Senior HV Project Manager; Remote

Job Summary

Senior HV Project Manager – 100% remote. Responsible for overall management of HV construction and operation projects, ensuring successful execution, safety, compliance, schedule, and budget.

• Enforce adherence to company policies, utility safety rules, and the Electrical Safety Manual. Ensure compliance with NFPA 70E, OSHA, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Champion a culture of safety, quality, and accountability across all project teams. Lead lessons‑learned reviews and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure projects are executed safely, on schedule, within budget, and in full compliance with utility standards and contractual requirements.
• Accountable for end‑to‑end delivery of utility‑scale substation, transmission, and distribution projects, from early development and interconnection through construction, testing, commissioning, and closeout.
• Serve as a technical, financial, and leadership authority for complex HV projects.
• Act as a primary interface with utility owners, interconnecting utilities, EPC partners, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Perform all responsibilities of a Project Manager while providing strategic oversight for multiple concurrent HV projects.
• Direct and mentor Project Managers, Associate Project Managers, Project Engineers, Project Admins, and other junior staff.
• Establish project execution strategies aligned with contract scope, utility standards, and company objectives.
• Mentor Project Engineers, Project Admins, and other junior level employees.
• Lead internal and external coordination across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations.
• Support auditing of project budgets and schedules with Director support.
• Support negotiations of project contract exhibits with owners.
• Negotiate Change Orders with clients and subcontractors.
• Serve as primary point of contact with interconnecting utilities throughout construction and commissioning.
• Manage interconnection‑related activities, including coordination meetings, agreements, scope alignment, protection & control requirements, inspections, approvals, and project reviews.
• Own P6 scheduling responsibility.
• Coordinate protection and control scope, ensuring alignment with relay settings, communication architecture, and utility requirements.
• Oversee SCADA integration (RTU/IED installation, point‑to‑point testing, control‑center coordination, fiber, communications, telemetry integration).
• Assist team with testing & commissioning planning and execution: equipment functional testing, relay testing, end‑to‑end testing, SCADA checkout, pre‑energization reviews, energization coordination.
• Ensure all commissioning documentation, redlines, and turnover packages are complete and approved.
• Support negotiation of contract exhibits, scope clarifications, and commercial terms with owners.
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements, insurance, bonding, and regulatory obligations.
• Maintain strong client relationships and represent the company at executive‑level project meetings.

• Minimum 5 years of EPC utility‑scale experience in design and/or construction of utility‑scale power substations.
• Licensed Professional Engineer, PMP certification, or directly relevant industry experience (preferred).
• NFPA 70E “Qualified Person” (preferred) with safety training on electrical equipment hazards.
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills to work with others under all situations.
• Ability to work, analyze, troubleshoot, and prioritize problems independently.
• Strong knowledge of dispatching methods, techniques, and practices.
• Effective written and verbal English communication skills.
• Proficiency and knowledge in office practices, procedures, and equipment.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize and coordinate.

Requires frequent stooping, bending, crouching, reaching, handling, sitting, standing, walking, and lifting 20 or more lbs. Constant finger dexterity and ability to see details at close range and at a distance, hear, talk, and possess depth perception.

Occasional climbing and carrying, exposure…