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Power Systems Project Manager

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc
  • Fairview Heights, IL
  • $115,300–$165,000 Per Year
3 days ago

Job Description

The devices we make at SEL are embedded in the power grid. They prevent blackouts. They make outages safer and shorter in duration; they add cybersecurity, automation, and communication. They use cutting-edge technologies and operate at speeds that push other pieces of the grid to go faster. As a Project Engineer - Project Manager in Engineering Services, you'll provide solutions and services that help our customers protect and control critical electrical infrastructure and power systems worldwide.

As a Project Manager-Engineering Services a typical day might include the following:

  • Work with customers to understand their needs and respond with solutions through new proposal development when within SEL Engineering Services' competencies.

  • Be a customer trusted advisor and lead projects to ensure assigned work is completed within agreed upon scope, schedule and budget to a high level of quality and safety.

  • Prepare and maintain detailed scoping, schedule, and budgeting documents.

  • Use project performance metrics to forecast actual project performance and forecasting to compare against baselines through a regular reporting regimen.

  • Identify, measure and improve project and procedural deficiencies.

  • Leading projects that assisting customers with the creation, design, configuration, validation, installation, commissioning and operation of automation and/or protection systems.

This job might be for you if you:

  • Have a history of managing or supporting projects through their entire lifecycle, from bid to close-out.

  • Enjoy new, meaningful challenges and overcoming real world limitations to deliver a quoted scope of work for the budget & schedule promised and to the quality your customers expect.

  • Understand that when deviations arise, how to exercise change management, when appropriate, to apply a structured process and set of tools to achieve the desired project results.

  • Know how to work with scheduling software to graphically represent the critical path to completion and how to use that data to advise your stakeholders.

  • Understand how to monitor and control project performance metrics and how compile that data into regular stakeholder reports.

  • Enjoy autonomy and working with latitude necessary to drive results.

  • Want to enhance your communication skills in all directions to achieve the common goal.

Required Qualifications:

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline

  • 5+ years relevant application experience with project management best practices and philosophies

  • Good knowledge of electric power system protection and control, integration and/or automation and communications applications

  • Working knowledge of electric power system design, studies, information and communication technology and protective relay applications

  • Willing to travel both domestically and internationally a minimum of 25% based on focus area

  • Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills

  • Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities

  • Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment

  • Background check results satisfactory to SEL

Location:

Houston TX, Plano TX, Denver CO, Fairway Heights IL, West Lafayette IN, Plymouth MI, Medina MN

Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work.

People are at the core of our company and we hire employee-owners. We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees.

  • We're 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.
  • We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
  • We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.
  • We foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.
  • Ask our team about other benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.

Pay Range Data

New hires generally start between $115,300 - 165,000. We base our starting pay offer on location and job-related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills. Our salary ranges are determined by job, responsibility, and location

Communication with Applicants

We communicate with all applicants. If you do not receive a response about your application, please check your SPAM filter or reach out to us at careers@selinc.com.

SEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Vets/Disabled.

Numbers & Facts

LocationFairview Heights, IL
IndustryEnergy and Utilities
Salary$115,300–$165,000 Per Year
Company Size2,500 to 4,999 employees
Year Founded1982
Websitehttps://selinc.com/

About Company

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories leads the electric power system protection industry in technology, service, and value. We design and manufacture systems, services, and products for protection, monitoring, control, automation and metering of utility and industrial electric power systems worldwide. Not only do we offer, challenge, and reward at our state-of-the-art headquarters in Pullman, Washington but we also provide a quality work environment and progressive benefits. We seek professional, meticulous individuals for our technical team. Learn more about what makes SEL successful by reading our company values.

An Award Winning Company
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has earned a reputation for quality, reliability, integrity, and service. This has enabled us to expand within both the electric utility and industrial markets to include international customers and OEM markets.

SEL earned a spot on the 2012 FORTUNE Magazine 100 Best Companies to Work For list. This prestigious ranking celebrates the SEL 100% employee-owned culture as one of the best in the country. SEL has received numerous awards, including the Puget Sound Business Journal's 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Washington State (1999 through 2003, 2010, and 2011), Inc. Magazine's 500│5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies (1990, 1991, 2008, 2010, and 2011), the Association of Washington Businesses (AWB) Manufacturing, Workplace, and Community Service Award (1998 through 2010), and the Washington State Quality Achievement Award (WSQA).

In an independent survey conducted by Newton-Evens Research Company, SEL ranks first in seven performance categories including: technology, features, security against hackers, web/internet information ability, technical service and support, price, and relay setting PC software. Since 2006, SEL has also held the elite VPP STAR status certification for outstanding safety and health programs.

Skills

  • Automationunmatched
  • Best Practicesunmatched
  • Blackoutunmatched
  • Budgetingunmatched
  • Change Managementunmatched
  • Commissioningunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Data Collectionunmatched
  • Electrical Designunmatched
  • Electrical Power Systemsunmatched
  • Engineeringunmatched
  • Engineering Managementunmatched
  • Forecastingunmatched
  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • Internet Securityunmatched
  • Leading Edge Technologyunmatched
  • Needs Assessmentunmatched
  • Performance Metricsunmatched
  • Power Protectionunmatched
  • Procedure Developmentunmatched
  • Project Controlunmatched
  • Project Engineeringunmatched
  • Project Trackingunmatched
  • Project/Program Managementunmatched
  • Proposal Developmentunmatched
  • Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
  • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Willing to Travelunmatched

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