Project Manager - Power Delivery

WSP in the U.S.; New Orleans (LA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Project Manager for our Power Delivery Project Management team located in New Orleans, LA; Houston, TX; or Baton Rouge, LA. The candidate may work from a mutually acceptable location within the region and must have the ability to travel to a WSP and/or Client office for periodic face‑to‑face meetings.

This role provides technical, administrative, and commercial project management leadership for Power Delivery projects.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical, administrative, and commercial project management leadership for the delivery of Power Delivery projects, including electric transmission, distribution, and substation infrastructure.
• Responsible for the overall performance of assigned Power Delivery projects of moderate size and complexity and/or local to regional scope.
• Oversee project financials, budgets, forecasting, earned value, schedules (CPM), and risk management.
• Ensure full adherence to end‑to‑end project lifecycle—proposal development, startup and planning, engineering coordination, procurement support, construction execution, reporting, and closeout.
• Coordinate with IOUs, IPPs, cooperatives, and public power clients for contract negotiations and execution meetings.

Job description

Job Description

WSP is seeking a Project Manager for our Power Delivery Project Management team located in New Orleans, LA; Houston, TX; or Baton Rouge, LA.

Job Description

WSP is seeking a Project Manager for our Power Delivery Project Management team located in New Orleans, LA; Houston, TX; or Baton Rouge, LA.

The candidate may work from a mutually acceptable location within the region and must have the ability to travel to a WSP and/or Client office for periodic face‑to‑face meetings.

This Opportunity

Provides technical, administrative, and commercial project management leadership for the delivery of Power Delivery projects, including electric transmission, distribution, and substation infrastructure, in accordance with WSP’s core values, established project management methodologies, and the contractual scope of services agreed upon with utility and energy sector clients. Responsible for the overall performance of assigned Power Delivery projects of moderate size and complexity and/or local to regional scope, including oversight of project financials, budgets, forecasting, earned value, schedules (CPM), technical execution, client satisfaction, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC), health and safety, and risk management. Ensures full adherence to responsibilities across the end‑to‑end project lifecycle—including proposal development, project startup and planning, engineering coordination, procurement support, construction execution, reporting, and project closeout with deliverables documented, governed, and audited to meet or exceed corporate standards for safety, execution excellence, profitability, regulatory compliance, and operational performance within a Power Delivery and utility infrastructure environment.

Your Impact

• Oversee and lead cross‑functional Power Delivery project teams (engineering, design, construction, project controls, and support staff) to execute mid‑level and concurrent transmission, distribution, and substation projects, including management of project budgets, hours and expenses, labor and material quantities, equipment costs, deliverables, compliance documentation, and contractual obligations in accordance with utility, EPC, and client contracts.
• Contribute to the development of Power Delivery project proposals, including cost estimates, scopes of work, schedules (CPM), execution strategies, and resource plans supporting utility capital programs.
• Develop and maintain Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), task sequencing, and cost-loaded estimates to support schedule control, forecasting, and earned value management (EVM).
• Establish and enforce the appropriate level of technical, constructability, and design reviews, selecting qualified engineering and discipline leads, and ensuring compliance with QA/QC programs, utility standards, and WSP quality plans
• Support margin analysis, profitability forecasting, and contingency planning, establishing margin targets, risk allowances, and mitigation strategies across assigned Power Delivery projects or portfolios.
• Coordinate and assist with the technical and commercial aspects of contract negotiations, scope alignment, client presentations, and execution meetings with IOUs, IPPs, cooperatives, and public power clients.
• Develop, maintain, and update Project Initiation and governance documentation, including Risk Registers (REF/RMP), Project Management Plans (PMP), Project Quality Plans (QP), Project Safety Plans (PSP), and Communications Plans, in accordance with WSP and client requirements.
• Participate in and lead project kick‑off, safety, and execution alignment meetings with key internal and external stakeholders to confirm roles, responsibilities, and delivery expectations.
• Collaborate closely with Project Accounting and Finance teams to monitor project performance metrics, including estimated time‑to‑completion, cash flow, invoicing, accounts receivable (AR), unbilled revenue, and budgeted margin for individual projects or Power Delivery portfolios.
• Oversee project controls functions, including budgeting, forecasting, CPM scheduling, cost control, change management, and risk management, ensuring alignment with project execution plans.
• Coordinate with area, technical, and resource managers to address staffing, specialty expertise, subcontracting, and vendor support needs in a timely manner across Power Delivery projects.
• Proactively identify, communicate, and escalated Health & Safety incidents, regulatory issues, and significant client concerns to senior project management and leadership, in accordance with WSP safety and governance requirements.
• Participate in and support problem project and recovery reviews, providing root‑cause analysis, corrective action recommendations, and recovery planning input to leadership and stakeholders.
• Provide regular, structured project reporting to clients, technical leadership, and business unit managers, identifying emerging risks, scope changes, schedule impacts, and budget variances.
• Monitor and manage accounts receivable (AR), unbilled revenue, and cash flow, coordinating corrective actions with project accounting, finance, and client teams as needed.
• Coordinate with Procurement and Supply Chain teams to support purchase order closeout, vendor performance, and supplier agreement completion