Assistant Project Manager General

12‑month contract position based in Vancouver, WA 98684.

About the role

Lead cross‑functional teams to execute substation, transmission line, and telecommunication projects from inception through design, construction, and closeout. Manage a portfolio of 5–20 concurrent projects ranging from $100K to $50M+ across voltages from 4 kV to 765 kV. Develop multi‑year capital expenditure plans, optimize outage sequencing, and ensure schedule, cost, and scope alignment with client gate approval processes and regulatory filings.

Responsibilities

Project Management

• Lead cross‑functional teams to execute substation, transmission line, and telecommunication projects from inception through design and construction to closeout.
• Oversee 5–20 projects concurrently of varying sizes ($100K–$50M+) and voltages (4 kV–765 kV).
• Manage projects for schedule adherence, identifying risks and requirements to achieve in‑service dates.
• Navigate projects through client gate approval processes, including presentations to senior and executive management as required.
• Manage projects for financial adherence, maintaining accurate cost forecasts reflecting committed and uncommitted costs for estimate‑at‑completion.
• Coordinate craft labor resources with client‑approved vendors for construction, testing, and other field activities.
• Provide regular status updates by maintaining project data, routine reporting, and meeting updates for clients.
• Lead project meetings with cost, schedule, real estate, environmental, construction, public engagement, and engineering resources to facilitate execution.

Portfolio Management

• Develop a multi‑year capital expenditure plan to support the client’s replacement and betterment of electric transmission and distribution assets.
• Regularly interface and coordinate with project sponsor organizations to determine details of proposed plans and business justification.
• Ensure synergies across projects are incorporated into the portfolio to prevent duplicated or inefficient scope.
• Monitor composition of the client’s capital investment allocation to align with subsidiary investment targets for optimal rate of return.
• Engage with project sponsors to evaluate need‑by dates for realistic schedules and budgets.
• Assist with creation and compilation of rate filing support for federal and state filings.
• Review tabletop engineering estimates for accuracy and scope.
• Review project change requests (scope, in‑service date, etc.) and reconcile with the existing and long‑range portfolio.
• Interface with the client’s accounting group to establish financial setup for projects.
• Create analyses and reports to assist the client in tracking, coordination, and execution of projects.
• Build baseline scopes, schedules, and budgets to be released to multiple client stakeholders.

Outage / Construction Sequencing

• Develop substation and transmission project construction lifecycles with a focus on outage efficiency and constructability.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting specified deliverable dates and expectations.
• Analyze scoping and project documents to determine boundaries of required construction within the substation and electric grid.
• Conduct site walkdowns and project calls with the project team as necessary to establish an achievable construction sequence with attainable outages.
• Analyze needed outages against adjacent outages scheduled in the area.
• Create initial outage sequence to communicate proposed construction lifecycle to the project team.
• Coordinate with drafting resources to create engineering‑caliber drawings that document the evolution of a project from present conditions to final state and all needed incremental steps.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field from an accredited program (internship experience does not count toward years of experience).
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in utility transmission projects (T‑Line or substation) or other related industries.
• Preferred: relevant T&D (gas or electrical) engineering background with willingness to pivot as a program PM for a utility client.
• Familiarity or proficiency in ProjectWise, SharePoint, SAP, and cost/schedule management tools.
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• PE or PMP certification preferred.
• Must be legally authorized to work permanently in the United States (no time limitations, restrictions, or sponsorship required).

Benefits

• Paid time off (PTO)
• Group health and dental insurance
• 401(k) plan after satisfying applicable waiting periods