Assistant Project Manager

Global Technical Talent, an Inc. 5000 Company; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance

401k Retirement Fund

Job summary

GTT is seeking an Assistant Project Manager General for a 12-month contract in Vancouver, WA. The role focuses on leading substation, transmission, and telecom projects with onsite delivery and a 10% travel requirement. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

The candidate will coordinate with client teams, manage schedules and costs, and drive project meetings across engineering, construction, and field resources to support successful execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in utility transmission projects.
• Experience managing multiple projects and coordinating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team to execute substation, transmission line, and telecommunication projects from inception through design and construction to closeout.
• Oversee 5-20 projects concurrently of varying sizes and voltages (4kV-765kV).
• Manage projects for schedule adherence, identifying risks and requirements to successfully achieve a project's in-service date.
• Navigate projects through client gate approval processes, including presentations to senior and executive management as required by each client.
• Manage projects for financial adherence, maintaining an accurate cost forecast reflecting committed and uncommitted costs for an estimate-at-completion.

Skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related

Tools

ProjectWise

SharePoint

SAP

Job description

Assistant Project Manager General

Location: Vancouver, WA

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Pay Rate: $47.50-$62.35 / Hour (USD)
• Travel Requirements: 10%
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

Generally, project managers in program management will pursue job responsibilities in the following areas: Project Management, Portfolio Management, and Outage/Construction Sequencing.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

• Lead a cross-functional team to execute substation, transmission line, and telecommunication projects from inception through design and construction to closeout.
• Oversee 5-20 projects concurrently of varying sizes and voltages (4kV-765kV).
• Manage projects for schedule adherence, identifying risks and requirements to successfully achieve a project's in-service date.
• Navigate projects through client gate approval processes, including presentations to senior and executive management as required by each client.
• Manage projects for financial adherence, maintaining an accurate cost forecast reflecting committed and uncommitted costs for an estimate-at-completion.
• Coordinate craft labor resources with client-approved vendors for construction, testing and other field activities.
• Provide regular status updates on projects by maintaining project data and routine reporting as well as meeting updates for clients.
• Lead project meetings with cost, schedule, real estate, environmental, construction, public engagement, and engineering resources to facilitate project execution.

Portfolio Management

• Develop a multi-year capital expenditure plan to support the client's replacement and betterment of electric transmission and distribution assets.
• Regular interface and coordination with project sponsor organizations to determine details of proposed plans and business justification.
• Ensure synergies across projects are incorporated into the portfolio of work to prevent scope from being duplicated or performed inefficiently.
• Monitor composition of client's capital investment allocation to align with stated subsidiary investment targets for optimal rate of return.
• Engage with project sponsors to evaluate need-by date for realistic schedules and budgets.
• Assist with creation and compilation of rate filing support for federal and state filings.
• Review tabletop engineering estimates for accuracy and scope.
• Review project change requests (scope, in-service date, etc.) and reconcile with the existing and long-range portfolio of work.
• Interface with client's accounting group to establish financial setup for projects.
• Create analyses & reports to assist the client in tracking, coordination, and execution of projects.
• Build baseline scopes, schedules, and budgets to be released to multiple client's stakeholders.

Outage/Construction Sequencing

• Responsible for developing substation and transmission project construction lifecycles, with a focus on outage efficiency and constructability.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting specified deliverable dates and expectations.
• Analyze scoping and project documents to determine boundaries of required construction within the substation and within electric grid.
• Conduct site walkdowns and project calls with the project team as necessary to establish an achievable construction sequence with attainable outages.
• Analyze needed outages against adjacent outages scheduled in the area.
• Create initial outage sequence to communicate proposed construction lifecycle to project team.
• Coordinate with drafting resources to create engineering-caliber drawings that document the evolution of a project from present conditions to final state and all needed incremental steps.

Required Skills

• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills

• Relevant T&D (gas or electrical) engineering background with openness to pivoting as a program PM for a utility client.
• Familiarity or proficiency in ProjectWise, SharePoint, SAP, and cost/schedule management.
• PE or PMP certification preferred.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related degree from an accredited program required. (School must be accredited; internship experience does not count toward years of experience.)

Required Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in utility transmission projects (either T-Line or substation) or other related industries required.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About the Client

This client is a 100% employee-owned infrastructure engineering, architecture, and construction firm with more than 125 years of history building critical infrastructure across the energy, aviation, water, telecommunications, transportation, and healthcare sectors. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, the organization operates from 75 offices across the country and internationally, employing more than 14,500 employee-owners who generate over $7.4 billion in annual revenue. Every full-time employee participates in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), a structure that aligns professional incentives with company performance and fosters a culture of accountability, collaboration, and shared investment in outcomes - recognized by a 4.2/5 Glassdoor rating across more than 1,800 reviews, with 87% of employees recommending it as a workplace and multiple Glassdoor Best Places to Work designations. Teams span civil and structural engineers, architects, environmental scientists, construction managers, and program management professionals engaged in complex, high-consequence projects including major airport expansions and large-scale energy infrastructure.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-16752