About the Position
As a Project Manager in the Project Services group, you will be responsible for overseeing electrical substation, transmission line, utility-scale photovoltaic solar, wind energy, and energy storage projects through development, engineering, and construction support. This includes planning and tracking progress on active engineering projects including financial performance. The role requires the ability to manage multiple project portfolios, and to travel periodically to meet with clients and inspect major construction milestones at job sites.
Salary Range: $110,000 - $160,000 / year
The salary range above is based upon the Denver, Colorado labor market.
This opportunity is available to both local / in-office (Lakewood, Colorado) and full-time remote candidates.
Essential Responsibilities
- Reviews 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 clients, providing schedule updates, submitting, and answering, requests for information and reporting on engineering progress
- Ensures project quality control and customer satisfaction by reviewing and monitoring 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 coordinate activities of internal teams of engineers to deliver projects on time and within project budgets
- Supports permitting and jurisdictional approval processes as needed for engineering projects
- Manages and coordinate utility interconnection processes for construction projects and related documentation needed for project interconnection and testing
- Other job-related duties as assigned
Must Have
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, project management, construction management, or related field
- Experience: 3+ years industry specific project management experience is required
- Familiarity with electrical substations, transmission lines, medium voltage collection and distribution, PV engineering, and battery storage
- 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 that ensures timely action and decision making in time-pressured scenarios
- A strong written and verbal command of the English language
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis
Nice to Have
- Project Management Institute PMP certification preferred
Working Conditions
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Work Environment:
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Work is performed in an office setting and some field work may be required
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Travel:
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Typical: 15 – 25%
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Physical Activities:
Managerial Responsibility:
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Must be able to lift 25lbs.
Team Member is responsible for managing their own work schedule with input from their supervisor and completing assigned tasks.
Team Member should identify discrepancies in assigned work and bring to attention of supervisor or engineer responsible for the project in a timely manner. Team Member’s work product should be self-checked in a manner that is suitable for review by the supervisor or engineer responsible for the project.
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About NEI Electric Power Engineering
Serving Others. Enriching Environment. Improving Continually. Quality Results. Voted as a top workplace by the Denver Post for four straight years (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023), our values have been woven into the fabric of who we are since 1982, guiding our decision making throughout the years. As an engineering services firm, NEI’s mission is to create a great organization that serves people and solves problems.
Since NEI’s founding, we have developed a culture of collaboration and accountability across our teams and departments, and externally with our clients across the United States. We believe in two core ideas: hiring great people and celebrating our team members diverse background and unique experiences; bringing in new, unique, and exciting perspectives that can only strengthen NEI as we chart out path into the future.
We are a proud equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or genetic information.
Team Member Benefits
We believe that taking care of our team members is of the utmost importance. We strive to foster a community of belonging, professional development, and industry involvement; providing our team with the benefits, tools, and support systems to excel in their roles. Out comprehensive benefits package includes:
