Project Manager, Capital Construction

portlandgeneral; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Portland General Electric (PGE) seeks an experienced project manager to lead capital construction initiatives across transmission, distribution, substations, and grid modernization in Oregon. The role includes planning, permitting, procurement, construction, and commissioning with emphasis on safety, schedule, and budget adherence.

The candidate will coordinate with internal teams, contractors, agencies, and community stakeholders, while guiding procurement, contracts, and PMO processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, project management or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Five or more years of progressively responsible project management or infrastructure delivery experience.
• Valid Driver's License required.
• Senior level: eight or more years and cross-functional leadership experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Owns safety, scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, compliance and customer commitments.
• Leads planning and execution from development through permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning and closeout.
• Partners with internal teams, contractors, agencies and stakeholders to align resources.
• Supports procurement and contract administration, including RFPs, bids, contracts, change management and invoicing.
• Mentors less-experienced project managers and helps strengthen PMO standards.

Skills

PM experience

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Budget & schedule

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Equivalent experience

Job description

Summary

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven't stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We're always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Key Responsibilities

• Manages capital construction projects across transmission, distribution, substation, generation and grid modernization work; at the Staff level, manages medium-scale projects or defined scopes of larger projects, and at the Senior level, leads larger, more complex or higher-risk projects.
• Leads project planning and execution from development through permitting, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and closeout, with increasing complexity, independence and organizational influence at the Senior level.
• Owns safety, scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, compliance and customer commitments, and escalates or resolves issues based on project impact, complexity and authority level.
• Partners with internal teams, contractors, consultants, suppliers, agencies and community stakeholders to align resources, decisions and project delivery.
• Supports procurement and contract administration, including RFPs, technical specifications, bid evaluation, contracts, change management and invoice or payment coordination.
• Works with Project Controls to maintain schedules, forecasts, cost plans, cash-flow projections, risk registers and performance reports, using data to identify trends, variances and corrective actions.
• Identifies cost, schedule and scope variances; leads corrective actions, issue resolution and recovery planning, with Senior-level work expected to address more complex or cross-functional barriers.
• Communicates status, risks, decisions and next steps through meetings, dashboards, reports, presentations and electronic communications for internal and external stakeholders.
• Leads matrixed project teams, reinforces accountability, supports timely decisions and improves project management practices; at the Senior level, mentors less-experienced project managers and helps strengthen PMO standards.
• Represents PGE with agencies, utilities, property owners and public stakeholders, with Senior-level work expected to include more sensitive, complex or high-impact stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

Required, Staff level (P3):

• Education: Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, project management or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: Typically, five or more years of progressively responsible experience in project management, construction management, engineering, utility operations, capital delivery or related infrastructure projects, including demonstrated ability to manage project scope, schedule, budget, risk, stakeholder communication and issue resolution.
• Valid Driver's License required.

Required, Senior level (P4):

• Education: Meets Staff-level education requirements.
• Experience: Typically, eight or more years of progressively responsible related experience, including demonstrated leadership of larger, more complex or higher-risk infrastructure projects.
• Valid Driver's License required.
• Additional Senior Requirements preferred: Demonstrated ability to meet Staff-level requirements while leading complex cross-functional teams; resolving ma