Substation Preconstruction Lead - Flexible, 25% Travel

Michels Corporation; Green Bay (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Short-Term Disability Insurance

Long-Term Disability Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Legal Plan

Identity Theft Protection and Planning

Job summary

Michels Power, Inc. is actively seeking a Preconstruction Project Manager - Substations to lead the preconstruction phase across utility, transmission, and EPC substations, coordinating between business development, estimating, engineering, procurement, contracts, and project controls to ensure proper evaluation, budgeting, scheduling, and readiness for execution.

This role requires strong organizational and leadership skills, experience in budgeting, scheduling, procurement, and risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3+ years of preconstruction, PM, estimating, engineering, procurement, or construction experience.
• Experience supporting utility substation, transmission, distribution, renewable energy, etc.
• Ability to lead preconstruction planning, including scope, budget, schedule, and risk assessment.
• Experience reviewing estimates, contracts, and project execution plans.
• Strong coordination across multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead preconstruction planning activities including scope definition, budgeting, scheduling, procurement planning, and risk assessment.
• Coordinate project handoffs between business development, estimating, engineering, procurement, contracts, project controls, operations, and field leadership.
• Facilitate opportunity reviews, bid reviews, estimate reviews, project kickoff meetings, and readiness assessments.
• Support contract review and execution activities while helping ensure consistency in commercial terms and project requirements.
• Coordinate permitting, procurement, subcontract execution, and mobilization readiness activities to support successful project startup.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies that support safe, profitable, and successful project execution.
• Develop and maintain project budgets, schedules, procurement plans, milestone tracking tools, and execution readiness plans.
• Support estimating teams during project pursuits and help ensure lessons learned, assumptions, clarifications, and project risks are incorporated into project planning.
• Coordinate internal and external preconstruction meetings, project kickoff meetings, and startup readiness reviews.
• Partner with procurement teams to support material planning, long-lead equipment procurement, subcontractor readiness, and supply chain coordination activities.

Skills

Preconstruction

Project management

Estimating

Budgeting

Scheduling

Procurement

Contracts

Stakeholder coordination

BIM

MS Office / PM tools

Education

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

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Bluebeam

Procore

Oracle Unifier

InEight

BIM

Job description

Michels Power, Inc. is actively seeking a Preconstruction Project Manager - Substations to lead the preconstruction phase across utility, transmission, and EPC substations, coordinating between business development, estimating, engineering, procurement, contracts, and project controls to ensure proper evaluation, budgeting, scheduling, and readiness for execution.

This role requires strong organizational and leadership skills, experience in budgeting, scheduling, procurement, and risk