P&C Manager

POWERX Edge • Atlanta, GA

2h

About The Position

The P&C Manager is responsible for the overall performance, profitability, and operational execution of the Protection and Control service line within an assigned region or portfolio. The role directly leads P&C Supervisors and the field organization beneath them, with accountability for project financial performance, client relationships, workforce capability, and safety and human performance compliance.

This is a non-billable leadership position. Success is measured by the health of the business, including accurate estimates and budgets, disciplined scope and change management, on-target margins, retained and growing client accounts, and a technically capable, safe, and engaged workforce. The manager translates division strategy into field execution and field conditions into forecasts, staffing plans, and commercial decisions.

The position requires sufficient technical depth to lead credibly, evaluate technical competency, conduct interviews, participate in progression testing, and assess protection philosophy, commissioning execution, and operational risk. The role also oversees resource planning, project financials, asset readiness, employee development, safety compliance, and senior-level client engagement.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in high-voltage Protection and Control testing and commissioning.
• Minimum 5 years in a leadership role with direct responsibility for personnel and project outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience owning project budgets, estimates, and financial performance.
• Experience with various relay platforms.
• Satisfactory background and motor vehicle record check.
• Pass required pre-employment, post-accident, reasonable-suspicion, and/or random drug testing.
• Business and financial acumen, including ability to connect field decisions to project margin outcomes.
• Sound judgment under commercial and operational pressure, maintaining technical and safety standards.
• Ability to hold others accountable while maintaining trust and delivering difficult messages constructively.
• Ability to evaluate technical competency through interviews, progression testing, and field observation.
• Portfolio-level systems thinking and ability to identify patterns and address underlying processes.
• Willingness to receive unfiltered field feedback and act on it visibly.
• Organizational discipline and follow-through across budgets, KPIs, audits, reviews, and corrective actions.
• Strong planning, forecasting, and resource-management skills across concurrent projects and competing client schedules.
• Customer-focused approach and ability to represent POWERX to client engineering, operations, and executive leadership.
• Ability to lead through others and measure success by organizational performance.
• Adaptability in dynamic field and client environments, including travel as project demand requires.
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, and Salesforce or an equivalent CRM.
• Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from groups with varying levels of technical expertise, including client executives.
• Ability to work safely around energized electrical equipment and mechanical hazards, and in operational substations and construction environments.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to travel as required and work overtime and outage schedules as necessary.

Nice To Haves

• Experience commissioning substations from 12.5 kV through 765 kV.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or electrical technology, or an Associate degree in Electrical Technology or related field experience.
• OSHA 30 certification.
• Knowledge of the National Electrical Code (NEC) and OSHA Electrical Safe Work Practices.
• First Aid / CPR certification.
• Familiarity with NERC CIP requirements.

Responsibilities

• Maintain working knowledge of protection philosophy, relay platforms, commissioning execution, and testing standards to evaluate field decisions and technical competency.
• Review high-risk test, isolation, and energization plans before execution, and help resolve complex technical or operational issues.
• Ensure portfolio testing aligns with utility standards, NETA practices, IEEE guidance, and client commissioning requirements.
• Ensure protection systems are validated as complete operational systems, and assess risk related to relay protection, SCADA integration, and substation communications.
• Resource and sequence work across projects, coordinate outage and energization readiness, and mobilize personnel, travel, lodging, per diem, and rental arrangements.
• Plan equipment movement between projects, shops, and calibration vendors; manage calibration, certification, preventive maintenance, renewal, replacement, and retirement of assets.
• Contribute to Protection and Control standard operating procedures, test plan templates, commissioning standards, and technical and documentation standards.
• Identify portfolio-wide performance trends and root causes.
• Create estimates and budgets for new and recurring work, including labor, equipment, travel, and subcontracted costs.
• Work with the Operations Manager to open and maintain projects in Salesforce, ensuring accurate setup, budget loading, and alignment with scope and contract terms.
• Identify scope changes, quantify cost and schedule impacts, and ensure change orders are documented, priced, and approved before work proceeds.
• Monitor project costs against budgets, take corrective action on variances, and manage portfolio KPIs including gross margin, labor utilization, schedule adherence, rework, safety, and turnover documentation quality.
• Set KPI targets with Supervisors and review performance on a defined cadence.
• Support revenue forecasting, backlog reporting, and manpower loading; review and approve project expenditures, timesheets, and invoicing inputs.
• Partner with estimating, project management, and finance to improve estimate accuracy using actual field performance.
• Report portfolio performance, risks, and mitigation plans to division leadership.
• Conduct performance reviews for direct reports and ensure Supervisors complete timely, substantive reviews for their teams.
• Hire, onboard, develop, manage performance, and retain employees across the assigned organization.
• Conduct technical interviews and progression testing, oversee new-hire onboarding, and ensure client onboarding requirements remain current.
• Conduct regular Stop, Start, Keep meetings, convert feedback into documented actions, assign owners and due dates, and follow up with the teams.
• Build succession depth and development paths, and partner with POWERX Academy and Talent Development Management on training needs.
• Address performance and conduct issues directly, promptly, and consistently.
• Perform monthly safety and human performance compliance audits, document findings, and track corrective actions.
• Promote a safety-first culture; verify adherence to LOTO procedures, switching boundaries, and isolation practices; reinforce HPI tools, pre-job briefs, and JHA quality.
• Maintain compliance with OSHA, NERC CIP, utility requirements, and internal POWERX standards.
• Lead or support safety and operational event investigations, root cause analysis, mitigation, and communication of lessons learned.
• Maintain senior-level client relationships through regular touchpoints, responsive communication, and transparent handling of schedule, technical, and commercial issues.
• Identify follow-on work, scope expansion, and new account opportunities, coordinating pursuit with division leadership.
• Ensure test records, redlines, reports, and turnover packages meet client expectations.
• Support proposal development, rate structures, and contract negotiations, and represent POWERX in client leadership reviews, lessons learned, and account planning.
• Perform additional responsibilities as needed to support organizational goals and evolving business needs.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Incentives for certifications.
• Referral bonus program.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Medical, dental, vision, LTD, STD, Basic Life/AD&D, and other ancillary products.
• 401(k) program with a company match.
• Performance program.
• Paid parental leave.
• PTO including Wellness Days and paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed