Power Delivery Substation Project Manager

Catapult Federal Services

Raleigh (TX)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 140,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Catapult Federal Services seeks an experienced Substation Project Manager – Power Delivery to oversee nationwide power delivery projects from preconstruction through commissioning. Based in Virginia with travel to project sites, you will coordinate engineering, procurement, and construction teams, manage schedules and budgets, and ensure OSHA and safety compliance.

The ideal candidate has utility construction and project management background, strong leadership, and excellent communication to

Qualifications

Experience managing utility, substation, transmission, or power delivery construction projects.
Strong knowledge of project controls, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, contract administration, and construction execution.
Proven ability to manage multiple project stakeholders, subcontractors, and field teams.
Ability to interpret construction drawings, specifications, contracts, scopes of work, and project schedules.
Experience managing project financials, including budgets, cost forecasts, change orders, and billing.

Responsibilities

Manage power delivery projects from preconstruction and planning through construction, commissioning, and closeout.
Develop and maintain project execution plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, and staffing strategies.
Coordinate engineering, procurement, construction, subcontractors, customers, and field personnel.
Monitor project costs, productivity, cash flow, change orders, risks, and overall financial performance.
Track project milestones and identify potential schedule, budget, or resource challenges.
Lead regular project meetings and communicate progress, risks, and action items to stakeholders.
Review contracts, scopes of work, drawings, specifications, schedules, and project requirements.
Manage subcontractor performance, documentation, invoicing, and compliance with contractual obligations.
Support procurement activities and coordinate delivery of equipment, materials, and other project resources.
Partner with field leadership to resolve construction challenges and maintain project momentum.
Ensure compliance with OSHA, customer, regulatory, and company safety requirements.
Promote a project culture focused on safety, quality, accountability, and operational excellence.
Manage project documentation, including submittals, RFIs, change orders, progress reports, and turnover packages.
Support estimating, constructability reviews, project forecasting, and proposal development.
Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, utilities, subcontractors, vendors, and project stakeholders.
Ensure projects meet quality requirements through inspections, testing, commissioning, punch-list completion, and final closeout.