Manager - Project Management (Grid Services)

Wesco•Houston, TX

About The Position

We are seeking a Manager - Project Management to lead the 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 for a project leader who thrives in a fast-moving, technical environment and knows how to bring structure, accountability, and momentum to complex programs. The Manager - Project Management manages and directs the work of a project team, with responsibility for scope, cost, schedule, internal staffing, and outside vendors. The role ensures project milestones and goals are met within approved budgets, oversees subordinate staff in their day-to-day work, and has authority for personnel actions.

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 experience working directly 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.
Take day-to-day ownership of 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 to support business goals.
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 communication documents.
Connect customer, manufacturer, engineering, quality, supply chain, commercial, logistics, and field-service teams; align owners, share information, and coordinate handoffs to prevent delays and missed requirements.
Communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders.
Lead focused meetings; assign owners and due dates; maintain action logs, decision records, 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 and explain technical, schedule, commercial, and execution issues in terms of business impacts, required decisions, next steps, and escalation paths.
Escalate risks early to protect milestones and customer commitments, and track resolution through closure.
Estimate 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 appropriate staffing adjustments during the project cycle.
Set and manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
Adopt approved digital tools, automation, and AI-assisted workflows to improve coordination, action tracking, document-review support, and project visibility; apply sound judgment and 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.