Salary - $103,000 - $121,000
This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.
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National Grid is hiring a Senior Planner, Capital Project Planning for Massachusetts. This is a Hybrid Role - Must live within a commutable distance to one of our locations
Job Purpose
Responsible for validating the accuracy and approving civil contractor estimates, for distribution/sub-transmission overhead and underground construction. Validate all job-related documents/information for constructability.
Key Accountabilities
- Subject matter expert on civil construction units and usage
- Stakeholder Management- Build, develop and maintain internal and external relationships
- Reporting-Track and maintain civil estimate status
- Other - Ad hoc support as directed
- Investigate and review contractor change orders
- Ability to manage multiple projects at once
- Close attention to detail
- Estimating: Accurately estimate civil for overhead and underground construction to maximize efficiencies and identify savings opportunities
- Schedule Adherence: Strong organization skills, manage deadlines, participation in all schedule meetings
- Field Visits: Flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities and coordinate project field walk throughs with contractors
- Storm Duty: Support weather related events, outside of regular working hours
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree preferred in construction management, project management, engineering or 4 + years of qualifying experience
- 5 + years of field construction experience of overhead or underground distribution and sub-transmission systems preferred
- 3+ years of experience in project estimate assembly, review, and validation
- Excellent organizational and communication skills (oral and written)
- Self-motivated to work in a fast-paced environment, comfortable working alone and in team settings
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office including MS Teams, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel and Word required
- Valid driver's license required
- Ability to travel locally 25-50 percent of the time required
More Information
Salary - $103,000 - $121,000
This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.
National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.
