Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DEPCOM Power, a Koch company, provides energy solutions for utility solar and broader energy industries. The High Voltage Project Manager will lead high-voltage substation and interconnection projects from engineering through commissioning, managing project performance, EPC contractors, technical reviews, risks, procurement, and stakeholder communication.
Responsibilities
- Lead the execution of high-voltage substation and interconnection projects from engineering through commissioning and closeout
- Drive project performance by managing scope, schedule, budget, risk mitigation plans, and key project deliverables
- Manage and influence EPC contractors, engineering consultants, utilities, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure successful project execution
- Lead technical reviews of substation engineering packages, protection and control designs, equipment specifications, and construction drawings to ensure quality and constructability
- Review, evaluate, and provide direction on high-voltage design documentation, studies, and engineering deliverables throughout the project lifecycle
- Champion safe execution by ensuring compliance with company standards, industry regulations, and applicable electrical codes
- Drive accountability with contractors and suppliers by monitoring performance, resolving issues, and ensuring adherence to contractual and technical requirements
- Conduct site visits and field assessments to evaluate progress, identify risks, and influence timely resolution of technical and construction challenges
- Partner with engineering and construction teams to proactively identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies that protect schedule and budget performance
- Communicate project status, opportunities, challenges, and recommendations to senior leadership and project stakeholders
- Support procurement activities for major high-voltage equipment and materials while influencing technical and commercial decisions
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities and help drive best practices across DEPCOM's expanding substation project portfolio
Skills
- * Experience managing high-voltage substation, transmission, interconnection, or utility infrastructure projects
- * Experience reviewing and interpreting high-voltage engineering drawings, specifications, studies, and construction deliverables
- * Knowledge of substation design, construction practices, protection and control systems, and utility interconnection requirements
- * Experience managing EPC contractors, engineering consultants, and cross-functional project stakeholders
- * Knowledge of industry standards including NESC, NEC, IEEE, and ANSI
- * Valid driver's license
- * Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship now or in the future
- * Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or other engineering discipline
- * Experience reviewing physical, protection & control, and relay design packages for high-voltage facilities
- * Professional Engineer (PE) license or progress toward licensure
- * Experience managing EPC contracts and contractor performance
- * Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions, manage risk, and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
Benefits
- This role can be based remotely within the U.S.
- Variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Life insurance
- ADD
- Disability
- Retirement
- Paid vacation/time off
- Educational assistance
- May also include infertility assistance
- May also include paid parental leave
- May also include adoption assistance
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