Utility Infrastructure Project Manager

APR Consulting; Pomona (CA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

APR Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Utility Infrastructure Project Manager to oversee complex infrastructure projects from planning through execution in Pomona, CA.

The hybrid role involves coordinating with internal teams, contractors, agencies, and communities to improve reliability and reduce wildfire risk, while delivering projects on schedule. The position emphasizes leadership in planning, risk management, and communicating with diverse audiences, ensuring safety, regulatory compliance, and

Qualifications

• Experience directing and implementing small to medium projects including identifying, maintaining, and/or adjusting the cost, scope, and resources, managing vendors, and leading the formal planning, tracking, and reporting of project performance.
• Ability to integrate work across related areas, develop the business and services to improve customer satisfaction and productivity, manage risks and safety, develop and execute business plans, direct information, and provide extraordinary service to internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee complex infrastructure projects from planning through execution, partnering with internal teams, contractors, agencies, and communities to safely deliver projects that improve reliability and reduce wildfire risk.
• Drive meaningful results, solve complex challenges, and directly shape the future of Southern California’s electric grid.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Vendor management

Stakeholder engagement

Presentation skills

Risk management

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Microsoft SharePoint

WorkIT

Job description

An electric utility client is looking for a Utility Infrastructure Project Manager who will oversee complex infrastructure projects from planning through execution, partnering with internal teams, contractors, agencies, and communities to safely deliver projects that improve reliability and reduce wildfire risk.

Position: Utility Infrastructure Project Manager
Location: Pomona, CA 91768 – Hybrid: Onsite M & Tu
Pay Rate: $70.68/hr. on W2
Duration: 18 months or longer
Schedule:1stshift, M-F, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

RESPONSIBILITIES

• As a Project Manager within the Targeted Undergrounding Program, you will oversee complex infrastructure projects from planning through execution, partnering with internal teams, contractors, agencies, and communities to safely deliver projects that improve reliability and reduce wildfire risk.
• This role offers the opportunity to drive meaningful results, solve complex challenges, and directly shape the future of Southern California’s electric grid.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Experience directing and implementing small to medium projects including identifying, maintaining, and/or adjusting the cost, scope, and resources, managing vendors, and leading the formal planning, tracking, and reporting of project performance.
• Ability to integrate work across related areas, develop the business and services to improve customer satisfaction and productivity, manage risks and safety appropriately, develop and execute business plans, direct information, and provide extraordinary service to internal and external customers.
• Experience with service planning, overhead/underground construction standards, and collaborating with clients, peers, project personnel, and all levels of management to develop solutions and ensure partner buy-in.
• Experience developing and delivering technical presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience managing pre-construction project constraints such as permitting, environmental requirements, regulatory requirements, and cross-function project execution to successfully drive project to execution.
• Experience developing and delivering presentations to audiences that range from customers to internal company audiences.
• Strong relationship building skills with a demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, facilitate cross-functional collaboration, and gain alignment on project objectives and solutions.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Microsoft SharePoint, and WorkIT.
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects/assignments concurrently with minimal oversight under tight timelines.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Understand permitting, environmental and other constraint management related to infrastructure projects.

About our client

Our client is one of the largest electric utilities and a longtime leader in renewable energy and energy efficiency in the United States providing electricity for much of Southern California.

Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.