Substation Project Manager

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories; Irvine (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Project Engineer – Project Manager to oversee projects in the power systems industry. You will manage the project lifecycle, from proposal to completion, ensuring quality and adherence to budget and timelines. The ideal candidate has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and at least 5 years of project management experience. This role includes competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Employer funded stock ownership plan

Top-tier medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid holidays and vacation time

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant project management experience.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally a minimum of 25%.
• Background check and negative drug test results required.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from bid to close-out.
• Prepare and maintain detailed scoping, schedule, and budgeting documents.
• Use project performance metrics to forecast actual project performance.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Electric power systems knowledge

Construction management experience

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline

Job description

Overview

The devices we make at SEL are embedded in the power grid. They prevent blackouts, make outages safer and shorter, and add cybersecurity, automation, and communication. They use cutting-edge technologies and operate at speeds that push other pieces of the grid to go faster.

As a Project Manager in our EPCM division of Engineering Services, you’ll provide turnkey solutions and services that help our customers modernize, protect, and control critical electrical infrastructure.

SEL Engineering Services performs conceptual design and evaluation, detailed substation design, procurement, and construction management. By combining civil, structural, electrical, and protection and control engineering services with comprehensive project management, we ensure a well-defined scope of work, effective budgeting, and a schedule customers can rely on. Each of our project managers works directly with customers to establish shared criteria for success and then ensures that people, processes, and performance come together to meet objectives and create a successful project outcome. Substation designs are customized to the site conditions, permitting agency, relevant standards, and customer specifications.

As a Project Engineer – Project Manager a typical day might include the following:

• Work with customers to understand their needs and respond with solutions through new proposal development when within SEL Engineering Services’ competencies.
• Complete and implement assigned work within agreed upon scope, schedule and budget to a high level of quality and safety.
• Prepare and maintain detailed scoping, schedule, and budgeting documents.
• Use project performance metrics to forecast actual project performance and forecasting to compare against baselines through a regular reporting regimen.
• Identify, measure and improve project and procedural deficiencies.

This job might be for you if you:

• Have a history of managing or supporting projects through their entire lifecycle, from bid to close-out.
• Enjoy new, meaningful challenges and overcoming real world limitations to deliver a quoted scope of work for the budget & schedule promised and to the quality your customers expect.
• Understand that when deviations arise, how to exercise change management, when appropriate, to apply a structured process and set of tools to achieve the desired project results.
• Know how to work with scheduling software to graphically represent the critical path to completion and how to use that data to advise your stakeholders.
• Understand how to monitor and control project performance metrics and how compile that data into regular stakeholder reports.
• Enjoy autonomy and working with latitude necessary to drive results.
• Have experience in construction management within the power systems industry

Required Qualifications:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline
• 5+ years relevant application experience with project management best practices and philosophies
• Good knowledge of electric power system protection and control, integration and/or automation and communications applications
• Working knowledge of electric power system design, studies, information and communication technology and protective relay applications
• Willing to travel both domestically and internationally a minimum of 25% based on focus area
• Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills
• Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
• Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment
• Background check results satisfactory to SEL
• Negative drug test result(s)

Location

We are open to multiple locations for this position: Houston, TX; King of Prussia, PA; Pullman, WA; Alpharetta, GA; and Irvine, CA.

Benefits

• Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work.
• We’re 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.
• We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.
• We foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.
• Ask our team about other benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.

Pay Range Data

New hires generally start between $120,000 - 185,000. We base our starting pay offer on location and job-related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills. Our salary ranges are determined by job, responsibility, and location.

Communication with Applicants

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SEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Vets/Disabled.