Utility Project Manager - SPARK DOE Programs, Boise

Pitch Aeronautics; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

120 hrs of paid time off

Health Insurance

Dental & Vision Insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

401(k)

Equity eligibility

Paid holidays

Flexible work schedule

Relocation assistance may be available

Job summary

Pitch Aeronautics Inc. in Boise, ID is seeking a Utility Project Manager to lead customer projects across WireWeather, WireWarrior, and drone installation.

You will be the main contact for utilities from scoping through deployment and daily use, and will relay learnings back to our engineering team as feature requirements. The role supports the SPARK program under a DOE cooperative agreement and involves on-site work, travel to utility sites, and collaboration with transmission, IT, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience, including 3 years at an electric utility or working directly with utilities.
• Experience managing projects with utility field, engineering, operations, or IT teams, such as transmission or distribution construction, line maintenance programs, substation projects, or grid technology deployments.
• Experience leading work across several organizations, such as a utility, its contractors, and vendors, while keeping scope, schedule, and budget on track.
• Experience working with engineering or software teams to define requirements for, or test, new tools.
• Able to work on site in Boise and travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Build project plans, schedules, and statements of work with each utility, and track scope, schedule, and cost against them.
• Plan sensor installations and drone work with our Drone Ops team and each utility's field and line crews.
• Coordinate the integration of DLR data into utility EMS and SCADA, bringing together Pitch's software engineers with the utility's operations, IT, and cybersecurity staff.
• Train operators and engineers, and stay engaged until the ratings are trusted and in daily use.
• Turn requests from utility operators, planners, and IT and cybersecurity staff into feature requirements, and prioritize them with our software, sensor, and drone teams.
• Agree on acceptance criteria with the utility before work starts, run acceptance testing, and feed field results back into the roadmap.
• Support SPARK program management: track the utilities' reconductoring schedules against the program schedule and help prepare DOE deliverables.
• Run recurring coordination meetings with utility customers and partners, and own project reporting, working with finance on invoices, cost share, and federal reporting where it applies.
• Track risks and award terms, including change requests, partner monitoring, the cybersecurity plan, unmanned aircraft rules, and environmental reviews.

Skills

Project management

Utilities experience

Stakeholdercommunication

Technical writing

Travel up to 20%

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Project

Excel

Job description

Pitch Aeronautics Inc. in Boise, ID is seeking a Utility Project Manager to lead customer projects across WireWeather, WireWarrior, and drone installation.

You will be the main contact for utilities from scoping through deployment and daily use, and will relay learnings back to our engineering team as feature requirements. The role supports the SPARK program under a DOE cooperative agreement and involves on-site work, travel to utility sites, and collaboration with transmission, IT, and