Project Manager - Team Lead

$90,000 - $150,000/Yr

Nei Electric Power Engineering - Lakewood, CO

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Lakewood, CO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Project Manager Team Lead will oversee a team of Project Managers and Project Coordinators, focusing on electrical substation, transmission line, utility-scale photovoltaic solar, wind energy, and energy storage projects. This role involves planning, tracking project progress, managing multiple portfolios, and mentoring team members. The position allows for both local and remote work options.

Responsibilities

• Manages, oversees, and provides guidance to Project Managers, Associate Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers, and Project Coordinators.
• Reviews, develops, and manages engineering schedules, budgets, scope, and subcontractors.
• Manages the collection, organization, and filing of all project documentation, both internally and for external third-party stakeholders, and project financing needs.
• Leads project status update meetings with clients, providing schedule updates, submitting, and answering requests for information, and reporting on engineering progress.
• Ensures project quality control and customer satisfaction by assisting with the review and monitoring of engineering deliverables.
• Coordinates with EPC contractors, Electric Utilities, and other clients to ensure adherence to and compliance with contract terms and delivery of contractual deliverables.
• Manages and coordinates activities of internal client services teams to deliver projects on time and within project budgets.
• Supports permitting and jurisdictional approval processes as needed for engineering projects.
• Supports business development, assists with marketing tasks, and prepares proposals as needed.
• Reviews customer specifications and assists in formulating and communicating the commercial strategy to best address our customer needs.
• Manages and coordinates utility interconnection processes for construction projects and related documentation needed for project interconnection and testing.
• Develops and maintains outstanding company-client relationships.

Requirements

• At least 5 years professional experience in a project management role is required.
• Undergraduate degree in engineering, project management, construction management, or relevant field.
• Strong proficiency with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, CPM scheduling, and Microsoft Project or Primavera P6.
• Superior communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, including an ability to maintain calm and effective exchanges by all parties during stressful situations.
• Excellent organizational skills demonstrated by clear and effective project plans and executive level reporting.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with electrical substations, transmission lines, medium voltage collection and distribution, PV engineering, and battery storage.
• Project Management Institute PMP certification preferred.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Paid holidays
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Life insurance
• Pet insurance