We9re seeking a
New Business Project Manager to support new electric service projects and customer-driven distribution initiatives throughout the Greater Chicago area.
This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a highly collaborative environment, enjoys working directly with customers and utility stakeholders, and brings a strong understanding of utility construction, distribution operations, or electric utility project execution.
Whether your background is in utility construction management, electric distribution operations, field engineering, utility design, or customer project delivery, we9d love to hear from you.
What You9ll DoAs a New Business Project Manager, you9ll serve as a key liaison between customers, stakeholders, contractors, and internal project teams, helping move new service and infrastructure projects from planning through execution.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead a portfolio of customer-focused electric distribution projects, ensuring successful delivery of scope, schedule, budget, and customer expectations.
- Collaborate with stakeholders, engineering teams, construction partners, municipal agencies, developers, and customers throughout the project lifecycle.
- Facilitate project planning activities including scope development, scheduling, resource coordination, risk management, and stakeholder communications.
- Conduct site visits, field assessments, and project walkdowns as needed.
- Coordinate project execution across planning, design, estimating, construction, operations, and customer organizations.
- Monitor project financials and identify opportunities to improve efficiency while maintaining service quality.
- Provide clear and proactive communication regarding project status, milestones, risks, schedule changes, and customer commitments.
- Support construction readiness efforts including material coordination, contractor alignment, customer requirements, and field execution planning.
- Ensure projects are executed in accordance with utility standards, regulatory requirements, and customer commitments.
- Act as a trusted advisor and customer advocate throughout the project delivery process.
Work EnvironmentThis is a hybrid position supporting projects throughout the Greater Chicago area.
Team members can expect:
- Approximately 40-60% field and client-facing activities
- Regular interaction with utility personnel, customers, and contractors
- A blend of field coordination, stakeholder meetings, and office-based project management responsibilities
- Participation in team collaboration days at our Chicago-area office
Required Qualifications- Valid driver9s license and ability to travel throughout the Chicago metropolitan area.
- Experience managing projects, programs, construction activities, utility operations, or customer-focused initiatives.
- Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating across cross-functional teams.
- Customer-focused mindset with strong problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills.
- Ability to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications- Bachelor9s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or a related field; OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Experience supporting electrical utility, gas utility, renewable energy, telecommunications, or infrastructure projects.
- Utility distribution construction, field operations, or electric distribution experience.
- Experience working directly with utility customers, developers, municipalities, or contractors.
- Previous experience supporting utility programs or utility new business services.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or similar credential.
- Engineering, design, construction management, or field engineering experience.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Former utility operations, field services, construction management, or utility project delivery experience.
The base salary for this position ranges from $90,000 to $165,000 annually. The specific amount within this range will be influenced by the work location and various factors, such as internal equity, professional skills, work experience, and pertinent education or training.
Benefits offered include company sponsored medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) plan with company match. Also offered are tuition reimbursement, voluntary life, disability, critical illness, accident and hospitalization plans. HSA or FSA medical accounts and FSA dependent care and transportation/parking accounts are also available. These benefits are subject to employee contribution amounts generally set annually. Full time employees are eligible to earn PTO hours.
May be eligible for discretionary bonus as determined by the company.
Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. ENTRUST does not accept unsolicited headhunter or agency resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with ENTRUST Solutions Group.
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