Substation Project Manager

CDM Smith is a company committed to providing an unmatched employee experience and is seeking a Substation Project Manager to support electric utility and substation clients across the United States. The Substation PM will lead multi-discipline engineering teams to deliver critical substation programs and projects, managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk while ensuring high-quality outcomes for clients.

Responsibilities:

• Managing small to large complex substation engineering projects from early concept development through detailed design and construction support, including breaker and transformer replacements, new bay additions, and protection relay upgrades
• Leading proposal development by defining scope, schedule, staffing, and cost, partnering with the Sales Leader and marketing team to produce compliant, competitive submissions
• Directing multi-discipline substation engineering teams (e.g., physical, P&C, civil/structural) and coordinating compliance deliverables to meet quality, schedule, and budget objectives
• Managing quality, risk, schedule, and change management
• Serving as a mentor and leader of multi-discipline project teams
• Performing guidance and review at the project level while assuring discipline and quality standards are adhered to
• Serving as the main client contact and liaison during project execution to deliver a legendary client experience to grow the account
• Applying experience and innovation to solve problems of high complexity in area of expertise with support from the engineering team

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10 years of related experience
• PMP (PMI), CCM or DBIA certification is required (within 12 months of hire or promotion onto the Approved Project Manager list)
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required. The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and the essential functions of the position, which may vary depending on workload and project demands
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field
• Design-build and/or EPC project delivery experience, including procurement coordination, construction oversight, and commissioning/turnover support
• Experience with portfolio-level substation program planning and execution (e.g., multi-site capital programs), including managing and coordinating substation engineering teams (physical, P&C, civil/structural) to deliver consistent, on-time design packages
• Data center / mission-critical substation experience delivering under accelerated schedules (fast-track design cycles, parallel engineering/procurement, multi-vendor coordination) with a focus on energization readiness, turnover, and schedule certainty
• Registered Professional Engineer (PE) preferred (discipline aligned to project needs, e.g., electrical or mechanical)
• Additional relevant credentials (e.g., CCM, DBIA) and/or mission-critical commissioning training/certifications are a plus