Position Details
- Location: Las Vegas, NV (100% onsite)
- Schedule: 40 hours/week, Monday-Friday
- Duration: Initial 1-year contract with strong extension potential
- Travel: Occasional travel to project sites, with all approved expenses covered
Key Responsibilities
- Manage transmission line projects through construction, commissioning, and closeout.
- Lead project scope, schedule, budget, forecasting, and risk management activities.
- Coordinate with engineering, construction, environmental, permitting, ROW, and operations teams.
- Interface with regulatory agencies, including the BLM and environmental stakeholders.
- Resolve construction, permitting, environmental, and stakeholder-related challenges.
- Provide project updates, risk assessments, and mitigation plans to leadership.
- Support major transmission capital projects and grid expansion initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of utility, transmission, power delivery, or infrastructure project management experience
- Experience supporting 220kV-500kV transmission line projects
- Strong preference for experience on 345kV transmission projects
- Experience working on transmission projects spanning 50+ miles
- Background supporting permitting, environmental, and regulatory processes
- Experience with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar project management tools
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Preferred Qualifications
- PE License
- PMP Certification
- Investor-Owned Utility (IOU) experience
- Transmission expansion, reliability, or grid modernization project experience
- Familiarity with NERC, FERC, OSHA, and environmental compliance requirements
EOE Statement: Specialist Staffing Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.