Schweitzer Engineering Labs

Project Manager

Schweitzer Engineering Labs$86K — $128K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years experience in project management or related field
  • Strong understanding of Agile methodologies
  • Proficiency in project planning and tracking tools
  • Excellent communication skills for stakeholder engagement
  • Ability to analyze project requirements and translate needs into actionable plans
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional teams
  • Interest in data management and modern project practices

Responsibilities

  • Lead projects from initiation to release, ensuring scope and timeline clarity
  • Engage with customers and stakeholders to manage team priorities
  • Translate complex problems into clear goals and actionable plans
  • Coordinate across teams to ensure alignment and transparency
  • Evaluate project scope to make informed decisions on trade-offs
  • Track project progress, identifying risks early to maintain transparency
  • Facilitate continuous improvement by celebrating successes and learning from failures

Benefits

  • 100% employee-owned with an employer-funded stock ownership plan (ESOP)
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
  • Generous paid holidays and vacation time, starting at 12 days annually
  • Paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay
  • Opportunities for professional growth through STEM courses and tuition assistance
  • Additional wellness and flexible spending benefits
Full Job Description

SEL R&D's Development Integration team builds and maintains the data tools and systems that keep engineering data accurate, controlled, and available. We work across the enterprise to deliver software that delights users and lets information flow between divisions. We also have big plans for the future of data management at SEL – we’re looking for a Project Manager I/II/III to join us in the pursuit. Could it be you?

In this role, you'll do more than the core Agile work that keeps our team running: you'll play a key part in engaging our stakeholders, making sure we're not just completing projects, but the right projects. You'll work in lock-step with customers, developers, and systems architects to build comprehensive portfolio roadmaps, steering the team toward the strongest possible solution with real influence over the systems we build. That includes partnering with other project managers across the organization, so what we build becomes a catalyst for project execution across the company.

 

What we’re looking for in a Project Manager to join us:

•   You take pride in your craft. Planning, tracking, and follow-through aren't busywork to you, they're craft. You take pride in a project run well.

•   You own the "why," not just the "when." You'll help uncover what people truly need, shape clear project requirements, and plan carefully, so the work only starts once the problem is well understood.

•   You get to the root of things. We take the time to understand what's really going on, and when something deserves a deeper fix, we help steward it forward, even when we aren't the ones implementing it.

•   You build bridges. You'll bring together engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and other partners so that our decisions reflect the bigger picture.

•   You grow as we grow. New tools, new methods, new problems. There's always room to learn, including Python coding, automation, or AI if that excites you.

•   You leave things better than you found them. Every project is a chance to simplify, streamline, and remove friction, not just ship and move on.

•   You care, and it shows. You stay motivated by real customer outcomes, and you look out for your own team just as much, making sure the people you serve and the people you work with feel heard and supported.

 

What you'll do day-to-day:

•   Lead projects from initiation to release, keeping scope, timeline, and priorities clear

•   Engage with customers and stakeholders to balance team priorities

•   Turn fuzzy problems into clear goals, requirements, and plans the team can act on

•   Coordinate across teams and keep everyone aligned, informed, and moving

•   Analyze when to make big bets or take the small wins on project scope

•   Track progress, surface risks early, and keep work honest and on course

•   Help decide what we take on, and just as importantly, what we don't

•   Celebrate wins, learn from misses, and keep improving how we work

 

Nice to have (not required):

•   PMP or CAPM certification, or actively working toward one

•   Familiarity with the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence) or Microsoft 365 products

•   Interest in modern, data-driven project management practices

•   Curiosity about how tools, processes, and people fit together

•   Comfort working across teams and translating between technical and non-technical partners

•   A bias toward simplicity and asking "why" before "how"

•   Experience delivering software or improving business systems and workflows

 

We're open to all experience levels. 

We believe most big challenges come down to fundamentals we already know how to solve, and we're looking for someone who shares that mindset.

 

Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work.

People are at the core of our company and we hire employee-owners. We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees.

  • 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.

Pay Range Data


Project Manager I - $31.75-$47.50/hr

Project Manager II - $36.50-54.00/hr
Project Manager III - $86,000-$128,000/yr

We are open to reviewing additional candidates with more or less experience and the salary range may differ if filled at a different level. Our salary ranges are determined by job and responsibility. We base our starting pay offer and title on job-related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills.

Communication with Applicants 

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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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