Project Manager - Transmission & Distribution- Michels Power, Inc.

Overhead Distribution | Utility Construction | Grid Modernization

Location: Denver, CO Area - Project-Based
Employment Type: Full-Time
Travel: Approximately 50% Travel Required, Primarily Within Colorado

Overhead Distribution | Utility Construction | Grid Modernization

Location: Denver, CO Area
- Project-Based
Employment Type: Full-Time
Travel: Approximately 50% Travel Required, Primarily Within Colorado

Colorado's continued growth depends on safe, reliable, and resilient electric distribution infrastructure. From distribution system rebuilds and capacity upgrades to grid modernization, storm response, and ongoing utility programs, successful projects require experienced leaders who can bring together customers, field teams, engineering partners, suppliers, and subcontractors around a common goal.

As a Project Manager
- Overhead Distribution with Michels Power, you will help lead electric utility construction projects throughout the Denver metropolitan area and surrounding Colorado markets. You'll take ownership of safety, customer relationships, financial performance, schedule, resources, and overall project execution while partnering closely with some of the industry's most experienced field leadership.

Michels Power, Inc. supports America's electrical and communication backbone by delivering comprehensive overhead and underground construction services for 69 kV to 765 kV electric utility systems and fiber networks
. As one of the largest private power utility electrical contractors in the United States, Michels Power combines experienced project management and construction management leadership, skilled field construction resources, and an extensive equipment fleet to build transmission and distribution power lines and communication systems from coast to coast.

Our comprehensive project oversight ranges from logistics and scheduling to quality assurance and construction. We provide engineering, procurement, and construction (
EPC
) delivery models on complex projects involving transmission lines, substations, structure foundations, heavy civil construction, and horizontal directional drilling. Michels Power is a member of the Michels Family of Companies
.

As a Project Manager
- Overhead Distribution
, you will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of overhead electric distribution projects primarily throughout the Denver, Colorado area. You will manage projects and ongoing utility programs from award and startup through execution, turnover, and closeout while maintaining a strong focus on safety, customer satisfaction, quality, schedule, productivity, and profitability.

You will serve as a key point of contact for utility customers and work closely with Construction Managers, Superintendents, Project Engineers, General Foremen, field crews, engineering partners, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to keep projects moving forward.

Success requires strong project leadership, financial and commercial awareness, excellent customer communication, and a working knowledge of overhead electric distribution construction. Experience supporting overhead transmission projects is valuable, but this role will be primarily focused on overhead distribution operations and utility programs
.

• Lead overhead distribution construction projects and utility programs from contract award through final closeout.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, schedules, contracts, procurement activities, change management, and overall financial performance.
• Serve as a primary customer-facing representative and maintain proactive communication with utility stakeholders throughout project execution.
• Coordinate activities among utility customers, Construction Managers, field leadership, engineering teams, subcontractors, suppliers, and project stakeholders.
• Develop project execution plans, staffing strategies, resource requirements, procurement plans, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions when safety, schedule, quality, productivity, or financial objectives are at risk.
• Maintain and promote a strong safety culture while ensuring compliance with company, customer, environmental, and regulatory requirements.

• Manage overhead electric distribution projects and…