Project Manager - Transmission & Distribution- Michels Power, Inc.

michelscorporation; Denver (CO); Presencial; USD 110.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Michels Power, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager - Overhead Distribution to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of electric distribution projects in the Denver metro area.

You will own safety, schedule, budget, and customer satisfaction while coordinating with field teams, engineers, and subcontractors. You will serve as the primary liaison to utility customers, manage resources and procurement, and drive on-time, on-budget project outcomes with a strong focus on quality and regulatory

Formación

• Strong project leadership and proven ability to manage complex utility construction programs.
• Solid financial and commercial awareness for budgeting and forecasting.
• Excellent communication with customers and stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of overhead electric distribution construction.

Responsabilidades

• Lead overhead distribution construction projects and utility programs from award through final closeout.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, schedules, contracts, procurement activities, change management, and overall financial performance.
• Serve as primary customer-facing representative and maintain proactive communication with utility stakeholders throughout project execution.
• Coordinate activities among utility customers, Construction Managers, field leadership, engineering teams, subcontractors, suppliers, and project stakeholders.
• Develop project execution plans, staffing strategies, resource requirements, procurement plans, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions when safety, schedule, quality, productivity, or financial objectives are at risk.
• Maintain and promote a strong safety culture while ensuring compliance with company, customer, environmental, and regulatory requirements.

Conocimientos

Project leadership

Financial/Commercial awareness

Customer communication

Overhead distribution knowledge

Descripción del empleo

Project Manager - Overhead Distribution

Overhead Distribution | Utility Construction | Grid Modernization

Location: Denver, CO Area - Project-Based

Employment Type: Full-Time

Travel: Approximately 50% Travel Required, Primarily Within Colorado

Lead the Delivery of Critical Power Infrastructure Across Colorado

Colorado's continued growth depends on safe, reliable, and resilient electric distribution infrastructure. From distribution system rebuilds and capacity upgrades to grid modernization, storm response, and ongoing utility programs, successful projects require experienced leaders who can bring together customers, field teams, engineering partners, suppliers, and subcontractors around a common goal.

As a Project Manager - Overhead Distribution with Michels Power, you will help lead electric utility construction projects throughout the Denver metropolitan area and surrounding Colorado markets. You'll take ownership of safety, customer relationships, financial performance, schedule, resources, and overall project execution while partnering closely with some of the industry's most experienced field leadership.

About Michels Power, Inc.

Michels Power, Inc. supports America's electrical and communication backbone by delivering comprehensive overhead and underground construction services for 69 kV to 765 kV electric utility systems and fiber networks . As one of the largest private power utility electrical contractors in the United States, Michels Power combines experienced project management and construction management leadership, skilled field construction resources, and an extensive equipment fleet to build transmission and distribution power lines and communication systems from coast to coast.

Our comprehensive project oversight ranges from logistics and scheduling to quality assurance and construction. We provide engineering, procurement, and construction ( EPC ) delivery models on complex projects involving transmission lines, substations, structure foundations, heavy civil construction, and horizontal directional drilling. Michels Power is a member of the Michels Family of Companies .

Position Overview

As a Project Manager - Overhead Distribution , you will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of overhead electric distribution projects primarily throughout the Denver, Colorado area. You will manage projects and ongoing utility programs from award and startup through execution, turnover, and closeout while maintaining a strong focus on safety, customer satisfaction, quality, schedule, productivity, and profitability.

You will serve as a key point of contact for utility customers and work closely with Construction Managers, Superintendents, Project Engineers, General Foremen, field crews, engineering partners, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to keep projects moving forward.

Success requires strong project leadership, financial and commercial awareness, excellent customer communication, and a working knowledge of overhead electric distribution construction. Experience supporting overhead transmission projects is valuable, but this role will be primarily focused on overhead distribution operations and utility programs .

Key Responsibilities

• Lead overhead distribution construction projects and utility programs from contract award through final closeout.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, schedules, contracts, procurement activities, change management, and overall financial performance.
• Serve as a primary customer-facing representative and maintain proactive communication with utility stakeholders throughout project execution.
• Coordinate activities among utility customers, Construction Managers, field leadership, engineering teams, subcontractors, suppliers, and project stakeholders.
• Develop project execution plans, staffing strategies, resource requirements, procurement plans, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions when safety, schedule, quality, productivity, or financial objectives are at risk.
• Maintain and promote a strong safety culture while ensuring compliance with company, customer, environmental, and regulatory requirements.

What You'll Do

• Manage overhead electric distribution projects and recurring utility construction programs throughout the Denver metropolitan area and surrounding Colorado markets.
• Support projects involving distribution line construction, rebuilds, system hardening, capacity improvements, pole replacements, reconductoring, and grid modernization.
• Develop and maintain project budgets, schedules, cost and revenue forecasts, staffing plans, procurement strategies, and execution plans.
• Coordinate closely with Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, and field leadership to align crew deployment and construction execution with project objectives.
• Monitor labor productivity, equipment utilization, material availability, subcontractor performance, production qua