Electrical Project Manager

About the role

This position performs project design, management, and mapping of city electrical infrastructure projects. It involves project management duties, coordinating and overseeing construction and installation of electric infrastructure, scheduling and prioritizing contractor work, and using Microsoft Project to track progress and schedule resources.

Responsibilities

• Designs and modifies city electrical infrastructure to exacting standards while focused on safety and improving system reliability.
• Aids Electrical Services in achieving project goals and milestones.
• Performs project design duties, plans and designs engineering projects for electrical systems, conducts review and analysis of project viability, needs, cost, and related project details, reviews and analyzes project proposals, bid packets, specifications, feasibility studies, and cost estimates.
• Utilizes specialty software to maintain and update electrical and fiber models, maintains electrical and fiber optic GIS database and related records, collects and processes GPS data of electrical and fiber optic infrastructure using survey grade GPS equipment.
• Designs and administers the planning, budgeting, design, and construction of electrical engineering projects for the city's Capital Improvement Plan (CIP).
• Works with outside agencies on lease agreements, rights-of-way acquisitions, crossing permits and encroachments, negotiates, acquires, and records easements from private parties, researches properties, easements, rights-of-way, boundaries and corporate limits, permits and monitors the use and occupancy of city-owned rights-of-way and easements.
• Calculates and estimates materials required for electrical installations, ensures warehouse maintains adequate inventory levels, permits release of materials from warehouse, audits warehouse allocations to ensure accuracy, maintains record of installation for tracking, system value, and depreciation.
• Evaluates annual Electrical Engineering budget, forecasts needs based on available funds, reviews and processes invoices, reviews and approves purchases.
• Performs the duties of a Journey Lineworker as needed.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Knowledge of applicable city, county, state, and federal statutes, rules, ordinances, codes, and regulations.
• Knowledge of electrical substation, transmission, distribution, and fiber optic systems.
• Knowledge of the National Electric Code and the National Electric Safety Code.
• Knowledge of warehouse operations.
• Knowledge of budget processes and procedures.
• Knowledge of land records, boundary limits, etc.
• Knowledge of computers and job-related software programs.
• Skill in assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects, and demands and in working within deadlines to complete projects and assignments.
• Skill in assessing, analyzing, identifying and implementing solutions to complex problems.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relations.
• Skill in the use of computers and job-related software programs.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of a baccalaureate degree in a course of study related to the occupational field.
• Sufficient experience to understand the principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an approved apprenticeship or having had a similar position for a minimum of 5-7 years.
• Possession of Journey Lineworker certification, Journey Electrician license, or Engineering Technical Training AND relevant electrical safety and technology experience.
• Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver’s license issued by the State of Wyoming for the type of vehicle or equipment operates.
• Experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping software/programs preferred.

Skills

• Assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects, and demands.
• Assessing, analyzing, identifying and implementing solutions to complex problems.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relations.
• Using computers and job-related software programs.

Benefits

The City of Gillette offers an excellent benefits package to all regular full-time and eligible part-time employees. The benefits offered represent a significant component of your total compensation package. For more information, click the following link to see the 2026 Employee Benefits Summary.