Senior Engineering Project Manager - Substation Engineering

Remote (United States)

Job Details

Location: United States

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience: 8+ years of project management experience in engineering consulting, renewable energy, or a comparable industry

Travel: Up to 15%, including overnight travel for project site visits, client meetings, and team events

Core Areas: Engineering Project Management, High Voltage Substations, Interconnection Engineering, Project Scope & Budget Management, Scheduling & Resource Planning, Risk & Change Management, Engineering Deliverables, Client & Subconsultant Coordination

Compensation: $133,300–$168,900 annually

About the Role

This opportunity is for a Senior Engineering Project Manager - Substation Engineering to lead complex high voltage substation and interconnection engineering projects supporting utility-scale renewable energy development. The position manages multiple engineering projects from proposal development through project closeout, with responsibility for scope, budgets, schedules, resource allocation, quality, and contractual deliverables. The role requires independent project leadership and experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams.

The position oversees engineering execution plans, construction drawings, equipment specifications, project documentation, and subconsultant deliverables. Responsibilities include managing project risks, resolving scope and schedule changes, maintaining client relationships, and supporting business development. The successful candidate will coordinate electrical, structural, civil, and power systems disciplines while mentoring project managers and supporting reliable project delivery from development through construction.

What You'll Do

• Independently apply advanced engineering consulting and project management practices to high voltage substation and interconnection engineering assignments.
• Manage multiple complex engineering projects or related project portfolios throughout the complete project lifecycle, from proposal development to closeout.
• Interpret contracts, proposals, and statements of work to translate project requirements into clear execution plans and deliverable expectations for engineering teams and clients.
• Develop, review, and finalize engineering proposals, project scopes, budgets, schedules, work plans, and resource allocation plans.
• Oversee multidisciplinary engineering and subconsultant deliverables, including construction drawings, equipment specifications, requests for information (RFIs), submittals, change requests, and project correspondence.
• Prepare, track, and submit monthly project invoices while maintaining accurate project financial documentation and records.
• Identify and evaluate complex project risks, scope changes, and schedule impacts, coordinating timely decisions and documented resolutions.
• Approve project execution plans and monitor performance against scope, schedule, budget, quality standards, and contractual obligations.
• Coordinate staffing assignments, resource availability, and workloads across concurrent engineering projects to maintain delivery capacity and meet client commitments.

• Review engineering deliverables to verify alignment with client requirements, contractual commitments, utility standards, and applicable jurisdictional regulations.
• Establish clear expectations for project documentation, quality assurance procedures, and records management across engineering teams and subconsultants.
• Identify and resolve engineering quality issues, compliance concerns, and delivery challenges through effective communication and professional judgment.

• Act as a senior project contact for clients, electric utilities, subcontractors, and other external stakeholders across assigned projects and portfolios.
• Lead and participate in client, utility, and subcontractor meetings, communicating project progress, technical high voltage issues, risks, and key decisions.
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships through reliable project execution, transparent reporting, and responsive communication.
• Support engineering proposals and business development activities by providing expertise in high voltage project scope, budgets, schedules, and execution planning.

• Mentor project managers and less experienced engineering staff in high voltage project delivery, scope development, change management, and client communication.
• Review project work plans, budgets, and status reports prepared by team members, providing actionable feedback to strengthen independent decision-making.
• Distribute project assignments and professional development opportunities fairly across engineering project teams.
• Share technical project delivery knowledge and practical management experience to develop engineering project management capabilities across the organization.

• Coordinate civil, electrical, structural, and power systems engineering discipline leads to align project activities, sequence technical work, and meet deliverable deadlines.
• Present project recommendations, technical considerations, and execution trade-offs to clients, internal leadership, and engineering teams.
• Establish clear accountability for shared project deliverables and support inclusive, respectful collaboration across technical disciplines and project locations.

• Complete assigned project deliverables and meet established deadlines.
• Perform additional related project management duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Experience

• 8+ years of project management experience in engineering consulting, renewable energy, or a comparable industry.
• Direct experience managing high voltage engineering projects involving substations, electrical interconnections, transmission systems, or related utility infrastructure.
• Demonstrated responsibility for project scopes, schedules, budgets, invoicing, and client deliverables across multiple concurrent engineering projects.
• Experience interpreting engineering contracts and proposals and communicating their execution requirements to project teams, clients, utilities, and subcontractors.

Required Skills

• Advanced knowledge of engineering project management practices, including project planning, scope development, budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, and execution monitoring.
• Ability to independently manage complex high voltage engineering projects and coordinate technical deliverables across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Strong understanding of contract requirements, proposal terms, project documentation, and client deliverable commitments.
• Ability to identify, evaluate, and independently resolve complex project risks, scope changes, schedule impacts, and delivery issues, seeking guidance when necessary.
• Practical experience managing project invoicing, financial tracking, work plans, and project records.
• Ability to coordinate internal engineering teams and external subcontractors while monitoring project quality, schedules, and resource requirements.
• Advanced verbal, written, and presentation skills for communicating technical and project management information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time, including overnight trips for project sites, client meetings, and team events.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field, or equivalent applicable professional work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous hands-on high voltage engineering experience before transitioning into project management, including electrical engineering, structural engineering, protection and controls, physical substation design, or transmission engineering.
• Experience working for a high voltage engineering consulting or design-build organization.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinating subconsultants across multiple concurrent projects.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or a comparable project management credential.
• Knowledge of utility-scale renewable energy project development processes and the electrical interconnection lifecycle.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) participation.
• Competitive compensation with bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and life insurance, with 99% of premiums paid by the employer.
• Medical, dependent care, and commuter Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).
• Monthly health and wellness stipend.
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a 100% employer match on contributions up to 6%, immediately vested.
• Paid volunteer time off and charitable donation matching.