Senior Substation Project Manager

Reference JOB-19297

Location Remote

Job Type Project Manager

Postingzipcode 44308, 19605, 11219, 07701, 19950, 26541, 22630

RCS Staffing has an immediate need for a Senior Substation Project Manager.  This is a full-time, direct hire, remote (w/ travel) position with our client.  Candidates MUST reside in one of the following states to be considered:  OH 44308, PA 19605, NY 11219, NJ 07701, DE 19950, WV 26541, and VA 22630.  This position offers a competitive package including benefits, vacation, and holidays.

Overview of YOUR role as a Senior Substation Project Manager:
As a Senior Substation Project Manager, you will be responsible for project development and kickoff, moving the project through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and close out.

As a Senior Substation Project Manager YOU will:
• Work specifically on our client’s substation projects.
• Manage project documents, ensuring contracts, requisitions, Bills of Material, Task Authorizations, and Engineering Work Requests are accurate and complete.
• Update the Management Sponsor with project status (scope, budget, and schedule progress) and flag any issues requiring management involvement.
• Monitor project budgets and initiate revisions when necessary.
• Prepare capital expenditure authorizations and associated project budget revisions.
• Work with Portfolio Management and/or Work Management personnel to develop and update the project schedule.
• Review and approve project plans and ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Communicate project goals, priorities, and decisions to the client’s leadership team.
• Ensure adequate project team participation and notify of any additional resource needs.
• Oversee quality control, including identifying quality requirements and managing the QA program.
• Coordinate project close-out documentation and audit completed projects to evaluate objective realization.

YOU are the ideal Senior Substation Project Manager candidate if you have:
• A Bachelor’s Degree.
• At least 10 years of experience in utility substation projects.
• Experience in project organization, engineering, finance, construction, project management, or project controls.
• Strong project management skills with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, and strong analytical abilities.
• A team-oriented approach and a willingness to work in a collaborative environment.

It’s a BONUS if you have:
• A PMP certification completed or in process.
• Experience with a project management tool such as Primavera, MS Project, or Deltek Vantagepoint.
• Detailed experience in project controls.

About our CLIENT
Our Clients mission is to provide premium engineering design and consulting services to the power industry, offering innovative, cost-effective solutions to our clients and delivering each project on schedule or sooner, and at the utmost level of safety and quality.

Who WE Are
RCS Staffing is a certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) specializing in the recruitment of professionals for best-of-class companies throughout the United States. Since 1994, RCS recruits top talent for direct hire, temp-to-perm and contract staffing positions and provides customized payroll services. Our Recruiting Specialties consist of all Engineering Disciplines, Project Management, Project Controls, Information Technology, Energy Efficiency and Business Professionals.
RCS is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. RCS recruits, hires, and promotes for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, genetic information or age. All terms and conditions of employment such as compensation, benefits, work assignment, availability of facilities and privileges of employment are administered on the same basis of equality.

Other Job Titles: 

  • Senior Project Manager – Substation Engineering
  • Principal Substation Project Manager
  • Lead Project Manager – Utility Substations
  • Transmission & Substation Project Manager
  • Senior Manager of Substation Projects
  • Senior Electrical Infrastructure Project Manager
  • Utility Substation Program Manager
  • Senior Project Lead – Power & Substation Projects
  • Capital Projects Manager – Substations
  • Senior Transmission & Distribution Project Manager

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