Project Manager - EV Infrastructure

Colliers Engineering & Design • UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

17h • Remote

About The Position

Colliers Engineering & Design is seeking a Project Manager to join our Telecom team! This position is available for remote work arrangement. We are seeking an experienced and motivated Project Manager to lead an established EV Infrastructure team and manage existing client relationships while helping expand a growing department. The primary focus of this role is project and program management in the EV charging space. This individual will oversee multi-site EV infrastructure programs from planning and feasibility through design, permitting, utility coordination, and construction support. The ideal candidate is highly organized, client-focused, comfortable leading multidisciplinary teams, and motivated to develop staff, improve delivery processes, and grow the practice in partnership with our business development team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of experience managing engineering, infrastructure, energy, utility, or EV-related projects.
• 4+ years of direct project-management responsibility, including management of scope, schedule, budget, profitability, invoicing, and client communication.
• Demonstrated project-management experience in the EV charging infrastructure space, including multidisciplinary design, permitting, utility coordination, and construction support.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating internal departments and external subconsultants in the environmental, surveying, geotechnical, and electrical disciplines.
• Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple clients, concurrent projects, and competing deadlines.
• Experience serving as a primary client contact and managing challenging scope, schedule, budget, and delivery conversations.
• Proven ability to lead teams, mentor staff, delegate effectively, and drive projects to successful completion.
• Strong written, verbal, and client-facing communication skills.
• Self-motivated and growth-oriented, with an interest in leading and building a developing department.
• Ability to read, write, and understand English for purposes of comprehending written job-related communications and verbal instructions and interactions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, including site development, permitting, utility coordination, interconnection, and multidisciplinary design management.
• Experience working with electric utilities, utility interconnection processes, power-service upgrades, and utility-led infrastructure projects.
• Experience with land development or site development projects, including site feasibility, civil design coordination, and permitting.
• Experience with wireless telecommunications infrastructure projects.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience preparing proposals, developing scopes of work and fee estimates, supporting contract negotiations, and onboarding new clients.
• Experience leading regional or national portfolio-based infrastructure programs.

Responsibilities

• Assume day-to-day leadership of an existing project team and established client portfolio.
• Manage EV charging infrastructure projects and multi-site programs from feasibility and due diligence through design, permitting, utility coordination, and construction support.
• Serve as the primary client contact and maintain clear, proactive communication regarding scope, schedule, budget, risks, and deliverables.
• Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, profitability, invoicing, change management, and resource planning.
• Coordinate internal departments and external subconsultants, including environmental, surveying, geotechnical, electrical, civil/site, structural, and permitting professionals.
• Organize and prioritize multiple clients and concurrent projects with competing deadlines.
• Lead, mentor, and develop project staff; delegate work effectively and establish accountability for quality and schedule performance.
• Partner with the business development team to identify and pursue opportunities, prepare proposals, develop scopes and fees, and onboard new clients and programs.
• Build scalable project-management processes that support growth, consistent delivery, and strong client service.
• Support expansion into related energy markets, including battery energy storage systems and utility infrastructure.

Benefits

• company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
• paid pregnancy disability leave
• short- and long-term disability insurance
• life insurance
• a company-matched 401(k)/Roth
• paid time off that includes parental and military leave
• employee referral and professional license bonuses
• a straight time policy that compensates exempt employees for billable hours worked in excess of 40 billable hours within a work week.
• reimbursement for education
• a free in-house resource for hundreds of educational and self-enrichment courses
• mentorship program
• wellness program
• Women’s Organization
• ongoing philanthropic opportunities

What This Job Offers

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