Project Manager (T&D-Substation)

About Our Client

Veteran-owned PMO consultancy experiencing sustained growth through long-standing utility and EPC partnerships across the T&D sector. Known for a collaborative culture, strong leadership, and involvement in major utility infrastructure programs, they offer fully remote flexibility, highly competitive compensation, strong benefits, and long-term project stability.

Job Description

The Opportunity In this role, you'll manage one or more intermediate to complex project complexity, within a matrix team environment. Provide leadership, direction, training, coordination, and effective communication to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close projects in a safe, efficient, economical, risk-balanced approach to achieve short- and long-range goals and to obtain maximum customer satisfaction. Provide project transparency and develop relationships and effectively communicate with all stakeholders including internal customers, external customers, team members, suppliers, contractors, vendors, and industry peers, enabling them to make sound business decisions. Job Duties & Responsibilities include:

• Reviewing all project documents to obtain a professional understanding of all of the materials. This would include scopes of work, purchase orders, material requests, and Engineering drawings
• Understanding all project and contract budgets for verification, validation, completeness
• Responsible for managing multiple medium to large projects at the same time
• Ensuring that key components such as financial feasibility analyses, engineering/design, project legal review, permitting activities and financial negotiations are progressing throughout the project lifecycles
• Ensuring that all change management is included in the project plan and providing the analysis and oversight of the project to ensure all planned tasks get completed
• Performing constructability reviews with site walkdowns
• Working with accounting personnel to prepare capital expenditure authorizations and all associated budget revisions
• Providing the department leadership with project status (scope, budget and schedule progress) and identification of issues requiring management involvement for resolution
• Verifying agreement (or buy-in) from associated departments to support the proposed schedule and resource requirements. Reviewing and approving project Plans.
• Verifying and validating that project estimates are appropriately developed and that contingency is correctly applied
• Developing the tactical and strategic plans that align with the project
• Overseeing and/or reporting contractor resource levels
• Verifying adequacy of project team membership and participation. Responsible for overseeing the activities of all consultants and contractors on the project team
• Understanding the terms of the contract and associated documentation of services under the contract/purchase order. Upon mobilization to the site, reviews applicable topics delineated in the Service Contractor Orientation / Evaluation Checklist with the contractor
• Overseeing the quality assurance and control program, including identification of quality requirements, responsibility for QA program and if required, review and approval process for contractor provided procedures
• Proactively identify risk and mitigation plans, monitor project status, recognize negative trends, and project variances, and coordinates corrective action
• Develop and manage the project communication plan
• Communicating project goals, priorities and decisions to 1st level leadership team
• Ensuring project challenge meetings, peer reviews and assessments are performed
• Working with Project Scheduler personnel to develop and update the project schedule
• Identifying and notifying the project team of additional resources or requirements necessary to meet the project scope or schedule
• Ensuring the documentation, scheduling and disposition of open items applicable to department's area of functional responsibility
• Overseeing all close-out activities and lessons-learned review for every project
• Travel typically 25% or less however greater travel may be required in support of specific assignments

MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

The Successful Applicant

A successful Project Manager (T&D-Substation) should have:

• A solid background in managing construction projects, particularly within the transmission and distribution substation sector.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Project Management, Construction Management or related field is required. Minimum of 4 years' related utility project management experience required
• In pursuit of PMP Certification, a plus. Strong project management skills are required with a demonstrated ability to develop, manage and control multiple tasks. Clear understanding of project management methodology as outlined by the Project Management Institute's Project Management Guidelines.
• Strong skill set around budgeting, cost control, scheduling, reporting and writing skills experience
• Experience with a project management tools such as Primavera, MS Project, etc. with related scheduling / resource planning expertise is a plus
• Detailed Project Controls experience is a definite plus
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical ability are required
• Successful candidate must be a team player and possess a willingness to work in a team environment

• Competitive hourly rate between $75 and $95, based on experience and expertise.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Opportunities for professional growth within the business services industry.
• A collaborative work environment focused on innovation and quality.
• Engagement in impactful projects that contribute to critical infrastructure development.
• If you are passionate about construction and have the skills to excel as a Project Manager (T&D-Substation), we encourage you to apply and take the next step in your career.