Senior Electrical Project Manager – Federal & Commercial

About the role

The Senior Electrical Project Manager - Federal & Commercial will be responsible for managing multiple multi-million-dollar projects, partnering closely with estimating and field leadership, and keeping complex work organized, profitable, compliant, and moving forward.

Responsibilities

• Manage approximately 4-6 concurrent commercial, industrial, and federal electrical projects
• Take projects from estimating turnover and award through final closeout
• Own budgets, cost tracking, forecasting, profitability, and financial reporting
• Develop and maintain project schedules
• Cook up manpower planning with General Foremen, Lead Foremen, and field leadership
• Manage procurement and major material requirements
• Prepare, review, and track RFIs, submittals, change orders, and contract modifications
• Maintain the documentation required to support payment and protect project entitlement
• Coordinate with federal owners, General Contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and internal teams
• Work closely with accounting on billing, cost reporting, and project financials
• Monitor project risks and identify potential problems before they become major issues
• Lead project meetings and maintain strong customer relationships
• Visit jobsites regularly to stay connected to field progress and project needs
• Support projects involving commercial facilities, industrial systems, military installations, marine environments, medium-voltage systems, controls, and specialized infrastructure
• Drive project closeout, documentation, turnover, and final financial resolution

Requirements

• 7-10+ years of relevant construction or Project Management experience preferred
• Proven ability to independently manage multiple complex construction projects
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar projects
• Strong commercial, industrial, electrical, federal, or similarly complex construction background
• Strong project financial management skills
• Experience with budgets, forecasting, cost control, billing, procurement, and change management
• Experience managing RFIs, submittals, modifications, closeout, and project documentation
• Strong organization and attention to detail
• Able to manage several projects and competing priorities simultaneously
• Experience coordinating directly with field leadership and Foremen
• Strong customer-facing communication skills
• Able to work independently without significant day-to-day hand-holding
• Comfortable working in a smaller, entrepreneurial contractor environment
• Able to meet background and security requirements for work at military or federal facilities
• Willingness to work 100% onsite in Tacoma
• Willingness to travel to project locations as needed

Nice-to-Haves

• Federal or military construction experience
• NAVFAC experience
• USACE or Army Corps experience
• Department of Defense project experience
• Coast Guard project experience
• Commercial or industrial electrical Project Management experience
• Experience with medium-voltage systems
• Substation-related project experience
• Marine electrical experience
• Controls or specialized infrastructure experience
• Experience managing projects in Alaska or Hawaii
• Washington 01 electrical license
• Military service
• GC-side federal Project Management experience with significant electrical scope responsibility
• Bluebeam experience
• Accubid experience
• Foundation or ProjectHQ experience

Pay

Target base salary of approximately $130,000-$180,000. Significant compensation flexibility for exceptional candidates considered. Potential flexibility around incentive compensation for the right person.

Schedule

100% onsite in Tacoma. Willingness to travel to project locations as needed.