Transformer Service Project Manager

Siemens Energy, Inc.; Selma (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

401K plan

Parental leave

Career development

Job summary

Siemens Energy seeks a Project Manager to lead transformer service projects from inception to completion. You will work with customers, internal teams, and subcontractors to develop project plans, manage budgets over $1 million, and ensure milestones are met while maintaining strong communication across stakeholders.

Qualified candidates will have 5+ years in electrical installation or construction management for transformer projects, leadership experience, and PMP certification preferred;

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in electrical installation or construction management for transformer projects
• Proven leadership and collaboration across engineering, operations, logistics, and program management
• PMP certification preferred; strong risk and commercial reporting experience

Responsibilities

• Lead transformer service projects from inception to completion
• Develop detailed project plans and communication strategies with customers and stakeholders
• Review contracts, specifications, scope, and budgets to identify risks
• Monitor labor, material costs, and productivity to forecast revenue and profit
• Coordinate subcontractors, field service teams, and internal groups to close projects successfully

Skills

Leadership

Project management

PMP Certification

Budget management

Travel 20%

Education

Bachelor’s degree engineering

Associate’s degree with transformer experience

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join Siemens Energy’s Transmission team and take the lead on transformer service projects from inception to completion. You’ll work directly with customers, internal teams, and subcontractors to develop detailed project plans, manage budgets exceeding $1 million, and ensure milestones are met on time. You’ll review contracts thoroughly, align expectations, and keep communication flowing across each stakeholder group. Every day, you’ll balance technical precision with commercial responsibility – making decisions that support safe, reliable, and efficient energy delivery. Whether managing Dress & Test (D&T) jobs or warranty work, your leadership will keep projects on track while opening new opportunities for growth in a rapidly expanding market.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Manage all phases of transformer service projects, including D&T and warranty work, ensuring they are completed on schedule, within scope, and on budget.
• Develop detailed project plans and communication strategies to align customers and Siemens Energy stakeholders.
• Review agreements, specifications, scope, and budgets to identify risks and ensure readiness before project launch.
• Monitor labor, material costs, and productivity to maintain control and produce accurate forecasts of revenue and profit.
• Coordinate subcontractors, field service teams, and internal groups to achieve successful project closure and handover.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or similar technical discipline preferred; Associate’s degree with transformer industry experience will be considered.
• 5+ years’ experience in electrical installation or construction management, preferably with projects over $1 million in the transformer industry.
• Proven leadership skills and a track record of collaborating with multidisciplinary teams in engineering, operations, logistics, and program management. Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is preferred.
• Experience in subcontractor management, risk management, project communications, commercial reporting, and closure processes.
• Willing to travel 20% domestically and internationally.
• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

About The Team

Grid Technologies

In our Business Unit Transmission, we deliver products, solutions, and services that efficiently transfer energy – whether expanding, replacing, or upgrading systems. Our Service group is a large, dynamic organization with strong market share and many career paths. In transformer projects, you’ll join a team that blends technical expertise with strong customer focus, ensuring reliable energy delivery and ongoing innovation. Together, we make tomorrow different today by connecting our customers with efficient, sustainable energy solutions.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Rewards

• Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
• Company paid Health and wellness benefits
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• 401K savings plan with company match
• Family building benefits
• Parental leave

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