Contract 20 Feb 2023

Lake Buena Vista, United States

Substation Planner III

Airswift is looking for a Substation Planner to join one of our major utility ...

Airswift is looking for a Substation Planner to join one of our major utility clients in Lake Buena Vista, FL on a one-year contract. This position supports project management and project teams with responsibility for developing and defining the project construction plan for area of expertise.

**This role will be supporting the central area region. This includes Jamestown, Lake Buena Vista, and Lake Wales**

Job Description:

Plan and schedule all activities associated with line/substation construction and maintenance. Incumbents are expected to have complex skills and the ability to work independently and lead construction and maintenance activities scheduling calls of any complexity.
Minimum supervision required: The planner is expected to have proficient working knowledge in the installation, maintenance, and operation of the following:
- Line Planner - Transmission line structures and wire, transmission line switches, and associated equipment and facilities
- Substation Planner – Substation equipment such as transformers, regulators circuit breakers, switches, instrument transformers. As well as above grade and below grade facilities, structures, and associated equipment and facilities .
Responsible for planning and sequencing complex construction and maintenance activities, including equipment outage sequence, temporary facilities installations.
Incumbents are expected to have complex technical skills and interpersonal skills to ensure safe and productive project execution.
Incumbents will also be responsible for coordinating with Transmission, Distribution, and Generation leadership, and resolving technical matters.
Capabilities:
Has professional safety behavior and holds high expectation of others to work safely and follow safe work practices
Has expert verbal communications skills and the use of 3-way communications, concurrent and independent verification
Review and critique isolation procedures and project sequencing
Provide peer level technical support for line and/or substation maintenance or construction
Remain focused under internal and external pressures, is resilient to conflict, leads team while under pressure and ensures all distractions are eliminated
Plan and sequence any construction or maintenance activities, within any station, no matter the sensitivity and complexity
Working knowledge and experience at installing, commissioning, testing and troubleshooting line/substation facilities
Lead teams to ensure paperwork and files are accurate and submitted in timely fashion with no issues
Lead other planners in organization, develop and execute a procedure, and develop work plans to complete a task with error free performance
Working knowledge of line and substation engineering and equipment database systems of record, to be able to identify and understand equipment information required for work planning
Identify Clearance boundary requirements for performance of work, including recognizing and mitigating risks associated with close margins and contingency scenarios, and including becoming Switching and Tagging qualified with Company to submit Clearance Requests/Outage Requests/Hot Line Tag
Complete understanding of NERC compliance and importance for accurate data and timely completion

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or a combination of education plus equivalent work experience
Must demonstrate basic computer skills.
Responsible to practice and set an example of safe project planning and scheduling.
Must possess good communication skills, including working with others to create good working conditions.
Self-motivated with good leadership qualities that include good planning and scheduling decision making skills.

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Contract 20 Feb 2023

St. Petersburg , Florida, United States

Construction Specialist - Subject Matter Expert

1184896 – Construction Specialist – Subject Matter Expert Airswift is looking ...

1184896 – Construction Specialist – Subject Matter Expert

Airswift is looking for a Construction Specialist to support one of our large power generation clients on a one-year contract based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The successful candidate shall be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and advisor on Distribution Line Construction with fifteen years of experience at a minimum. The SME supports a diverse Project Team to achieve company objectives and is primarily responsible for providing technical support on the execution of Distribution Line Construction activities. The SME will report to the Lab Operations Center in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The SME should possess the leadership skills to support Craft and Engineering Stakeholders.
The incumbent will be responsible for supporting the execution of the work to meet the Program Objectives.
The SME shall ensure that Craft and Engineering stakeholders adhere to safe work practices, distribution engineering standards, work methods, and procedures.
The candidate will be the go-to person for any construction concerns that the crew has regarding construction projects.
The candidate must be familiar with Company safe-work practices, standards, work methods and procedures.
This role requires field duty as well as office responsibilities. Expected to be in office at least 2 days per week, and in the field at least a few hours per week. Otherwise, candidate may work remotely.
The successful candidate is required to have a demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Teams, Share-point, and GIS

Required Qualifications

Associate degree
At least 15 years of Distribution experience
Utility experience
Professional communication skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Teams, Share-point, and GIS

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Contract 20 Feb 2023

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Project Manager 2 - Transmission Siting

One of our large energy and utility clients is looking for a Project Manager to ...

One of our large energy and utility clients is looking for a Project Manager to act as a siting and routing subject matter expert for Transmission Facilities in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. The Project Manager will provide specialized technical expertise and judgment to resolve complex siting issues, manage work, and provide support to others in Siting, potentially with minimal supervision and increased latitude for unreviewed work. This level is expected to provide guidance as well as have advanced skills and work independently.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Serve as the expert for complex projects to ensure that siting transmission facilities are meeting federal, state and local laws and regulations in addition to corporate and departmental policies and procedures.
Provide technical expertise and judgment to drive consensus and resolve issues.
Evaluate and review basic proposed and existing codes, standards, regulations and guidelines to determine the impact on company programs and facility operations and assists in comments to the project team.
Maintain comprehensive knowledge on land use, siting, permitting, and environmental laws and regulations and a working knowledge of technical aspects of siting requirements.
Provide leadership in developing and maintaining procedures and programs to ensure new transmission facilities comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Ensure consistent filings for these transmission facilities.
Collaborate with wide latitude to plan, conduct and direct work on complex projects necessitating the origination and application of new and unique approaches.
Exercise independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
Strive to continually develop and improve expert technical knowledge and skill to ensure that department expectations are met.
Represent the Company in public meetings required for a wide range of regulatory entitlements, local land use approvals and other presentation opportunities including project workshops and open houses. (Internal Siting Leadership approval required).
Apply advanced knowledge of multiple disciplines while working across a number of functional areas to obtain results on major projects.
Participate as a recognized expert in Siting issues.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Geography, Planning or other related field of study.
Minimum of 10 years of job-related experience.
High expertise required in the areas of land planning, linear infrastructure routing, and regulatory approval processes.
Experience in preparation of detailed and complex regulatory filings.
Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management.
Provide technical guidance to less experienced personnel.
Training and/or work experience in design/analytic software a plus (CAD, GIS).
Experience in technical and comprehensive report writing.

Preferred Qualifications

Ten (10) years of experience siting/routing infrastructure projects or supporting land development permitting within multiple regulatory jurisdictions.
Demonstrates ability to successfully influence outcome with a high level of collaboration.
Demonstrates ability to manage/lead personnel from diverse groups working toward a common goal or objective.
Advanced degree in a related field.
Program/project management process understanding and project task coordination experience especially in the areas of scope development, schedule adherence and budget oversight.
Experience in public speaking, especially presentations supporting zoning applications, state/federal permits or project open houses; other related examples of effective communication.

One of our large energy and utility clients is looking for a Project Manager to act as a siting and routing subject matter expert for Transmission Facilities in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. The Project Manager will provide specialized technical expertise and judgment to resolve complex siting issues, manage work, and provide support to others in Siting, potentially with minimal supervision and increased latitude for unreviewed work. This level is expected to provide guidance as well as have advanced skills and work independently.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Serve as the expert for complex projects to ensure that siting transmission facilities are meeting federal, state and local laws and regulations in addition to corporate and departmental policies and procedures.
Provide technical expertise and judgment to drive consensus and resolve issues.
Evaluate and review basic proposed and existing codes, standards, regulations and guidelines to determine the impact on company programs and facility operations and assists in comments to the project team.
Maintain comprehensive knowledge on land use, siting, permitting, and environmental laws and regulations and a working knowledge of technical aspects of siting requirements.
Provide leadership in developing and maintaining procedures and programs to ensure new transmission facilities comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Ensure consistent filings for these transmission facilities.
Collaborate with wide latitude to plan, conduct and direct work on complex projects necessitating the origination and application of new and unique approaches.
Exercise independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
Strive to continually develop and improve expert technical knowledge and skill to ensure that department expectations are met.
Represent the Company in public meetings required for a wide range of regulatory entitlements, local land use approvals and other presentation opportunities including project workshops and open houses. (Internal Siting Leadership approval required).
Apply advanced knowledge of multiple disciplines while working across a number of functional areas to obtain results on major projects.
Participate as a recognized expert in Siting issues.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Geography, Planning or other related field of study.
Minimum of 10 years of job-related experience.
High expertise required in the areas of land planning, linear infrastructure routing, and regulatory approval processes.
Experience in preparation of detailed and complex regulatory filings.
Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management.
Provide technical guidance to less experienced personnel.
Training and/or work experience in design/analytic software a plus (CAD, GIS).
Experience in technical and comprehensive report writing.

Preferred Qualifications

Ten (10) years of experience siting/routing infrastructure projects or supporting land development permitting within multiple regulatory jurisdictions.
Demonstrates ability to successfully influence outcome with a high level of collaboration.
Demonstrates ability to manage/lead personnel from diverse groups working toward a common goal or objective.
Advanced degree in a related field.
Program/project management process understanding and project task coordination experience especially in the areas of scope development, schedule adherence and budget oversight.
Experience in public speaking, especially presentations supporting zoning applications, state/federal permits or project open houses; other related examples of effective communication.

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