Senior Project Manager HV

Gridworks; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gridworks seeks a Senior Project Manager to oversee high voltage substation projects from planning through turnover, ensuring safety, schedule adherence, and budget control. You will coordinate among engineering, procurement, construction, and utility stakeholders to deliver reliable facilities on time.

The role emphasizes leadership, client relations, and risk management, with travel across project sites in the Southwest and beyond as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience delivering HV substations.
• Strong knowledge of HV substation construction and equipment.
• Experience managing budgets, schedules, contracts and client relationships.
• Experience coordinating utility interconnections, outages, testing, commissioning and energization.
• Ability to read substation drawings and protection/control diagrams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and leadership skills.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams in delivering HV substations, switchyards, and interconnection facilities for utility-scale solar and storage projects.
• Plan, scope development, estimating, execution plans, and construction sequencing; assign responsibilities across teams.
• Act as primary contact for clients, utilities, engineers, suppliers and subcontractors; chair meetings and communicate risks.
• Develop integrated project schedules covering design releases, long-lead equipment, civil work, and energization milestones.
• Manage contracts, change orders, and commercial risks; document changes and invoices.
• Coordinate procurement and delivery of transformers, breakers, switches, and substation equipment; review invoices and subcontracts.
• Own project budgets, cash flow, cost forecasts, and financial reporting; coordinate with field leadership on resources.
• Oversee quality inspections and documentation; ensure compliance with drawings and specs; resolve deficiencies.
• Collaborate with safety and field leaders to enforce OSHA and client safety requirements.
• Coordinate protection/controls, SCADA, communications, and utility interfaces; manage testing, outages and energization approvals.
• Identify and mitigate risks; manage punch lists, as-built records, test reports, and turnover packages.
• Lead and mentor project managers and engineers to improve execution practices.

Skills

HV substation knowledge

Project management

Budget management

Scheduling

Client relations

Communication

Safety compliance

Leadership

Job description

Senior Project Manager High Voltage Substations

Lead the delivery of high voltage substations and grid interconnection facilities that connect utility-scale renewable energy projects to the electrical grid. This role requires an experienced project leader who can coordinate engineering, procurement, construction, and utility stakeholders to deliver safe, reliable facilities on schedule and within budget.

Position Overview

Gridworks seeks a Senior Project Manager to oversee assigned high voltage substation projects from planning and estimating through design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, energization, turnover, and warranty. The position owns project execution, financial performance, client relationships, and coordination with utilities and field leadership.

About The Company

Established in 2014, Gridworks is a leading EPC contractor for utility-scale solar and battery storage projects. Primarily operating across the southwest, we are expanding into other regions. With 2 GW of solar and battery energy storage projects we are well positioned for continued success in the rapidly growing clean energy sector.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead project teams in the delivery of high voltage substations, switchyards, and associated interconnection facilities for utility-scale solar PV and battery energy storage projects.
• Direct project planning, scope development, estimating, execution plans, and construction sequencing; establish clear responsibilities across engineering, procurement, subcontractors, and field teams.
• Serve as the primary project contact for clients or internal team members, utilities, engineers, equipment suppliers, and subcontractors; lead progress meetings and communicate decisions, risks, and required actions.
• Develop and maintain integrated schedules covering design releases, long-lead equipment, civil work, foundations, equipment installation, testing, outages, and energization milestones.
• Manage contracts, subcontract scopes, change orders, and commercial risks; review subcontract pricing and scope alignment, and maintain timely documentation of project changes.
• Coordinate procurement and delivery of transformers, circuit breakers, switches, instrument transformers, control enclosures, and other major substation equipment; review invoices, rental agreements, and subcontract payments.
• Own HV project budgets, cost forecasts, cash flow, and financial reporting; work with construction managers to manage labor, materials, equipment, productivity, and recovery plans.
• Oversee quality inspections and documentation for civil and structural work, grounding, equipment installation, buswork, control wiring, and electrical testing; resolve deficiencies against approved drawings and specifications.
• Partner with safety and field leadership to implement project safety requirements, including OSHA and client requirements, electrical hazard controls, and coordination of work near energized facilities.
• Coordinate protection and controls, SCADA, communications, and utility interfaces with responsible engineers and specialists; manage testing and commissioning readiness, outage coordination, and energization approvals.
• Identify and mitigate design, procurement, construction, and schedule risks; manage punch lists, as-built records, test reports, training, turnover packages, and warranty obligations through closeout.
• Lead and mentor project managers and project engineers, support field leadership, and improve project execution practices through lessons learned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position will have supervisory responsibilities as assigned and subject to changes as the business needs change.

Work Environment

Able to work and maneuver in a construction environment.

Willing and able to travel to jobsites.

Working conditions: construction jobsites, noisy conditions, extreme temperature conditions.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Hours generally follow a typical construction workweek. Weekend or after-hours work may be required to support construction, outages, commissioning, and energization.

Travel

Ability and willingness to travel to various locations as required.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Gridworks is an equal opportunity employer

Gridworks is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge of high voltage substation construction, including site work, foundations, grounding, steel structures, major electrical equipment, buswork, and control systems.
• 5+ years of project management experience with demonstrated responsibility for the successful delivery of high voltage substation projects.
• Proven ability to manage substation project budgets, schedules, contracts, subcontractors, and client relationships from planning through commissioning and turnover.
• Experience coordinating utility interconnections, outage requirements, testing, commissioning, and energization; renewable energy interconnection experience is preferred.
• Ability to interpret substation drawings and specifications, including one-line diagrams, equipment layouts, grounding plans, and protection and control drawings; working knowledge of protection, SCADA, and communications interfaces.
• Strong verbal and written communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate with utility representatives.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage competing priorities; proficiency with project scheduling, cost tracking, and reporting tools.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.