Construction Project Manager

ESPO Corporation; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Group Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

401k

Job summary

A leading construction firm based in the United States is looking for a Construction Project Manager to oversee multiple projects including substations and transmission lines. The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of project management experience in construction and a relevant Bachelor's degree. Responsibilities include leading cross-functional teams, managing schedules and budgets, and developing capital expenditure plans. The role offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance and a 401(k).

Qualifications

• 7 years relevant project management experience in the construction industry.
• Excellent computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Experience with document control, scheduling, cost control, and project management software preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross‑functional team to execute projects from inception to completion.
• Manage projects for schedule and financial adherence.
• Develop a multi‑year capital expenditure plan for asset management.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Education

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

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)

Project management software

Job description

Construction Project Manager

12 months, Englewood, CO.

Construction Project Management

• Lead a cross‑functional team to execute substation, transmission line, and telecommunication projects from inception through design and construction to close‑out.
• 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.

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 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 the 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Construction, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field and 7 years relevant project management experience in the construction industry. Applicable experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
• Excellent computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Access).
• Experience with document control, scheduling, cost control and project management software is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, and attention to detail.
• Ability to handle large volumes of work and multi‑task in a fast‑paced environment.
• Multiple years of experience on construction project sites or executing program management in the industries of aviation, commercial, energy, government, manufacturing, oil & gas, process, transportation, transmission & distribution, or water is preferred.
• A basic understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles is required.
• Must be able to meet the company's driving requirements.
• Travel within the state for 1–3 days at a time up to 1–2 times a month.

ESPO has a comprehensive benefits package which includes PTO, Group Health and Dental Insurance, and 401k after you have satisfied the necessary waiting periods.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value the benefits of diversity in our workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other attribute or protected characteristic by law. If you need assistance applying, please get in touch with us directly.