EPC Project Manager

Black & McDonald Limited•Broken Arrow, OK

About The Position

The EPC Project Manager is responsible for executing engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) for substation and transmission projects from award through commissioning and closeout. The role leads all aspects of project delivery, including safety, engineering coordination, procurement, construction management, financial performance, scheduling, quality assurance, customer relations, and risk management. The Project Manager is the primary point of contact for utility customers, engineering firms, vendors, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders, and is accountable for safe, on-schedule, on-budget delivery in accordance with contract requirements and customer expectations. Projects may include greenfield and brownfield substations, station expansions, rebuilds, breaker replacements, transformer installations, protection and control upgrades, transmission interconnections, and utility infrastructure ranging from distribution voltage through EHV systems. The role coordinates engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams and provides leadership to Project Engineers, Construction Managers, Superintendents, Schedulers, and Project Controls personnel.

Requirements

Minimum 7–10 years of project management experience in utility infrastructure construction.
Minimum 5 years of experience managing EPC substation projects.
Demonstrated success delivering electrical utility projects valued from $5 million to $100 million or more.
Experience in both greenfield and brownfield substation environments.
Experience coordinating engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities.
Working knowledge of high-voltage substations, transmission systems, protection and control systems, SCADA and telecommunications systems, utility construction practices, power transformers, relay protection schemes, outage planning, commissioning procedures, and utility standards and specifications.
Knowledge of EPC contracting models, contract administration, change management, project controls, and earned value management.
Experience with Procore, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, JD Edwards or similar ERP systems, and scheduling and financial reporting software.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field is preferred; equivalent utility EPC experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.

Nice To Haves

Experience in an EPC, engineering, utility, energy, industrial, or construction environment.
Professional certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), or PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP).

Responsibilities

Lead EPC substation projects from conceptual development through commissioning and turnover.
Develop and maintain project execution plans, objectives, budgets, schedules, and performance metrics.
Coordinate engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities.
Provide leadership to project engineering, construction, scheduling, and project controls personnel while fostering a culture of safety, quality, accountability, teamwork, and operational excellence.
Ensure compliance with company and client safety requirements; promote a Zero Incident culture; participate in safety planning, audits, observations, and investigations; review site-specific safety plans and Job Hazard Analyses; and address safety performance issues.
Maintain responsibility for project profitability and financial performance, including budgets, forecasts, labor productivity, equipment utilization, subcontractor performance, project costs, cash flow, and working capital.
Review and approve invoices, purchase orders, and subcontractor pay applications; pursue change orders and contract modifications; and track earned value, productivity, and forecasting metrics.
Develop and maintain integrated, resource-loaded project schedules; coordinate engineering deliverables, procurement milestones, outages, construction, and commissioning; apply Critical Path Methodology and resource leveling; and implement schedule risk mitigation and recovery plans.
Manage contractual obligations and deliverables; review contract scope and commercial terms; administer owner contracts, purchase orders, and subcontract agreements; and prepare notices, claims, schedule updates, and change order documentation.
Coordinate engineering deliverables with internal and external design teams and review drawings, specifications, and construction packages for constructability.
Monitor procurement and vendor relationships, including delivery schedules for critical substation equipment.
Support field operations and construction management; coordinate site logistics, outages, material deliveries, and subcontractors; conduct site visits and project reviews; and resolve field issues.
Ensure construction conforms to design specifications, quality standards, and project requirements.
Oversee quality plans, inspections, testing, commissioning, turnover documentation, punch lists, closeout, and project document archiving.
Identify, evaluate, and mitigate project risks; maintain risk registers; develop contingency and recovery plans; and escalate critical issues to executive leadership.
Serve as the primary customer interface, maintain client relationships, lead progress meetings and executive reviews, and provide transparent reporting and communication.
Prepare weekly and monthly project status reports covering safety, financial performance, schedule, resources, risks, change management, and procurement; present updates to customers and executive leadership.
Deliver performance outcomes measured by safety, gross margin, cost and schedule performance, change order recovery, forecast accuracy, resource utilization, customer satisfaction, quality, closeout, and employee development and retention.