Power Generation Senior Project Manager

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

Phoenix (AZ)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join its Power Generation team in Phoenix, Arizona. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in utility scale power generation systems, 10 years of related experience, and a minimum of 5 years in project management. Responsibilities include maintaining client relationships, managing project budgets, and leading project teams to successful completion. A Bachelor's degree in Engineering and a Professional Engineer license are required. This is a full-time position.

Qualifications

10 years related experience.
A minimum of 5 years project management experience.
Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license required.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain positive client relationships.
Achieve project schedule and profitability goals.
Provide daily leadership to the project team.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Business development

Communication skills

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Job description

Power Generation Senior Project Manager - (191452)

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

Watch Our Story: https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story

Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

HDR is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our West Region Power Generation team. As a Senior Project Manager, you will be joining a highly capable, multi-discipline team that supports power and energy projects within the industrial, institutional, municipal, IPP and utility power and energy industry. The Senior Project Manager will be a seller-doer who helps maintain client relationships, brings in projects, develops strategies and plans for performing the work, monitors and communicates status of the project, and leads multi-discipline project teams to successful completion of the work. This role requires significant client interaction (from pre-positioning for the work through project completion) and strong verbal and written communication skills as needed for regular interaction with internal staff such as project team members, marketing staff, and operations leadership. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with both utility scale power generation systems and equipment as well as exposure with emerging market trends, including distributed generation and combined heat and power technologies and projects, as well as proven ability to plan, schedule, and lead complex design and consulting assignments.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain positive and proactive client relationships.
Achieve project schedule, quality, and profitability goals.
Serve as proposal champion/manager and assist with proposal preparation, review of contract terms and conditions, and evaluate risks associated with the services being offered.
Provide daily leadership to the project team and technical staff in completion of project activities.
Provide regular communication and coordination within the project team and with the client such that the project work plan and the client’s expectations on deliverables are understood and aligned. Monitor project deliverables for quality, completeness and conformance to the client’s expectations.
Proactively monitor and maintain the project budget and schedule. Develop appropriate recovery plans in the event of potential shortfalls.
Monitor the contracted scope of work and identify scope changes.
Provide training and mentoring to project team staff on project management and project consulting issues.
Perform design or consulting work in the manager’s area of engineering expertise.
Routinely report project progress to the local and regional accounting and operations team.
Have the ability to handle multiple concurrent projects
Demonstrated business development and strategic planning skills
Excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills
All other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering
10 years related experience
A minimum 5 years project management experience
Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license
MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be plus)
Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills
An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other’s life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Other Locations

United States-Arizona-Phoenix, United States-Montana-Billings

Industry

Power

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Job Posting

Mar 2, 2026

BusinessClass: Power Generation

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.