Senior Program Manager - Electric Grid Projects

Burns & McDonnell; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401(k) retirement plan

Insurance & disability

Wellness programs

Time off

Job summary

Burns & McDonnell in Columbus, OH, is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams on substation, transmission, and telecom projects through design and construction to closeout. You will manage 5–20 projects concurrently, ensuring schedule and cost adherence while interfacing with clients and senior management.

The role emphasizes leadership, strategic planning, and client coordination with opportunities to contribute to portfolio optimization and outage sequencing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or related field required.
• Minimum of seven years of experience in engineering design, project management, or a related role.
• P.E., PMP, MBA or comparable advanced degree strongly preferred.
• Excellent facilitation, collaboration, organization, and problem solving skills.
• Ability to influence, lead and manage.
• Strong planning and analytical skills.
• E.I.T. or PE license strongly preferred.
• superb oral and written communication skills across levels.
• Proven ability to develop business and establish relationships with clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team to execute substation, transmission, and telecommunication projects from inception through design and construction to closeout.
• Oversee 5-20 projects concurrently of varying sizes ($100k-$50M) and voltages (4kV-765kV).
• Manage projects for schedule adherence identifying risks and requirements to reach in-service date.
• Navigate gate approvals with senior and executive management as required by each client.
• Manage projects for financial adherence maintaining an accurate cost forecast reflecting committed and uncommitted costs for an estimate-at-completion.
• Coordinate craft labor resources with client approved vendors for construction, testing and other field activities.
• Provide regular status updates on projects and meeting updates for clients.
• Lead project meetings with cost, schedule, real estate, environmental, construction and engineering resources.

Skills

facilitation

leadership

communication

planning

analytical

client coordination

proposal development

contract negotiations

project planning

team leadership

budgeting

schedule management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/construction management

P.E./E.I.T. license preferred

Job description

Burns & McDonnell in Columbus, OH, is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams on substation, transmission, and telecom projects through design and construction to closeout. You will manage 5–20 projects concurrently, ensuring schedule and cost adherence while interfacing with clients and senior management.

The role emphasizes leadership, strategic planning, and client coordination with opportunities to contribute to portfolio optimization and outage sequencing