Sr Project Manager- Power

About the Role

Lake Superior Consulting (LSC) is seeking a Sr Project Manager to lead projects within the Power market. This role is responsible for managing multi-disciplinary engineering and project teams in the successful execution of power generation, substation, and power distribution projects. The position involves collaboration with LSC leadership, clients, engineering discipline leads, vendors, and construction partners to deliver safe, high-quality projects that meet scope, schedule, budget, and client expectations.

Responsibilities

• Work with LSC’s Client Experience, Client Strategy, Engineering & Operations teams to assess power generation, substation, and power distribution opportunities, develop proposals, define execution strategies, and assemble project teams.
• Manage multiple complex power-sector projects using established project management practices to deliver high-quality engineering services on time and within budget, while proactively managing scope, schedule, cost, quality, safety, and risk throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead projects involving generation facility upgrades, utility interconnection support, substation expansions or modifications, power distribution systems, electrical equipment replacements, protection and controls, SCADA coordination, and related multi-discipline engineering scope.
• Support business development through client relationship management, industry networking, proposal development, technical scoping, and identification of future power and utility infrastructure opportunities.
• Interpret client needs, utility requirements, project drivers, site constraints, and technical scope requirements to develop clear scopes of work, assumptions, exclusions, deliverables, schedules, and execution plans.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary project teams across LSC office locations, including electrical, civil, structural, mechanical, controls, environmental, estimating, procurement, and project controls resources.
• Serve as the primary client-facing project leader, facilitating communication among clients, utilities, contractors, vendors, permitting stakeholders, and internal project teams.
• Manage project financial performance, including budgets, forecasts, change management, earned value metrics, invoicing support, and timely identification of cost or schedule impacts.
• Drive project planning, project controls, risk registers, issue resolution, lessons learned, and recurring status reporting to clients and LSC management.
• Provide formal training, coaching, and mentorship to project team members.
• Assist with the development and improvement of project management processes, templates, and tools for power-sector project execution.
• Support internal initiatives to improve project delivery, quality, safety, client service, and operational performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related technical discipline; Electrical Engineering degree preferred.
• PMP certification preferred, or ability to obtain certification.
• Minimum of 15 years of professional experience in project management, engineering management, construction management, or related leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience managing engineering or EPC-support projects in power generation, substations, transmission, distribution, or related electrical infrastructure.
• Experience managing projects involving multi-discipline engineering deliverables, client interface, project controls, estimating support, procurement coordination, construction support, and project closeout.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of project management concepts, tools, and project controls practices.
• Strong understanding of power generation, substation, and power distribution project delivery.
• Familiarity with electrical infrastructure such as substations, transformers, switchgear, breakers, relays, protection and controls, grounding, cable systems, and SCADA integration.
• Ability to coordinate technical scope across multiple disciplines.
• Experience developing scopes of work, proposals, execution plans, schedules, budgets, and client status reports.
• Strong client-facing communication and facilitation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency with MS Office, particularly Excel; experience with project management tools preferred.
• Ability to adapt to changing project circumstances and learn new technologies quickly.

Pay

The anticipated salary range for this position is $120,000-$180,000 per year, determined based on skills, experience, and location.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Flexible work options
• 401K/Profit Sharing (6% company match)
• Company paid life, AD&D, and short/long term disability
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Paid holidays (twelve per year)
• Tuition reimbursement

Lake Superior Consulting is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, celebrating diversity and committed to bias-free hiring practices.