Senior Distribution Program Manager (Hybrid)

WSP; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Distribution Project Manager for its Power & Energy Program Management Team in Fort Worth and the Dallas, TX Metroplex area, with hybrid work requiring three days in-office weekly. Travel to client offices may be necessary for meetings; you will lead medium to large distribution projects, ensuring schedule, budget, risk, and quality stay on track.

You will develop lifecycle project management systems, engage stakeholders, and guide cross-functional teams to deliver exemplary

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or a related field; equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience may be considered.
• 10+ years of relevant post-education experience with significant project management responsibility in Power Delivery/Transmission/substation/utility infra.
• Experience managing medium to large, complex transmission line and/or substation projects for electric utility clients.
• Proven ability to lead multiple concurrent projects with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, risk, client satisfaction, and delivery performance.
• Advanced understanding of utility project delivery including engineering, procurement, permitting, environmental coordination, construction readiness, outage coordination, commissioning, closeout, and client reporting.
• Strong working knowledge of project controls practices: CPM schedule management, cost forecasting, earned value, change management, risk management, invoicing, and financial performance.
• Experience developing and maintaining project governance tools and documentation (execution plans, risk registers, logs, change logs, QA/QC, audit-ready files).
• Ability to manage client relationships at senior project level and communicate with client leadership to support objectives.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams (engineering, controls, procurement, construction, environmental, permitting, vendors, contractors, clients).
• Ability to coach and mentor project managers and teams while enforcing accountability and best practices.
• Advanced analytical, organizational, problem-solving skills; ability to assess performance, risks, alternatives, and viable solutions.
• Strong business acumen to manage project financials, protect margin, and evaluate commercial impacts.

Responsibilities

• Establish and implement program delivery plans aligned with goals and client expectations.
• Be the primary accountability for project delivery, identify issues, drive decisions, and escalate risks.
• Lead client engagement and relationship development with proactive communication and issue resolution.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams across engineering, controls, procurement, construction, environmental, and stakeholders.
• Develop and enforce governance frameworks, delivery standards, and escalation procedures.
• Manage integration of scope, schedule, budget, risk, and quality across the program.
• Analyze performance metrics and conduct root cause analyses for delays or overruns.
• Support senior-level client engagement with strategic input and coordination.
• Coordinate interdependencies between multiple projects for coherent delivery.
• Develop risk and opportunity management frameworks across all program phases.
• Contribute to contract negotiations, change orders, and claims mitigation.
• Mentor project managers and teams to reinforce accountability and consistency.
• Foster interdisciplinary collaboration and drive process improvements in tools.

Skills

Project leadership

CPM scheduling

Cost forecasting

Earned value management

Change management

Risk management

Client reporting

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

WSP is seeking a Distribution Project Manager for its Power & Energy Program Management Team in Fort Worth and the Dallas, TX Metroplex area, with hybrid work requiring three days in-office weekly. Travel to client offices may be necessary for meetings; you will lead medium to large distribution projects, ensuring schedule, budget, risk, and quality stay on track.

You will develop lifecycle project management systems, engage stakeholders, and guide cross-functional teams to deliver exemplary