Central Regional Project Manager

About the role

Eaton’s Electrical Engineering Services & Systems (EESS) division is seeking a Regional Project Manager to oversee the execution of preventive maintenance, retrofit, startup, and commissioning projects.

Responsibilities

• Schedule, budget, allocate resources, and manage risks to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
• Receive job handoffs, conduct initial reviews, and utilize project management tools to maintain adherence to key milestones and deliverables.
• Coordinate project meetings and formal communication plans with key stakeholders.
• Determine mechanisms for successful job closeout, including punch lists, issue resolution, internal warranty, and transition to owners or other entities.
• Act as the primary point of contact throughout the project duration.
• Collaborate with DOC team to communicate safety program initiatives, concerns, and oversights to customers, contractors, and subcontractors.
• Provide financial oversight through cost control, warranty, change order management, and risk mitigation.
• Work closely with commercial operations teams to reconcile client expectations with order commitments, change orders, and timelines.
• Review pipeline orders and identify those requiring project management, which may involve in-person presence at local offices within the region.
• Support Construction Management activities, including coordination of field service resources, schedules, and communication to key stakeholders.
• Occasionally provide onsite support at active construction locations, performing field inspections, progress reviews, and issue resolution.
• Travel 50% within the United States for electrical construction-related activities, project meetings, and site visits.
• Act as a backup or supplemental resource to the Construction Manager during peak workload periods or absences.
• Collaborate with Construction Managers and field teams to align project scope, schedule, and financials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a minimum of 5 years of experience leading or managing electrical, construction, or industrial projects, or 5 years’ experience in services, sales, or manufacturing of electrical distribution products.
• A minimum of 3 years of technical experience in electrical installation, design, services, or construction.
• Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver’s license.
• Must reside within a 50-mile radius of the location listed in the job description.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP or Commissioning Agent Certification.
• 7-10 years of electrical field services experience.
• 5+ years managing electrical construction or commissioning projects as project manager or construction manager.
• Proficiency in project management and construction industry software packages.
• OSHA 10- & 30-hour general industry or construction certification.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a distributed workforce and at customer job sites.
• Broad understanding of project management methodologies.
• Strong analytical skills, computer, and organizational skills.
• Basic understanding of product applications and customer needs.
• Ability to lead and manage upwards and downwards.
• Manages pressures well.
• Able to influence without authority and work collaboratively with internal and external businesses and stakeholders.

Benefits

Position criteria include excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to provide daily updates to parties involved, keep them well-informed and synchronized. The role requires strong analytical skills, computer, and organizational skills, broad understanding of project management methodologies, and basic understanding of product applications and customer needs. Additionally, the position demands leadership and management abilities, the capacity to handle pressure, and the skill to collaborate with internal and external businesses and stakeholders.

Additional Information

Travel requirements: approximately 50%; with preference for staffing within home region. No relocation benefit provided for this position. Only candidates that reside within 50 miles of the local DOC will be considered. Hybrid work is an option, but the expectation would be minimum three days in the office each week. Eaton is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Eaton provides various health and welfare benefits as well as retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.