HV Regional Manager West

HV Regional Manager West

Locations: San Diego CA or Bend OR

Relocation Assistance Available

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced High Voltage Regional Manager to oversee a portfolio of substation transmission and utility interconnection construction projects throughout the Western United States.

The Western region will primarily support projects across CAISO and the broader Western Interconnection (WECC) including utility markets throughout California the Pacific Northwest Mountain West and Southwest.

This position will provide senior operational leadership across multiple high-voltage projects and will be responsible for project execution field leadership financial performance safety quality client and utility relationships workforce development and regional growth.

Candidates may be based out of San Diego California or Bend Oregon. Relocation packages are available for qualified candidates.

Position Responsibilities

Regional Project Leadership

• Provide executive oversight for multiple high-voltage substation transmission and interconnection projects throughout the Western region.
• Ensure projects are executed safely on schedule within budget and in compliance with contractual utility quality and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor the regional project portfolio with particular attention to engineering procurement long-lead electrical equipment utility coordination outage planning and energization milestones.
• Identify potential schedule delays and execution risks early and work with project leadership to develop corrective or recovery plans.
• Participate in project pursuit decisions by evaluating contract structure project schedules execution strategy available resources and overall risk.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead regional Project Executives Project Managers Assistant Project Managers Project Engineers Superintendents and supporting field leadership.
• Build a consistent operating structure and performance expectations across geographically distributed project teams.
• Conduct recurring project and regional leadership reviews covering schedule cost staffing safety quality and project risk.
• Mentor and develop project personnel and help establish a strong pipeline of future high-voltage leaders.
• Support workforce planning and resource allocation across the regional portfolio.

Safety & Electrical Qualification

• Maintain Qualified Electrical Worker (QEW) certification or obtain the required qualification within the established onboarding period.
• Ensure appropriate electrical qualifications are maintained by field supervision and other personnel responsible for high-voltage construction activities.
• Conduct regular field safety reviews and hold project leadership accountable for meeting established safety expectations.
• Provide senior regional oversight of energized work planning permits stop-work decisions and critical electrical safety activities.
• Ensure near misses and incidents are thoroughly investigated with root causes identified and corrective actions implemented.
• Drive continuous improvement in regional safety performance with a goal of zero incidents.

Client & Utility Relationships

• Serve as a senior point of contact for clients utilities owners and other key stakeholders throughout the Western region.
• Develop relationships with utilities and strategic customers across California and the broader Western Interconnection.
• Partner with business development estimating and preconstruction teams to evaluate new high-voltage opportunities.
• Support contractor qualification and Approved Vendor List initiatives with targeted Western utilities.
• Provide early constructability staffing scheduling and execution input during project development and bidding.

Financial & Commercial Management

• Oversee budgets forecasts margin performance and overall financial results across the Western regional portfolio.
• Monitor project costs and identify emerging financial risks or unfavorable trends.
• Ensure project teams maintain strong change management documentation and commercial discipline.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity and protect or improve project margins.
• Maintain accurate regional forecasting and support periodic financial reviews.

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure regional projects meet company client utility and regulatory quality standards.
• Maintain appropriate independent inspection and quality-control processes across high-voltage construction activities.
• Ensure critical electrical and civil scopes are properly inspected tested documented and accepted prior to subsequent construction activities or energization.
• Enforce consistent tracking and resolution of nonconforming work.
• Evaluate recurring quality issues across projects and incorporate lessons learned into future execution practices.

Reporting & Documentation

• Provide recurring reports covering project status financial performance schedule safety quality staffing and regional risks.
• Ensure project teams maintain accurate and auditable construction and qualification records.
• Maintain documentation associated with electrical qualifications testing inspections commissioning and as-built conditions.
• Ensure documentation meets applicable client utility and regulatory requirements.

Regional Risk Management

• Identify regional risks involving schedule long-lead transformers and electrical equipment labor availability utility coordination permitting outages logistics and customer concentration.
• Develop mitigation plans for significant portfolio-level risks.
• Support project teams in resolving major technical commercial scheduling and client issues.
• Strategically allocate personnel and resources across projects to minimize execution risk and maintain portfolio performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Construction Management Electrical Engineering or a related field preferred; equivalent high-voltage field and construction leadership experience will be considered.
• Minimum 810 years of high-voltage construction experience involving substations transmission lines and/or utility interconnection projects.
• Previous experience at the Project Executive Regional Manager Operations Manager Senior Project Manager or comparable multi-project leadership level.
• Demonstrated success overseeing multiple construction projects and geographically distributed project teams.
• Strong understanding of high-voltage construction electrical safety utility standards NERC requirements and utility interconnection processes.
• Working knowledge of CAISO WECC and Western utility markets including California the Pacific Northwest Mountain West and Southwest.
• Existing relationships with Western utilities or experience navigating utility contractor qualification and Approved Vendor List processes is highly desirable.
• QEW certification or ability to obtain required qualification within 90 days of hire.
• Strong experience with project budgets forecasting cost control margin management and change management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead both project management and field construction organizations.
• Excellent communication leadership client management and organizational skills.
• Ability to make sound decisions across a complex multi-project portfolio under schedule and financial pressure.
• Significant regional travel should be expected.