High Voltage Project Manager - Midwest

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Rochester (MN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

DEPCOM Power, a Koch company, seeks a High Voltage Project Manager to lead turnkey HV substation and interconnection initiatives in the Midwest. You will guide projects from engineering through commissioning, coordinating with EPCs, utilities, and vendors to ensure schedule, budget, and technical success.

You will review engineering packages, ensure safety and regulatory compliance, and drive continuous improvements across the substation portfolio.

Qualifications

• Experience managing HV substation, transmission, interconnection, or utility projects.
• Experience reviewing HV engineering drawings, specifications, studies, and deliverables.
• Knowledge of substation design, construction practices, protection and control systems, and interconnection requirements.
• Experience managing EPC contractors and cross-functional project stakeholders.
• Knowledge of industry standards including NESC, NEC, IEEE, and ANSI.

Responsibilities

• Lead HV substation and interconnection projects from engineering through commissioning.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, risk plans, and key deliverables.
• Coordinate with EPC contractors, engineering consultants, utilities, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Review protection and control designs, equipment specs, and construction drawings for quality.
• Evaluate HV design docs and studies throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure safe execution per company standards and electrical codes.
• Monitor performance, resolve issues, and enforce contract requirements.
• Conduct site visits to assess progress and mitigate risks.

Skills

HV substation experience

EPC management

Stakeholder management

Engineering drawings interpretation

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Your Job

DEPCOM Power, a Koch company, is seeking a High Voltage Project Manager to join our Project Delivery team in the Midwest portfolio. In this role, you will lead the execution of high-voltage substation and interconnection projects supporting utility-scale renewable energy developments. You will drive project performance by managing EPC contractors, reviewing engineering and design deliverables, and ensuring successful execution from engineering through commissioning.

Our Team

DEPCOM's Project Delivery Organization executes full turnkey PV and BESS plants with collection substations and generation transmission lines utilizing preferred partnerships with key vendors and subcontractors while coordinating with interconnection utilities across the nation. As a Koch Company, we implement Principle Based Management to continue driving innovation, hold our team to the highest standard and streamline our overall processes to ensure project success for each of our clients.

What You Will Do

• Lead the execution of high-voltage substation and interconnection projects from engineering through commissioning and closeout.
• Drive project performance by managing scope, schedule, budget, risk mitigation plans, and key project deliverables.
• Manage and influence EPC contractors, engineering consultants, utilities, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.
• Lead technical reviews of substation engineering packages, protection and control designs, equipment specifications, and construction drawings to ensure quality and constructability.
• Review, evaluate, and provide direction on high-voltage design documentation, studies, and engineering deliverables throughout the project lifecycle.
• Champion safe execution by ensuring compliance with company standards, industry regulations, and applicable electrical codes.
• Drive accountability with contractors and suppliers by monitoring performance, resolving issues, and ensuring adherence to contractual and technical requirements.
• Conduct site visits and field assessments to evaluate progress, identify risks, and influence timely resolution of technical and construction challenges.
• Partner with engineering and construction teams to proactively identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies that protect schedule and budget performance.
• Communicate project status, opportunities, challenges, and recommendations to senior leadership and project stakeholders.
• Support procurement activities for major high-voltage equipment and materials while influencing technical and commercial decisions.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and help drive best practices across DEPCOM's expanding substation project portfolio.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience managing high-voltage substation, transmission, interconnection, or utility infrastructure projects
• Experience reviewing and interpreting high-voltage engineering drawings, specifications, studies, and construction deliverables
• Knowledge of substation design, construction practices, protection and control systems, and utility interconnection requirements
• Experience managing EPC contractors, engineering consultants, and cross-functional project stakeholders
• Knowledge of industry standards including NESC, NEC, IEEE, and ANSI
• Valid driver's license
• Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship now or in the future

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or other engineering discipline
• Experience reviewing physical, protection & control, and relay design packages for high-voltage facilities
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or progress toward licensure
• Experience managing EPC contracts and contractor performance
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions, manage risk, and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups

For this role, we anticipate paying $150k - $225k per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, DEPCOM Power is a leading energy solutions partner for the utility solar and broader energy industries, providing project development support, engineering, procurement and construction, energy storage, repowering and operations and maintenance services. Our highly skilled team of conventional and renewable power industry experts work to deliver the lowest cost of energy and the highest rate of return.

Our Benefits

• Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).