Program Manager

Ascendion

• $180K — $187K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field or 10 years' experience in substation design and/or delivery
  • Minimum of 10 years' experience in consulting engineering or construction of substations or 5 years in project management
  • Proficiency in transmission and substation design and construction
  • Ability to lead engineering teams in large datacenter environments
  • Excellent communication, project management, and leadership skills

Responsibilities

  • Manage engineering scope, schedule, and budget for datacenter power infrastructure projects
  • Oversee delivery of multiple concurrent power distribution, substation, and transmission projects
  • Facilitate and deliver advanced datacenter power infrastructure from design to construction
  • Coordinate with internal teams and external vendors specializing in datacenter architecture
  • Lead stakeholder meetings and ensure alignment on power infrastructure needs

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Long-term and short-term disability insurance
  • 5 personal days accrued each calendar year
  • 10-15 days of paid vacation time
  • 6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday
  • Access to Ascendion Learning Management System
Full Job Description
About the Role

Specific Job Task -

Datacenter Power Infrastructure Project Manager will manage the engineering scope, schedule, and budget for greenfield, brownfield and retrofit engineering / design projects. This position will manage internal and external resources for the delivery of the Datacenter power infrastructure to align with datacenter capacity roadmap.

Roles and Responsibilities -
  • The Datacenter Utility Power Infrastructure Project Manager will be responsible for the facilitation and delivery of industry-leading datacenter power infrastructure including the development of new technology and advanced concepts from pre-programming through design development, construction, and the turnover to Operations.
  • This role will provide infrastructure coordination, management, and overall leadership for our datacenter power infrastructure. To be successful in this role the candidate will oversee the delivery of multiple, concurrent, complete distribution, substation, and transmission projects supporting datacenter solutions aligned with the scopes, schedules, and budgets of the projects.
  • The Design Manager will engage with key stakeholder groups within as well as outside vendors who specialize in datacenter architecture and engineering.


Skills and Qualifications-
  • Successful candidates will manage multiple utility provider teams of engineers and designers to deliver multiple projects aligned with the defined scope, schedule, and budget.
  • The candidate must have excellent project management, communication, organization, and leadership skills.
  • Candidates must possess a high level of proficiency in transmission and substation design and construction.
  • The candidates must also be able to work with other technical and non-technical groups in a fast- paced environment and do so with an even temperament.
  • The candidate must be a person of integrity, be methodical, detailed-oriented with a strong work ethic.

Basic Qualifications -
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field or 10 years' experience in substation design and/or delivery
  • Electrical Engineer / Professional Engineer is a plus
    • Candidate must possess strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to lead teams of engineers in advanced engineering and operational processes and procedures as they relate to large datacenter environments.


Experience Required -
  • Minimum of 10 years' experience in consulting engineering or construction of substations
    And/or minimum of 5 years' experience as lead engineer, design manager or project manager of transmission or substation projects
  • And/or minimum of 5 years' experience with datacenter engineering or construction


Explain a typical day in the role.:

  • The contractor will work with the East coast power delivery team. Attending meetings to coordinate HV/MV power delivery at multiple sites. Meetings with power utilities and project stakeholders. In charge of various meetings.
  • The opportunity to collaborate with stakeholders from multiple disciplines/backgrounds to help define the HV/MV power infrastructure for datacenters. Manage project from inception to completion.


What is the ideal background of a candidate for this role?:

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Project management
  • Substation / transmission line design


Top Skills
  • Read substation one-line diagrams
  • Read P6 schedule
  • Take meeting minutes notes

Location

Richmond VA, 23220

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $180,000 - 187,000 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits:

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long term disability insurance [shortterm disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]

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Preferred Skills

Data Center Construction
  • Substations
  • Construction
  • Electrical
  • Power


Job details

Job ID 333123

Role Program Manager

Location Richmond, Virginia, US

Job type Direct Hire

Recruiter Abhishek

Email [email protected]

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