Electrical Construction Manager
Location: Gaylord, MI
Contract: 6 months
Schedule: 40 Hours
Pay: $53-55/hour, DOE

The Planet Group is looking for an Electrical Construction Manager to join our well-known Fortune 500 client on a 6-months contract, working an onsite schedule from Gaylord, MI.

Electrical Construction Manager | Qualifications:

• 8-15 years of experience in utility transmission, distribution, or substation construction or field operations.
• Strong understanding of utility construction standards, work methods, and safety rules.
• In-depth knowledge of: 
  • Substation grounding, structures, and HV equipment installation
  • Transmission and distribution line construction (OH/UG)
  • Protection & control systems, relay panels, and control house wiring
  • Switching, tagging, and clearance procedures
• Ability to manage contractors and multi-discipline crews in a live utility environment with an unwavering focus on safety.
• Ability to read and interpret complex utility drawings and technical packages.
• Strong communication skills with engineering, operations, field personnel, and contractors.

• Utility operations or capital project experience (T&D, Substation, Major Projects).
• Experience with large investor-owned utilities or public power entities.

• Manage all phases of field construction for utility substation, transmission, and high-voltage distribution projects (typically 12kV-500kV).
• Coordinate switching clearances and tagging, outages, and energization activities with system operations.
• Develop and manage construction sequencing to minimize customer impact, maintain system reliability, and meet capital project milestones.
• Performance principles aligned with utility safety programs and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure strict compliance with OSHA 1910.269, NESC, NEC, NFPA 70/70E, and state/local regulations.
• Conduct and document daily tailboards, job briefings, safety audits, and field verifications.
• Interpret engineering packages, one-line diagrams, schematics, transmission line profiles, structure drawings, and P&C wiring prints.
• Oversee installation of substation equipment (breakers, transformers, relays, switches, buswork, grounding, steel structures) and overhead/underground line components.
• Review and validate testing results for transformers, breakers, relays, control circuits, and grounding systems to ensure safe and acceptable performance.
• Serve as the primary field liaison between engineering, operations, planning, protection & control, and project management.
• Manage outage coordination, clearance requests, and switching procedures with system operations.
• Lead construction coordination meetings with internal teams and external contractors with emphasis on safety, schedule, and risk.
• Communicate progress, issues, risks, safety concerns, and commissioning readiness to project stakeholders.
• Track labor, equipment, and material usage to monitor budget adherence.
• Manage schedules and align resources to meet key operational dates and outage windows while maintaining a safety-first mindset.
• Support material procurement, staging, and logistics for field installation.
• Identify scope variances and field changes; support resolution through engineering coordination or change request processes.
• Travel within the service territory; 85-90% of time spent on active job sites.
• Ability to work extended hours or off-shifts during outages, cutovers, or emergency response events.