Senior Project Manager – Utility Infrastructure

Delta Computer Consulting; Pomona (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Vision

Dental

Life Insurance

401(k)

Continuing & On-Demand Education

Job summary

Delta Computer Consulting seeks a Senior Project Manager to oversee a high-volume portfolio of transmission and substation capital projects in Southern California. You will manage 50–100 concurrent small to medium projects with a combined value of $50M–$75M, driving scope, schedule, and cost across a large regional program.

The ideal candidate brings strong PM experience in utility, construction, or capital infrastructure, excels in fast-paced environments, and coordinates stakeholders to ensure

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Project Management experience in utilities, construction, engineering, or capital projects.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong scheduling, dependency management, and schedule recovery capabilities.
• Hands-on Primavera P6 experience for scheduling.
• Experience managing scope, budgets, schedules, risks, and change.
• Understanding impact of changes on schedules and costs.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 50–100 concurrent transmission and substation projects across various stages.
• Lead projects through initiation, planning, design, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Own scope, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, and change management.
• Develop and maintain schedules using Primavera P6, monitor critical path.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, construction, maintenance, environmental, permitting, cost engineering, procurement, and sponsoring teams.
• Monitor portfolio performance and ensure projects stay on track.
• Document scope changes and communicate cost implications to stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Portfolio management

Scheduling

Education

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

PMP Certification

Tools

Primavera P6

SAP

Job description

Pay Range

$68.00–$75.00/hour; based on experience

Benefits

• Health
• Vision
• Dental
• Life Insurance
• 401(k)
• Continuing & On-Demand Education

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee a high-volume portfolio of transmission and substation capital projects supporting one of Southern California's largest electrical utility programs.

This position is responsible for managing 50–100 concurrent small to medium-sized projects within an assigned geographic region. Projects primarily include substation upgrades, transformer replacements, circuit breaker replacements, relay upgrades, and other capital improvement initiatives with a combined portfolio value of approximately $50M–$75M.

The ideal candidate brings strong project management experience in utility, construction, engineering, or capital infrastructure environments and thrives in a fast-paced setting where organization, schedule management, and proactive stakeholder coordination are critical to success.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 50–100 concurrent transmission and substation projects across various stages of execution.
• Lead projects throughout the full lifecycle, including initiation, planning, design, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Maintain ownership of project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, and change management activities.
• Develop and maintain project schedules using Primavera P6, monitoring critical path activities and schedule impacts.
• Coordinate project activities across engineering, substation construction, maintenance, environmental, permitting, cost engineering, procurement, and sponsoring organizations.
• Monitor project scope, schedule, costs, risks, and overall portfolio performance while ensuring projects remain on track.
• Evaluate scope and schedule changes, document impacts, and communicate cost implications to project stakeholders and cost engineers.
• Facilitate project meetings, establish priorities, document action items, and drive issue resolution across multiple stakeholders.
• Prepare project status reports, executive updates, risk assessments, and portfolio performance metrics.
• Participate in field job walks and collaborate with regional engineering and construction teams to better understand project scope and field conditions.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders while independently managing a large regional project portfolio.

What You’ll Be Working On

• Transmission & Substation Capital Programs
• Utility Infrastructure Projects
• Electrical System Upgrades
• Project Controls
• Scope, Cost & Schedule Management
• Cross-Functional Coordination
• Capital Construction Delivery

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of Project Management experience supporting utility, construction, engineering, infrastructure, or capital improvement projects.
• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects within a fast-paced environment.
• Strong experience with project scheduling, dependency management, and schedule recovery.
• Hands-on experience using Primavera P6 for project scheduling.
• Experience managing project scope, budgets, schedules, risks, and change management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of how project changes impact schedules and overall project costs.
• Experience coordinating engineering, construction, maintenance, and cross-functional project teams.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Ability to independently manage a high-volume project portfolio with minimal supervision.

Desired Skills

• Electrical utility experience.
• Transmission and/or substation project management experience.
• Gas utility or other utility infrastructure experience.
• Capital construction or heavy civil project management.
• PMP or other Project Management certification.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Familiarity with SAP.
• Experience working within large enterprise organizations.

Must be willing to work onsite in Pomona, CA

Sponsorship is NOT AVAILABLE for this role