Construction Project Manager

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Job Title:

Construction Project Manager

Alternate / Related Job Titles:

• Senior Construction Project Manager
• Transmission & Substation Project Manager
• Capital Projects Manager - Utilities
• EPC Construction Project Manager
• Infrastructure Project Manager

Location & Onsite Flexibility: Englewood, CO – Onsite

Travel required:

1-3 days per trip, 1-2 times per month (in-state).

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Start: As Soon As Possible
• Pay Rate: $63-$93/hour

The Construction Project Manager leads complex substation, transmission line, and telecommunication projects
, managing execution from early planning through design, construction, and closeout. This role oversees multiple high-value capital projects while ensuring schedule, financial, safety, and operational objectives are achieved.

• Lead cross-functional teams delivering substation and transmission projects from inception to closeout.
• Manage 5-20 concurrent projects of varying complexity, budgets (six- to multi-million dollar range), and voltages (4kV-765kV).
• Ensure projects meet in-service dates, proactively identifying risks and mitigation strategies.
• Navigate client gate and approval processes, including presentations to senior and executive leadership.
• Maintain accurate cost forecasts and estimate-at-completion tracking for committed and uncommitted costs.
• Coordinate craft labor and field activities with client-approved vendors.
• Provide routine project reporting, dashboards, and status updates to internal teams and clients.
• Lead project meetings across engineering, construction, environmental, real estate, public engagement, cost, and schedule teams.

• Develop and manage multi-year capital expenditure plans supporting replacement and betterment of T&D assets.
• Coordinate with project sponsors to define scope, justification, schedules, and budgets.
• Ensure efficiencies and synergies across projects to prevent duplication or scope conflicts.
• Monitor capital investment allocation to align with subsidiary and rate-of-return targets.
• Support federal and state rate filings, including financial and scope documentation.
• Review engineering estimates, project change requests, and long-range portfolio impacts.
• Interface with accounting teams to establish project financial structures and controls.
• Build baseline scopes, schedules, and budgets for stakeholder release.

• Develop construction life cycles focused on outage efficiency and constructability.
• Analyze project documents to define construction boundaries within substations and the electric grid.
• Conduct site walkdowns and coordination calls to establish feasible outage and construction sequences.
• Analyze outage impacts relative to adjacent grid work.
• Create and communicate initial outage sequences to project teams.
• Coordinate with drafting resources to produce engineering-caliber drawings documenting project evolution from current to final state.

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Construction Management, Engineering, or related field OR equivalent applicable experience.
• 7+ years of construction project management experience.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to manage large workloads and multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Basic understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Ability to meet company driving requirements.

• Experience with document control, scheduling, cost control, and project management software.
• Experience in aviation, commercial, energy, government, manufacturing, oil & gas, process, transportation, transmission & distribution, or water infrastructure projects.

Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
401k Retirement Fund

This position supports a well-established infrastructure engineering firm that designs and builds essential systems for cities and communities. With a legacy dating back to 1898, the organization is recognized for its commitment to safety, quality, and sustainable infrastructure development.

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. As a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation, we highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients include Fortune 500 banking, insurance, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail organizations across the US and Canada. We look forward to helping you land your next great career opportunity.

Job Number: 26-01438 #gttjobs