Senior Project Manager — High Voltage Execution

Repsol • Houston, TX

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager reports to and supports the Head of Project Management in delivering utility-scale wind, solar, and battery storage projects safely, on schedule, within budget, and in alignment with commercial and contractual commitments. The role has a dedicated focus on owner-side high-voltage execution, including substations, switchyards, transmission lines, interconnection and gen-tie facilities, protection and control systems, utility interfaces, energization, synchronization, and commercial operation date (COD) readiness.

The Senior Project Manager leads cross-functional execution from late-stage development through construction, commissioning, COD, and handover. The role is accountable for safety leadership, contractor performance, utility coordination, schedule and cost control, risk mitigation, contract administration, change management, claims avoidance, and executive-level reporting. Success requires strong commercial judgment, technical fluency, disciplined governance, and the ability to drive timely decisions across internal teams, contractors, utilities, and external stakeholders.

The position is based in Downtown Houston and follows a hybrid work model: three days in the office and two days from home.

Requirements

• Must be authorized to work for any US employer without the need for work visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline.
• 12+ years of progressively responsible project management experience for major capital projects in energy, infrastructure, construction, or a related industry, with demonstrated ownership of cost, schedule, risk, contractor performance, commercial management, and executive reporting.
• 7+ years of direct high-voltage scope delivery experience involving substations, switchyards, transmission lines, gen-tie, interconnection, or grid integration scopes.
• Proven track record managing full-life-cycle EPC projects in the utility-scale renewable energy sector, including late-stage development, construction, commissioning, energization, COD, and turnover.
• Strong working knowledge of high-voltage electrical infrastructure, including AIS/GIS and collector substations, switchyards, breakers, transformers, buswork, transmission structures, foundations, grounding, relaying, protection and control, telecommunications, SCADA, metering, testing, commissioning, and energization requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage high-voltage engineering deliverables, technical reviews, design clarifications, owner comments, utility requirements, outage constraints, long-lead equipment risks, energization plans, and commissioning turnover packages.
• Demonstrated experience managing EPC contracts for utility-scale renewable energy projects, including contract administration, change order evaluation, claims avoidance, and contractor performance management.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to connect technical and construction issues to cost, schedule, risk, contractual entitlement, and project economics.
• Experience managing project controls, including baseline schedules, critical path analysis, cost forecasting, contingency tracking, progress measurement, and executive reporting.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders across Development, Engineering, Procurement, Legal, Finance, HSE, Asset Management, utilities, contractors, investors, and consultants.
• Ability to prepare clear executive-level recommendations, including decision papers, risk summaries, commercial positions, mitigation plans, and escalation materials.
• Experience supporting late-stage energy project development, including permitting, land, interconnection, and transition into construction.
• Proficiency with Microsoft products and familiarity with project management, project controls, reporting, and collaboration tools.
• Strong analytical problem-solving, structured communication, stakeholder management, commercial judgment, negotiation support, and technology-enabled project execution skills.

Nice To Haves

• PMP certification.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Understanding of utility interconnection requirements, including FERC rules, ISO tariffs, transmission owner requirements, utility commissioning requirements, and other applicable interconnection requirements.
• Experience as an owner or EPC contractor managing high-voltage procurement, bid evaluation, contract negotiation support, technical clarifications, interface matrices, division-of-responsibility gaps, and change order evaluation for substation, switchyard, transmission line, and interconnection scopes.
• Familiarity with NERC, IEEE, NEC, NESC, utility standards, relay/protection coordination, commissioning test documentation, energization procedures, and grid compliance requirements.
• Experience with EPC negotiations, dispute avoidance, commercial correspondence, contractor notices, change management, and claims defense.
• Experience supporting project financing, lender or investor diligence, independent engineer reviews, and financial close processes.
• Familiarity with AACE cost estimate classes, schedule maturity expectations, project controls best practices, and stage-gate governance.
• Experience using project management and project controls platforms such as MS Project, Primavera P6, Power BI, Procore, Oracle, SAP, or equivalent tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible safety leadership throughout project execution, protecting people, communities, assets, and the environment.
• Lead cross-functional project teams and oversee safety, quality, schedule, cost, risk, commercial commitments, contractor performance, and resolution of execution issues.
• Manage project schedules, including baselines, critical path analysis, progress measurement, forecasting, and early identification of threats to COD and major milestones.
• Coordinate monthly budget reforecasts, cost trends, contingency tracking, and project-economics updates with Finance, project controls, analysts, and internal support teams.
• Prepare executive-level reporting on project status, risks, required decisions, commercial exposure, mitigation plans, and confidence in COD and budget outcomes.
• Manage EPC contractor performance against contractual obligations, including milestones, deliverables, notices, reporting, recovery plans, change control, and execution requirements.
• Review change order requests and claims with technical, Legal, Procurement, and project controls teams; assess entitlement, cost and schedule impacts, contractual merit, and negotiation or settlement strategies.
• Manage unbundled high-voltage scope execution, including substations, switchyards, transmission lines, gen-tie and interconnection facilities, protection and control systems, SCADA interfaces, metering, relay settings, testing, commissioning, energization, and turnover.
• Own commercial and execution interfaces among BOP and high-voltage contractors, OEMs, the independent engineer, utilities, ISO/RTOs, transmission owners, and internal teams.
• Drive high-voltage design, procurement, construction, and commissioning readiness, including design reviews, constructability, long-lead equipment tracking, outage planning, utility witness testing, backfeed strategy, energization sequencing, punch-list closure, and COD-critical milestone protection.
• Engage utility counterparts, interconnection stakeholders, consultants, and internal technical teams to support facility acceptance, backfeed, relay and protection coordination, energization, synchronization, and COD readiness.
• Maintain an integrated project risk register covering safety, permitting, interconnection, engineering, procurement, construction, schedule, commercial, and financial risks, with mitigation owners, due dates, escalation triggers, and quantified impacts where appropriate.
• Lead project governance through decision logs, action registers, change logs, correspondence and approval records, lessons learned, and handover documentation.
• Support EPC procurement and project financing through RFP development, bid evaluation, contractor due diligence, technical and commercial clarifications, contract negotiation support, investor or lender diligence, and open-item tracking.
• Lead structured turnover of completed projects to Asset Management, including closeout documentation, outstanding obligations, warranty items, lessons learned, operational-readiness inputs, and transfer of project knowledge.

Benefits

• Repsol describes a comprehensive Employee Value Proposition, including a holistic Total Rewards program that supports employee wellbeing, growth, and contributions.

What This Job Offers

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