Assistant Project Manager

Location: Englewood CO

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Pay Rate: $31.91$42.98 / Hour (USD)
• Travel Requirements: 20% once a week to client office in RiNo or to a project site in the state of Colorado
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Generally project managers in program management will pursue job responsibilities in the following areas: Project Management Portfolio Management and Outage/Construction Sequencing.

Project Management

• Lead a cross-functional team to execute substation transmission line and telecommunication projects from inception through design and construction to closeout.
• Oversee 520 projects concurrently of varying sizes and voltages (4kV765kV).
• Manage projects for schedule adherence identifying risks and requirements to successfully achieve a projects in-service date.
• Navigate projects through client gate approval processes including presentations to senior and executive management as required by each client.
• Manage projects for financial adherence maintaining an accurate cost forecast reflecting committed and uncommitted costs for an estimate-at-completion.
• Coordinate craft labor resources with client-approved vendors for construction testing and other field activities.
• Provide regular status updates on projects by maintaining project data and routine reporting as well as meeting updates for clients.
• Lead project meetings with cost schedule real estate environmental construction public engagement and engineering resources to facilitate project execution.

Portfolio Management

• Develop a multi-year capital expenditure plan to support the clients replacement and betterment of electric transmission and distribution assets.
• Regular interface and coordination with project sponsor organizations to determine details of proposed plans and business justification.
• Ensure synergies across projects are incorporated into the portfolio of work to prevent scope from being duplicated or performed inefficiently.
• Monitor composition of clients capital investment allocation to align with stated subsidiary investment targets for optimal rate of return.
• Engage with project sponsors to evaluate need-by date for realistic schedules and budgets.
• Assist with creation and compilation of rate filing support for federal and state filings.
• Review tabletop engineering estimates for accuracy and scope.
• Review project change requests (scope in-service date etc.) and reconcile with the existing and long-range portfolio of work.
• Interface with clients accounting group to establish financial setup for projects.
• Create analyses & reports to assist the client in tracking coordination and execution of projects.
• Build baseline scopes schedules and budgets to be released to multiple clients stakeholders.

Outage/Construction Sequencing

• Responsible for developing substation and transmission project construction lifecycles with a focus on outage efficiency and constructability.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting specified deliverable dates and expectations.
• Analyze scoping and project documents to determine boundaries of required construction within the substation and within electric grid.
• Conduct site walkdowns and project calls with the project team as necessary to establish an achievable construction sequence with attainable outages.
• Analyze needed outages against adjacent outages scheduled in the area.
• Create initial outage sequence to communicate proposed construction lifecycle to project team.
• Coordinate with drafting resources to create engineering-caliber drawings that document the evolution of a project from present conditions to final state and all needed incremental steps.

• Strong organizational communication and problem-solving skills.

• Relevant T&D (gas or electrical) engineering background with openness to pivoting as a program PM for a utility client.
• Familiarity or proficiency in ProjectWise SharePoint SAP and cost/schedule management.
• PE or PMP certification.

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management or related degree from an accredited program required. (School must be accredited; internship experience does not count toward years of experience.)

• 5 years of experience in utility transmission projects (either T-Line or substation) or other related industries.

• Medical Vision and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

This client is a 100% employee-owned engineering architecture and construction firm serving the infrastructure and utilities sector with more than 125 years of history building critical infrastructure across energy aviation water telecommunications transportation and healthcare. Headquartered in Kansas City Missouri and operating from 75 offices across the country and internationally the firm has grown to more than 14500 employee-owners generating over $7.4 billion in annual revenue. Every full-time employee is an owner through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) a structure that aligns professional incentives with company performance and fosters a culture of accountability collaboration and genuine investment in outcomes. The firm earns a 4.2 out of 5 stars on Glassdoor across more than 1800 reviews with 87% of employees recommending it as a workplace and has been named a Glassdoor Best Places to Work multiple years running. Teams span civil and structural engineers architects environmental scientists construction managers and program management professionals who engage with complex consequential and often one-of-a-kind projects.

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking financial services technology life sciences biotech utilities and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-15033

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