Senior Project Manager-Electric Utilities

Job Title: Senior Project Manager – Electric Utilities
Department: Operations
Reports To: Director of Electric Utilities
Location: Fort Worth, TX (preferred)

Position Summary
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading multiple survey teams and managing a diverse portfolio of electric utility projects across transmission, distribution, and substation infrastructure. This position oversees projects ranging from high-volume, short-duration distribution assignments to complex, large-scale transmission and substation programs.

The role requires strong technical survey knowledge, proven leadership capabilities, financial accountability, and the ability to manage competing priorities while delivering projects safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with client expectations.

Key Responsibilities

Project & Portfolio Management

• Oversee multiple concurrent utility survey projects, ensuring successful execution from initiation through completion.
• Manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, staffing, deliverables, and resource allocation across multiple teams.
• Direct survey operations supporting transmission, distribution, and substation design, right-of-way acquisition, construction, and as-built requirements.
• Anticipate project challenges, resolve escalations, and ensure timely delivery of client commitments.

Team Leadership & Development

• Provide direct leadership, oversight, and mentorship to assigned Project Managers, field crews, and technical personnel.
• Establish clear expectations, accountability, and performance standards across project teams.
• Coordinate staffing, workload distribution, training, and resource needs to support operational efficiency.
• Promote collaboration, professional development, and consistent execution across teams.

Financial & Operational Performance

• Maintain ownership of project budgets, work-in-progress (WIP), forecasting, profitability, and financial performance.
• Oversee project estimating, proposals, change orders, and scope management to protect project margins.
• Ensure timely and accurate invoicing, billing documentation, and resolution of outstanding WIP and accounts receivable.
• Monitor labor utilization, productivity, and project performance, implementing corrective actions when necessary.

Client Relationship Management

• Serve as a primary client contact for assigned utility programs and projects.
• Maintain strong relationships with utility owners, engineering firms, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
• Communicate project status, schedule changes, risks, and deliverable expectations proactively.
• Support business development efforts through client retention, identification of new opportunities, and proposal development.

Quality, Safety & Compliance

• Ensure survey deliverables meet client specifications, applicable surveying standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate with licensed surveyors to maintain appropriate technical oversight and quality control.
• Enforce company and client safety requirements across all field operations, including energized utility environments.
• Identify operational risks and implement corrective actions to maintain safety, quality, and compliance.

Reporting & Accountability

• Provide regular reporting to utility leadership on project status, staffing, financial performance, and operational risks.
• Establish and monitor performance expectations for assigned teams.
• Drive continuous improvement in project execution, workflow efficiency, quality, and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive experience in land surveying, geospatial services, or utility project management, with significant electric utility experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing transmission, distribution, and substation survey projects, including large-scale or multi-phase programs.
• Proven ability to lead multiple project teams and manage concurrent projects of varying size, scope, and complexity.
• Strong understanding of utility survey deliverables, including boundary, topographic, right-of-way, easements, construction staking, and as-built surveys.
• Experience managing project budgets, profitability, staffing, scheduling, WIP, and invoicing.
• Strong leadership, organizational, problem-solving, and client communication skills.
• Familiarity with utility engineering workflows, survey technology, and applicable quality standards.
• Bachelor's degree in Surveying, Geomatics, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field preferred.
• Professional Land Surveyor (PLS/RPLS) licensure or PMP certification preferred, but not required.
• Ability to travel as needed to support project operations and client relationships.

 

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