Datacenter Utility Power Infrastructure Project Manager

Randstad USA; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Digital in Richmond, Virginia is seeking a contract Senior Project Manager to lead engineering scope, schedule, and budget for greenfield, brownfield, and retrofit substation and transmission projects.

You will coordinate with utility providers and cross-functional teams to ensure energy capacity readiness, manage master schedules in Microsoft Project, and oversee cost estimates, POs, and change management while ensuring site safety and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or 10+ years of direct substation design and delivery experience.
• 10+ years of consulting engineering or construction experience in substations and power infrastructure.
• 5+ years of experience leading engineering or project management teams for transmission, substation, or datacenter infrastructure.
• Strong proficiency in project management, scheduling, and utility stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for electric utility service providers across transmission, distribution, and substation projects.
• Facilitate weekly design and construction progress meetings with engineering, energy, and local authority stakeholders.
• Maintain master project schedules in Microsoft Project, identifying critical path items and tracking project milestones.
• Manage project financials by tracking purchase orders, change management processes, and cost estimates.
• Perform weekly site walks and safety evaluations, ensuring full compliance with site energization and safety plans.

Skills

Datacenter

Substation design

Budget management

Project management

Scheduling

Leadership

Communication

Safety management

Construction

Electrical engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Bluebeam

Primavera P6

GIS mapping

Microsoft Project

Job description

Job Summary

Join our team supporting cutting-edge datacenter power infrastructure expansion. In this role, you will lead the engineering scope, schedule, and budget for greenfield, brownfield, and retrofit substation and transmission projects, coordinating closely with utility service providers and cross-functional engineering teams to ensure energy capacity readiness.

Location

Richmond, Virginia

Job Type

Contract

Salary

$78.67 - 88.67 per hour

Work Hours

8am to 5pm

Education

Bachelors

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for electric utility service providers across transmission, distribution, and substation projects.
• Facilitate weekly design and construction progress meetings with engineering, energy, and local authority stakeholders.
• Maintain master project schedules in Microsoft Project, identifying critical path items and tracking project milestones.
• Manage project financials by tracking purchase orders, change management processes, and cost estimates.
• Perform weekly site walks and safety evaluations, ensuring full compliance with site energization and safety plans.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (or 10+ years of direct substation design and delivery experience).
• 10+ years of consulting engineering or construction experience in substations and power infrastructure.
• 5+ years of experience leading engineering or project management teams for transmission, substation, or datacenter infrastructure.
• Strong proficiency in project management, scheduling, and utility stakeholder management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) registration.
• Experience with Bluebeam, Primavera P6, or GIS mapping applications.
• Proven track record delivering complex power infrastructure inside high-scale datacenter environments.

Skills

Bluebeam, Datacenter, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, detail-oriented approach, communication skills, strong leadership, Point of Contact, budget, change orders, construction, consulting, design development, substations, substation, substation engineering, Infrastructure, power engineering, Electrical Engineering, cost control, Professional Engineer, Electrical Project, project management, project scope, safety management, schedule, scheduling, deep technical expertise, Transmission line design

Equal Opportunity Employer

Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

Contact

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact [e-mail].

Pay and Benefits

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

Posting Open

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.