Manager - Project Management (Grid Services)

Wesco; United States; Presencial; USD 130.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Wesco is seeking a Manager - Project Management to lead day-to-day execution of complex electrical-equipment projects for a strategic hyperscale customer. This hands-on role involves structure, accountability, and momentum for complex programs, managing scope, budget, schedule, staffing, and vendors.

You will direct project teams, own milestones, and ensure delivery against approved budgets. The role requires coordinating cross-functional teams and driving clear handoffs to prevent delays, while

Formación

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• PM Certification preferred.
• Electrical-equipment, substation, and transformer experience preferred.
• 5–7 years of relevant project-management or project-execution experience.
• 3 years experience leading a team in a large-scale project-management capacity.
• Experience in technical industries such as industrial manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, EPC, oil and gas, or data centers.
• Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships to support mutual objectives.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze workflow to provide excellent service.
• Ability to spot key risks upfront and mitigate.
• Ability to bring quick focus to key issues and priorities.

Responsabilidades

• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
• Own schedules, milestones, risks, issues, and deliverables; drive execution to closure.
• Define scope, goals and deliverables with senior management and stakeholders.
• Coordinate drawing reviews, submittals, and clarifications with engineering.
• Track technical questions and engage engineering for decisions.
• Develop full-scale project plans and communications documents.
• Coordinate across customer, manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain, commercial, logistics, and field-service teams.
• Escalate risks early to protect milestones and commitments and track resolution.

Educación

Bachelor's Degree

PM Certification preferred

Descripción del empleo

We are seeking a Manager - Project Management to lead the day-to-day execution of complex, engineered electrical-equipment projects supporting a strategic hyperscale customer. This is a highly visible, hands-on individual contributor role for a project leader who thrives in a fast-moving, technical environment and knows how to bring structure, accountability, and momentum to complex programs. As the Manager - Project Management, you will manage and direct the work of a project team. You will be responsible for managing scope, cost, schedule, internal staffing and outside vendors. You will also ensure project team milestones/goals are met and adhere to approved budgets. You will oversee subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their job and has authority for personnel actions.

Responsibilities:

• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
• Take day-to-day ownership of schedules, milestones, equipment packages, risks, issues, changes, dependencies, and deliverables. Keep scope, open items, and required decisions visible and drive execution through closure.
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables to support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Coordinate drawing reviews, submittals, comments, revisions, approvals, and clarifications with engineering providing technical expertise and design authority.
• Track technical questions, recognize dependencies or missing information, and engage engineering for interpretation and decisions.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Connect customer, manufacturer, engineering, quality, supply chain, commercial, logistics, and field-service teams.
• Align owners, share information clearly, and coordinate handoffs to prevent delays and missed requirements.
• Communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders.
• Lead focused meetings, assign owners and due dates, maintain action logs, decision records, and approval records, and drive open items to closure.
• Create structure when work is complex, fast-moving, or ambiguous.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an on-going basis.
• Explain technical, schedule, commercial, and execution issues in terms of business impacts, required decisions, next steps, and escalation paths.
• Escalate risks early to protect milestones and customer commitments, and track resolution through closure.
• Estimate resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes.
• Determine and assess need for additional staff or consultants and make appropriate staffing adjustments during project cycle.
• Set and manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Adopt approved digital tools, automation, and AI-assisted workflows to improve coordination, action tracking, document-review support, and project visibility. Apply sound judgment and verify outputs before relying on them.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to personnel.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within project team.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Track project milestones and deliverables.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
• Manage changes in project scope, identifies potential concerns, and devise contingency plans.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required
• PM Certification preferred
• Electrical-equipment, substation, and transformer experience is preferred
• 5-7 years experience of relevant project-management or project-execution experience, including complex or large-scale projects.
• 3 years experience direct work, with a team, in a large-scale project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution
• Project-management or project-execution experience in a technical industry such as industrial manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, EPC, oil and gas, or data centers.
• Ability to build strong business relationships with other functional areas to best support mutual objectives
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze workflow and processes to provide excellent service to internal and external customers
• Ability to spot key risks upfront and mitigate
• Ability to bring quick focus to key issues and priorities