Electrical Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and provide technical oversight for electrical construction associated with semiconductor fab base build and facility infrastructure.
• Review electrical drawings, specifications, single line diagrams, equipment layouts, and technical documentation for constructability, coordination, and field execution.
• Support site wide electrical infrastructure including medium voltage and low voltage distribution, substations, switchgear, transformers, electrical rooms, feeders, grounding systems, duct banks, and temporary power.
• Cookordinate electrical scope across fab, subfab, utility, support, and site infrastructure areas.
• Resolve design, installation, field coordination, and system integration challenges throughout construction.
• Act as an Owner representative when reviewing electrical design packages, equipment submittals, RFIs, and contractor deliverables.
• Provide input to Architect and Engineer teams regarding site wide electrical infrastructure, constructability, routing, sequencing, and execution strategy.
• Review electrical design specifications and installation requirements.
• Assist in establishing major electrical routing strategies for the facility.
• Cookordinate with CSA, mechanical, process, BIM, VDC, and construction teams to resolve multidisciplinary conflicts.
• Participate in 3D model reviews, clash detection sessions, constructability reviews, and installation planning meetings.
• Review electrical equipment space requirements, access, maintenance clearances, and installation routing.
• Participate in constructability reviews with field teams to optimize sequencing, installation methods, and schedule performance.
• Review scopes of work and requests for proposals for major electrical construction packages.
• Assist with contractor bid evaluations, scope reviews, technical clarifications, and contractor selection.
• Provide oversight during the transition from engineering design into construction execution.
• Cookordinate with the Owner, general contractor, electrical contractors, engineering teams, commissioning teams, QA/QC, and project controls.
• Maintain compliance with project safety requirements, NEC, NFPA, OSHA requirements, and applicable electrical codes and standards.
• Support electrical system energization, startup, commissioning, turnover, and final acceptance.
• Assist in defining system boundaries and turnover packages to support efficient commissioning and facility startup.
• Cookordinate base build electrical systems with downstream facility, process, and tool installation requirements where scopes interface.
• Maintain compliance with project safety requirements, NEC, NFPA, OSHA requirements, and applicable electrical codes and standards.

Semiconductor Base Build Experience

• Relevant experience may include: Semiconductor wafer fabrication facility construction
• Fab and subfab base build
• Core and shell construction
• Central utility plants and process utility buildings
• Electrical utility buildings and site wide electrical infrastructure
• Medium voltage and low voltage substations
• Switchgear and transformer installations
• Electrical distribution systems
• Main electrical rooms
• Underground electrical and duct bank systems
• Grounding and bonding systems
• Emergency and standby power systems
• Temporary construction power
• Electrical system energization
• Facility commissioning and turnover
• Base build and tool install interface coordination

Knowledge and Skills Required

• Minimum of 7 years of electrical construction experience supporting large industrial, semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, or mission critical construction projects.
• Strong preference for direct semiconductor fab base build construction experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing large electrical construction packages on complex projects.
• Strong knowledge of medium voltage and low voltage substations, switchgear, transformers, electrical distribution, grounding, and facility infrastructure.
• Experience coordinating electrical construction in highly congested and technically complex MEP environments.
• Understanding of semiconductor fab construction sequencing, system turnover, commissioning, and energization requirements.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings, single line diagrams, equipment layouts, specifications, BIM models, and construction documentation.
• Experience reviewing electrical design packages, RFIs, submittals, change conditions, and contractor technical documentation.
• Proven ability to coordinate general contractors, electrical contractors, engineers, vendors, commissioning teams, and project stakeholders.
• Strong field construction knowledge and ability to identify constructability challenges before they impact installation.
• Experience troubleshooting complex electrical construction and system integration issues.
• Strong knowledge of NEC, NFPA, OSHA, electrical safety requirements, and applicable construction standards.
• Experience supporting project schedule, cost, procurement, construction progress, and change management.
• Experience supporting electrical system commissioning, energization, startup, turnover, and final acceptance.
• Experience with temporary electrical facilities including installation, operation, maintenance, and removal.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field is preferred.
• 10 or more years of progressively responsible construction experience is preferred.
• Previous experience as an Electrical Project Manager, Electrical Construction Manager, Electrical Superintendent, Electrical Area Manager, or similar leadership role on a semiconductor fab project is strongly preferred.
• Experience working within an Owner, EPC, EPCM, general contractor, or major electrical contractor organization supporting semiconductor construction is preferred.
• Relevant professional certifications are beneficial.