Senior Project Manager - Utility Electrical (Data Center Construction)

About the job

World Wide Professional Solutions is a project solutions organization committed to implementing lean constructions, collaborative contracting, and execution approaches to enable breakthroughs in performance.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager - Utilities Electrical to lead the utility electrical infrastructure and high-voltage substation scope for a large-scale data center project in Vernon, TX. This is a full-time, onsite role responsible for managing all phases of project delivery, from design and procurement through construction, commissioning, energization, and closeout.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle delivery of the utility electrical scope from design coordination and procurement through construction, energization, commissioning, and turnover
• Serve as the primary owner’s representative interface with the serving utility, electrical EPC or contractor, design engineers, equipment vendors, commissioning teams, and site leadership
• Manage high voltage substation and switchyard scope including transformers, breakers, disconnect switches, bus, instrument transformers, control buildings, station service, grounding systems, cable systems, and associated civil interfaces
• Drive utility interconnection milestones, design approvals, long lead equipment procurement, outage and switching coordination, and required energization dates
• Review and challenge electrical single line diagrams, substation layouts, equipment submittals, protection and control schemes, relay coordination, grounding studies, and construction packages
• Oversee protection and controls, relaying, SCADA, telecom, revenue or utility metering, and the interfaces between utility systems and the data center electrical distribution network
• Coordinate installation and testing of high voltage and medium voltage cables, terminations, transformers, switchgear, breakers, grounding, and related electrical infrastructure
• Lead quality and commissioning readiness including factory acceptance testing, field acceptance testing, relay testing, electrical testing, punch resolution, and energization documentation
• Develop and manage safe energization, switching, lockout tagout, outage, and turnover plans in alignment with utility requirements, NEC, NESC, NFPA 70E, OSHA, and project standards
• Control schedule, cost, risk, change management, contractor performance, and interface issues for the utility electrical workstream
• Identify constructability, sequencing, access, equipment delivery, and cross discipline interface risks early and drive them to resolution

• Required Qualifications
• 12 to 20+ years of construction project management experience with significant electrical infrastructure responsibility.
• Strong experience delivering utility substations, high voltage electrical infrastructure, utility interconnections, transmission or distribution projects, or comparable mission critical power systems.
• Hands on knowledge of substation construction, power transformers, high voltage and medium voltage switchgear, breakers, protection and controls, relays, grounding, cable systems, and energization.
• Ability to read and manage execution from single line diagrams, electrical specifications, protection and control drawings, substation layouts, and commissioning procedures.
• Proven ability to lead contractors, engineers, utilities, vendors, commissioning teams, and multidisciplinary project stakeholders.
• Experience with electrical QA and QC, testing, commissioning, turnover, energization planning, and safe work practices around energized systems.
• Proficiency with project controls and construction management tools such as Procore, Primavera P6, or MS Project

Preferred Qualifications

• Hyperscale data center or mission critical utility electrical experience strongly preferred
• Direct, high voltage substation, utility interconnect, switchyard, or owner’s representative electrical package experience is highly relevant
• Background with an electric utility, substation EPC, electrical contractor, engineering firm, commissioning provider, or large industrial power project is highly transferable
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, construction management, engineering, or a related field. PE, PMP, or electrical commissioning credentials are a plus

#LI-SJ2

World Wide Professional Solutions (WWPS) is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is WWPS' policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity.

All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above. To this end, WWPS complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws.

• The salary range for this full-time role is $82,700.00-$190,900.05 per year. Ranges are determined based on the position, geography, client and industry experience and level, and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range reflects base salary only, and not the total compensation package. World Wide Professional Solutions reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on a candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, including client requirements.
• In addition to base salary, WWPS offers a comprehensive benefits package including:
• Medical

• Dental Insurance

• Vision Insurance

• 401(k)

• 401(k) Matching

• Paid Time Off

• Paid Holidays

• Short and long-term disability

• Employee Assistance Program