Schweitzer Engineering Labs

Project Manager - Engineering Services

Schweitzer Engineering Labs$110K — $165K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field.
  • Over 5 years of experience in project management.
  • Strong understanding of electric power system protection and automation.
  • Familiar with electric power system design and relay applications.
  • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally at least 25%.
  • Excellent communication, writing, and documentation capabilities.
  • Ability to learn and adapt within a team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with customers to develop proposals that meet their needs.
  • Act as a trusted advisor and oversee projects to adhere to defined scopes and budgets.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive scoping, scheduling, and budgeting documentation.
  • Utilize performance metrics to assess and report on project outcomes.
  • Identify areas for improvement in project processes and procedures.
  • Lead projects focused on automation and protection system implementation.
  • Manage project lifecycle from initiation to close-out, ensuring quality delivery.

Benefits

  • 100% employee-owned with an employer-funded stock ownership plan (ESOP).
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage.
  • Generous paid time off including 10 holidays, 12 days of vacation, and 9 sick days.
  • Paid family and medical leave covering 90% of salary.
  • Support for employee growth via STEM courses, tuition assistance, and development programs.
Full Job Description
As a Project Engineer - Project Manager in Engineering Services, you'll provide solutions and services that help our customers protect and control critical electrical infrastructure and power systems worldwide.

As a Project Engineer - Project Manager a typical day might include the following:
  • Work with customers to understand their needs and respond with solutions through new proposal development when within SEL Engineering Services' competencies.
  • Be a customer trusted advisor and lead projects to ensure assigned work is completed within agreed upon scope, schedule and budget to a high level of quality and safety.
  • Prepare and maintain detailed scoping, schedule, and budgeting documents.
  • Use project performance metrics to forecast actual project performance and forecasting to compare against baselines through a regular reporting regimen.
  • Identify, measure and improve project and procedural deficiencies.
  • Leading projects that assisting customers with the creation, design, configuration, validation, installation, commissioning and operation of automation and/or protection systems.


This job might be for you if you:
  • Have a history of managing or supporting projects through their entire lifecycle, from bid to close-out.
  • Enjoy new, meaningful challenges and overcoming real world limitations to deliver a quoted scope of work for the budget & schedule promised and to the quality your customers expect.
  • Understand that when deviations arise, how to exercise change management, when appropriate, to apply a structured process and set of tools to achieve the desired project results.
  • Know how to work with scheduling software to graphically represent the critical path to completion and how to use that data to advise your stakeholders.
  • Understand how to monitor and control project performance metrics and how compile that data into regular stakeholder reports.
  • Enjoy autonomy and working with latitude necessary to drive results.
  • Want to enhance your communication skills in all directions to achieve the common goal.
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Required Qualifications:
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline
  • 5+ years relevant application experience with project management best practices and philosophies
  • Good knowledge of electric power system protection and control, integration and/or automation and communications applications
  • Working knowledge of electric power system design, studies, information and communication technology and protective relay applications
  • Willing to travel both domestically and internationally a minimum of 25% based on focus area
  • Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills
  • Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
  • Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment


Location:

Houston, TX-This position is located in Houston, TX. Ranked America's fourth largest city, whatever your interest you will find it here. Enjoy sports teams, world class dining, and first rate entertainment. Enjoy signature Houston attractions like Space Center Houston and The Grand Opera. Escape the city with easy beach access just one hour away. Houston offers exceptional schools and universities, making it a great place to live and work.

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Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work.

  • We're 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.
  • We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
  • We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.
  • We foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.
  • Ask our team about other benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.


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Pay Range Data

New hires generally start between $110,000 - 165,000. We base our starting pay offer on location and job-related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills. Our salary ranges are determined by job, responsibility, and location

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About Schweitzer Engineering Labs

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) designs, manufactures, and supports products and services ranging from generator and transmission protection to distribution automation and control systems. Founded in 1982 by Edmund O. Schweitzer III, SEL is headquartered in Pullman, Washington, and has operations in over 80 countries. SEL's products and services are used by utilities, industrial companies, and transportation systems to ensure the safe and reliable operation of their power systems. SEL is known for its innovative solutions and commitment to customer service, and has won numerous awards for its products and workplace culture.
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