Manager - Project Management (Grid Services)

Wesco • Houston, TX

4d • $93,937 - $159,693

About The Position

The Manager - Project Management leads day-to-day execution of complex engineered electrical-equipment projects supporting a strategic hyperscale customer. This is a highly visible, hands-on individual-contributor role in a fast-moving technical environment. The position manages and directs project-team work and is accountable for scope, cost, schedule, staffing, vendors, milestones, and adherence to approved budgets. It also oversees subordinate staff in their day-to-day work and has authority for personnel actions.

The role coordinates project stakeholders across customer, manufacturer, engineering, quality, supply chain, commercial, logistics, and field-service teams. It brings structure and accountability to complex programs, keeps schedules and open decisions visible, communicates execution issues and business impacts, and drives risks and deliverables through resolution. The manager also uses approved digital tools, automation, and AI-assisted workflows to improve project coordination and visibility, verifying outputs before relying on them.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5–7 years of relevant project-management or project-execution experience, including complex or large-scale projects.
• 3 years of direct work with a team in a large-scale project-management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution.
• Project-management or project-execution experience in a technical industry such as industrial manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, EPC, oil and gas, or data centers.
• Ability to build strong business relationships with other functional areas to support mutual objectives.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze workflows and processes to provide excellent service to internal and external customers.
• Ability to identify key risks upfront and mitigate them.
• Ability to quickly focus on key issues and priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Project-management certification preferred.
• Electrical-equipment, substation, and transformer experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
• Own day-to-day schedules, milestones, equipment packages, risks, issues, changes, dependencies, and deliverables; keep scope, open items, and required decisions visible and drive execution through closure.
• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Coordinate drawing reviews, submittals, comments, revisions, approvals, and clarifications with engineering, which provides technical expertise and design authority.
• Track technical questions, identify dependencies or missing information, and engage engineering for interpretation and decisions.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Connect customer, manufacturer, engineering, quality, supply chain, commercial, logistics, and field-service teams; align owners, share information, and coordinate handoffs.
• Communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders.
• Lead focused meetings; assign owners and due dates; maintain action, decision, and approval records; and drive open items to closure.
• Create structure when work is complex, fast-moving, or ambiguous.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Explain technical, schedule, commercial, and execution issues in terms of business impacts, decisions, next steps, and escalation paths.
• Escalate risks early to protect milestones and customer commitments, and track resolutions through closure.
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Draft and submit budget proposals and recommend subsequent budget changes.
• Assess the need for additional staff or consultants and make staffing adjustments during the project cycle.
• Set and manage project expectations with team members and stakeholders.
• Adopt approved digital tools, automation, and AI-assisted workflows to improve coordination, action tracking, document-review support, and project visibility; verify outputs before relying on them.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to personnel.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and the critical path.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Track project milestones and deliverables.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
• Manage changes in project scope, identify potential concerns, and devise contingency plans.
• Oversee subordinate staff in their day-to-day performance and exercise authority for personnel actions.

Benefits

• Paid time off may be available to eligible employees.
• Medical coverage may be available to eligible employees.
• Dental coverage may be available to eligible employees.
• Vision coverage may be available to eligible employees.
• Retirement savings plans may be available to eligible employees.
• Eligible positions may include participation in a bonus or sales incentive plan, subject to applicable plan terms.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager