL EU's specified policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

1. Responsible for field leadership and oversight of all contracted construction work; ensuring safe completion of the defined scope of work on budget, on schedule, and to the quality levels specified in the contracts.

2. Manages or self-performs activities and tasks to successfully contract out PPL EU work including outage planning, outage submission, permit & tag, switching, construction scope of work, managing contractor crews, verifying material delivery.

3. Participate in the review and award of construction proposals with PPL EU Sourcing; understands the terms and conditions in contracts and manages construction contractors to terms and conditions. Reviews and approves construction change orders for work not in scope, or changes to scope of work. Participates in claims dispute and resolution sessions. Verifies contractor invoices, ensuring work invoiced has been completed.

4. Manages or self-performs constructability assessments during the conceptual design and engineering phase of a project. Including but not limited to identifying physical site requirements, access roads, laydown areas, pad sizes, equipment parameters, cost estimates, outage planning, construction sequencing, risk assessment, and scheduling.

5. Reviews deliverables from the Siting, Real Estate, Permitting, Procurement, and Engineering groups to ensure concurrence with the construction plan associated with a project.

6. Work with project team to develop and implement corrective actions when safety, schedule, scope, or costs impacts are forecasted or experienced.

7. Ensures PPL EU contractors have approved work plans and fully understand the scope and requirements for performing work. This also includes the performance of safety briefings, job walk-downs, and job site assessments.

8. Supervise and conduct contractor briefings in accordance with GSP 19.

9. Ensure completeness and quality of construction workmanship before accepting the finished product, responsible for managing the Construction Quality and Asset Commissioning functions of a project.

10. Provides regular project status, feedback, and critical path items to the PPL EU Construction Management, Engineering, and Project Management Groups.

11. Maintain working knowledge of industry construction best practices and applications at PPL EU.

12. Ability to travel throughout the PPL EU service territory, this is a regional based position.

13. If applicable, in-person supervision of employees to ensure compliance with FLSA wage and hour issues as well as to monitor compliance with safety rules.

14. All positions in which driving is an essential function of the job, regardless if the job code is marked safety sensitive or not, will also be included as safety sensitive.

15. May be assigned an Electric Utilities emergency and storm role. This is a special assignment that comes into play during storms and other emergencies when the company needs to restore power or respond to other issues affecting customer service. This role may necessitate the need to work after-hours, outside of your normal schedule.

16. The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree or five years of related experience.

2. Two years of experience in construction, operations, or maintenance.

3. Leadership skills, work management, and job planning experience required.

4. Organizational skills, ability to multi-task, communication with internal and external customers, and people skills required.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Bachelor's Degree, Project Management professional (PMP), or Certified Construction manager (CCM) Certification.

2. Two years of experience as a construction or project manager in the power industry.

3. Supervisory experience.

4. Working knowledge of critical-path-method scheduling tools and project budgets, and/or industry investigation tools.

5. Bachelor's degree or five years of related experience.

6. Two years of experience in construction, operations, or maintenance.

7. Leadership skills, work management, and job planning experience required.

8. Organizational skills, ability to multi-task, communication with internal and external customers, and people skills required.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Bachelor's Degree, Project Management professional (PMP), or Certified Construction manager (CCM) Certification.

2. Two years of experience as a construction or project manager in the power industry.

3. Supervisory experience.

4. Working knowledge of critical-path-method scheduling tools and project budgets, and/or industry investigation tools.

5. Responsible for field leadership and oversight of all contracted construction work; ensuring safe completion of the defined scope of work on budget, on schedule, and to the quality levels specified in the contracts.

6. Manages or self-performs activities and tasks to successfully contract out PPL EU work including outage planning, outage submission, permit & tag, switching, construction scope of work, managing contractor crews, verifying material delivery.

7. Participate in the review and award of construction proposals with PPL EU Sourcing; understands the terms and conditions in contracts and manages construction contractors to terms and conditions. Reviews and approves construction change orders for work not in scope, or changes to scope of work. Participates in claims dispute and resolution sessions. Verifies contractor invoices, ensuring work invoiced has been completed.

8. Manages or self-performs constructability assessments during the conceptual design and engineering phase of a project. Including but not limited to identifying physical site requirements, access roads, laydown areas, pad sizes, equipment parameters, cost estimates, outage planning, construction sequencing, risk assessment, and scheduling.

9. Reviews deliverables from the Siting, Real Estate, Permitting, Procurement, and Engineering groups to ensure concurrence with the construction plan associated with a project.

10. Work with project team to develop and implement corrective actions when safety, schedule, scope, or costs impacts are forecasted or experienced.

11. Ensures PPL EU contractors have approved work plans and fully understand the scope and requirements for performing work. This also includes the performance of safety briefings, job walk-downs, and job site assessments.

12. Supervise and conduct contractor briefings in accordance with GSP 19.

13. Ensure completeness and quality of construction workmanship before accepting the finished product, responsible for managing the Construction Quality and Asset Commissioning functions of a project.

14. Provides regular project status, feedback, and critical path items to the PPL EU Construction Management, Engineering, and Project Management Groups.

15. Maintain working knowledge of industry construction best practices and applications at PPL EU.

16. Ability to travel throughout the PPL EU service territory, this is a regional based position.

17. If applicable, in-person supervision of employees to ensure compliance with FLSA wage and hour issues as well as to monitor compliance with safety rules.

18. All positions in which driving is an essential function of the job, regardless if the job code is marked safety sensitive or not, will also be included as safety sensitive.

19. May be assigned an Electric Utilities emergency and storm role. This is a special assignment that comes into play during storms and other emergencies when the company needs to restore power or respond to other issues affecting customer service. This role may necessitate the need to work after-hours, outside of your normal schedule.

20. The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers.

Remote Work

The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Our company is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity and the strength it brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identify, genetic information, disability status, or any other protected characteristic.