Senior Project Manager – Utility Infrastructure

Compensation & Location

Location: Pomona, CA

Pay Range: $68.00–$75.00/hour; based on experience

Schedule: Full-time, Contract; Long-Term Opportunity

Work Type: Hybrid (Onsite Monday & Tuesday / Remote Wednesday–Friday)

Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance, 401(k), Continuing & On-Demand Education

📍 Must be willing to work onsite in Pomona, CA

❌ Sponsorship is NOT AVAILABLE for this role

‼️ ONLY W2 – NO CORP-to-CORP – NO 3rd Parties

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee a high-volume portfolio of transmission and substation capital projects supporting one of Southern California's largest electrical utility programs.

This position is responsible for managing 50–100 concurrent small to medium-sized projects within an assigned geographic region. Projects primarily include substation upgrades, transformer replacements, circuit breaker replacements, relay upgrades, and other capital improvement initiatives with a combined portfolio value of approximately $50M–$75M .

The ideal candidate brings strong project management experience in utility, construction, engineering, or capital infrastructure environments and thrives in a fast-paced setting where organization, schedule management, and proactive stakeholder coordination are critical to success.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 50–100 concurrent transmission and substation projects across various stages of execution.
• Lead projects throughout the full lifecycle, including initiation, planning, design, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Maintain ownership of project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, and change management activities.
• Develop and maintain project schedules using Primavera P6 , monitoring critical path activities and schedule impacts.
• Coordinate project activities across engineering, substation construction, maintenance, environmental, permitting, cost engineering, procurement, and sponsoring organizations.
• Monitor project scope, schedule, costs, risks, and overall portfolio performance while ensuring projects remain on track.
• Evaluate scope and schedule changes, document impacts, and communicate cost implications to project stakeholders and cost engineers.
• Facilitate project meetings, establish priorities, document action items, and drive issue resolution across multiple stakeholders.
• Prepare project status reports, executive updates, risk assessments, and portfolio performance metrics.
• Participate in field job walks and collaborate with regional engineering and construction teams to better understand project scope and field conditions.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders while independently managing a large regional project portfolio.

What You'll Be Working On

• Transmission & Substation Capital Programs
• Utility Infrastructure Projects
• Electrical System Upgrades
• Project Portfolio Management
• Primavera P6 Schedule Management
• Project Controls
• Scope, Cost & Schedule Management
• Risk & Change Management
• Cross-Functional Coordination
• Capital Construction Delivery

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of Project Management experience supporting utility, construction, engineering, infrastructure, or capital improvement projects.
• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects within a fast-paced environment.
• Strong experience with project scheduling, dependency management, and schedule recovery.
• Hands-on experience using Primavera P6 for project scheduling.
• Experience managing project scope, budgets, schedules, risks, and change management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of how project changes impact schedules and overall project costs.
• Experience coordinating engineering, construction, maintenance, and cross-functional project teams.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Ability to independently manage a high-volume project portfolio with minimal supervision.

Desired Skills

• Electrical utility experience.
• Transmission and/or substation project management experience.
• Gas utility or other utility infrastructure experience.
• Capital construction or heavy civil project management.
• PMP or other Project Management certification.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Familiarity with SAP.
• Experience working within large enterprise organizations.