Electric Distribution Programs Project Manager

Consertus-US; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Life & disability insurance

Pet insurance

Legal services

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Consertus is seeking a Project Manager – Electric Distribution Programs to support PG&E's Electric Operations capital infrastructure program across Northern California. This journey-level PM will lead routine-to-moderately complex electric distribution projects, from initiation through engineering, permitting, construction, and closeout.

You'll collaborate with engineering, estimating, environmental, and field teams to keep projects on schedule, within scope and budget, while reporting

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of project management experience, including at least 2 years supporting electric utility systems or heavy infrastructure construction.
• Working knowledge of electric utility capital project delivery.
• Understanding of overhead and underground electric distribution construction practices.
• Basic-to-intermediate proficiency with SAP Work Management modules or comparable utility work-management systems.
• Experience using critical-path scheduling tools such as Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
• Experience supporting project scope, schedule, budget, forecasting, risk, and change management.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with engineering, construction, contractors, municipalities, and cross-functional utility stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage individual electric distribution capital projects from planning through construction and closeout.
• Support projects involving Rule 20A and Rule 20B undergrounding, 4kV-to-12kV cutovers, overhead reconductoring, switch installations, and new distribution circuits.
• Develop project scopes, objectives, schedules, budgets, milestones, and stakeholder expectations.
• Partner with Engineering and Estimating to establish baseline Total Forecasted Cost (TFC) and monthly cash-flow forecasts.
• Coordinate environmental permitting, CEQA/NEPA activities, land and right-of-way requirements, material procurement, and other project dependencies.
• Build and maintain critical-path project schedules using Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or comparable scheduling tools.
• Integrate engineering, permitting, procurement, construction, and energization milestones into project schedules.
• Maintain project risk registers, identify schedule and delivery risks, and implement appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate with General Construction supervisors, internal utility crews, and external civil and electrical contractors.
• Maintain accurate project and job-order information within SAP / Work Management Systems.
• Track project costs, forecasts, actuals, change orders, contingencies, and schedule performance.
• Prepare variance explanations and regular project status reports covering milestones, roadblocks, risks, and financial performance.
• Lead weekly or bi-weekly project and stakeholder meetings.
• Coordinate completion of field as-builts, GIS/mapping documentation, and project closeout activities.
• Support financial reconciliation and timely closeout of SAP job orders.

Skills

Project management

Electric utility knowledge

Stakeholder management

Scheduling tools

Microsoft Project

SAP Work Management

Communication

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

SAP Work Management

Job description

Consertus is seeking a Project Manager – Electric Distribution Programs to support PG&E's Electric Operations capital infrastructure program across Northern California. This journey-level PM will lead routine-to-moderately complex electric distribution projects, from initiation through engineering, permitting, construction, and closeout.

You'll collaborate with engineering, estimating, environmental, and field teams to keep projects on schedule, within scope and budget, while reporting