Power Delivery Project Lead - Field-Focused PM

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Fort Worth (TX)

On-site

USD 125,000 - 175,000

Full time

8 hours ago
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Job summary

NextPlay Jobs is seeking an experienced Utility Project Manager to lead power-delivery projects across transmission, distribution, and substation scopes. You will own planning, execution, budgeting, and closeout, coordinating with customers, field operations, subcontractors, vendors, and internal teams to keep projects on schedule and within budget.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on project leadership in utility construction, strong commercial awareness, and the ability to manage multiple

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in utility, power-delivery, electrical construction, or related infrastructure.
  • Experience managing budgets, schedules, costs, customers, and field execution.
  • Strong understanding of construction project execution and project financial management.
  • Ability to read and manage project schedules.
  • Strong Excel and project reporting skills.
  • Excellent communication, organization, and problem-solving abilities.
  • Willingness to travel as required by project and customer needs.

Responsibilities

  • Manage utility construction projects through planning, execution, financial control, and closeout.
  • Support transmission, distribution, and/or substation projects depending on experience and business needs.
  • Own project schedules, budgets, costs, forecasts, and financial performance.
  • Coordinate with field operations to ensure safety, efficiency, and alignment with customer requirements.
  • Work directly with customers to manage requirements, expectations, communication, and deliverables.
  • Monitor schedules and manage execution against milestones and deadlines.
  • Coordinate procurement, materials, equipment, subcontractors, and other resources.
  • Track project costs, forecasts, change orders, and financial performance.
  • Support contract administration, change management, risk management, and project documentation.
  • Identify risks and develop solutions to keep projects on schedule and within budget.
  • Collaborate with field leadership, engineers, customers, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
  • Participate in project meetings, customer meetings, progress reviews, and operational planning.
  • Provide regular project updates and communicate performance to leadership.
  • Support forecasting, reporting, and closeout activities.

Skills

Excel
Scheduling
Communication
Problem-solving
Field execution

Tools

Primavera P6
MS Project
Power BI

Job description

NextPlay Jobs is seeking an experienced Utility Project Manager to lead power-delivery projects across transmission, distribution, and substation scopes. You will own planning, execution, budgeting, and closeout, coordinating with customers, field operations, subcontractors, vendors, and internal teams to keep projects on schedule and within budget.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on project leadership in utility construction, strong commercial awareness, and the ability to manage multiple

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