Assistant Project Manager General

Pyramid Consulting, Inc; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. is seeking an experienced Assistant Project Manager General for an on-site role in Englewood, CO. This 12+ month contract involves leading substation, transmission line, and telecom projects from planning through closeout.

The position requires 5+ years in utility transmission or substation projects, strong leadership, and experience coordinating diverse teams and client stakeholders. Competitive hourly pay and comprehensive benefits are included.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of experience managing Transmission lines or Substation projects.
• Experience in project management phases, construction support, leadership, client relations, portfolio & program support.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management or related degree from accredited program and min 5+ years in utility transmission projects.
• PE or PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead substation, transmission line, and telecom projects from inception through design and construction to closeout.
• Oversee schedules, budgets, risks, and resources to meet in-service dates.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and client stakeholders for project success.
• Develop multi-year capital plans and manage outage sequencing for construction.
• Maintain regular status updates and reporting for clients and sponsors.
• Conduct project meetings with engineering, construction, environmental, and real estate resources.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Scheduling

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

ProjectWise

SharePoint

SAP

Job description

Immediate need for a talented Assistant Project Manager General. This is a 12+ months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Englewood, CO(Onsite).

Pay Range: $60/hr - $65/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Our client is seeking to hire for a Project Manager, who will lead and manage multiple substations, transmission line, and telecommunications projects from planning and design through construction and closeout.
• Responsibilities include overseeing project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, and resources; coordinating cross-functional teams and client stakeholders; and ensuring projects meet required in-service dates.
• The role also involves managing capital project portfolios, developing long-term investment plans, reviewing cost estimates, and coordinating construction sequencing and outages to ensure efficient project execution.
• 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 ($100k-$50M+) 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Must have a minimum 5+ years of experience either in direct utility or consulting side managing Transmission lines or Power Distribution, and Substation or Similar Grid Infrastructure Type of projects.
• Candidate should have experience in project management phases, construction support, leadership experience, managing client relations, portfolio & program support.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management or related degree from accredited program and min 5+ years of experience in utility transmission projects (either T-Line or substation) or other related industries is required.
• 5+ years of experience in utility transmission projects (either T-Line or substation) or other related industries.
• Preferred: relevant T&D (gas or electrical) engineering that are open to pivoting as a program PM for a utility client.
• Familiarity or proficiency in ProjectWise, SharePoint, SAP, and cost/schedule management, preferred.
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• PE or PMP certification preferred.

Our client is a leading Construction Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions.

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.