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We help our clients attain their strategic goals and initiatives through successful large-scale infrastructure projects. Burns’ full-service capabilities include mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, transportation, and energy consulting engineering.\nRecently voted a Top Workplace by Philly.com, we credit our strength as an organization to our talented, driven, vibrant team. Burns is an ENR Top 500 Firm, and has been named an MEP Giant by Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine, as well as a Hot Firm by Zweig. We are industry experts, proven leaders, innovative thinkers, and team players. We put our clients’ successes and best interests first, because their success is our success. We have fun at work because we love making a difference in the world. We are looking for high-energy, bright, collaborative individuals who want the opportunity to “write their own story” with us.\nBurns is currently seeking a Project Manager, Traction, Power and Medium Voltage to join ourTransit and Rail Team in Sacramento, CA.\nPosition Summary\nThe Project Manager, Traction Power and Medium Voltage, oversees the delivery of traction power, medium voltage distribution, and auxiliary power systems on the California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR) Program. The position covers 25kV AC traction power systems, traction power substations, switching and paralleling stations, static frequency converters, utility interconnection facilities, traction power SCADA, protective relay systems, power transformers, high and medium voltage switchgear, grounding and bonding, traction return, auxiliary power substations, medium voltage distribution networks, station and maintenance facility power, wayside power distribution, emergency and standby power, UPS systems, and electrical metering and monitoring.\nIn this role, the Project Manager is responsible for scope, schedule, budget, risk, and contractor performance across traction power and electrical infrastructure work packages, and coordinates delivery with OCS, signaling, communications, SCADA, stations, maintenance facilities, civil works, track, operations, and maintenance. The position leads utility coordination for transmission, sub-transmission, and distribution service connections; oversees statutory, regulatory, and Authority Having Jurisdiction approvals; and monitors construction, energization planning, outage planning, electrical safety, and integrated testing and commissioning.\nReporting to the Rail Systems Lead, the Project Manager supplies the Program with delivery accountability for railway electrical infrastructure, a cleared utility interconnection and energization authorization path, and the test and inspection evidence required to support operational readiness and entry into revenue service. The position is based in Sacramento, California, with travel of 25 to 50 percent along the alignment.\nPosition Responsibilities\nOversee the delivery of traction power, medium voltage, and auxiliary power systems throughout design, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning, energization, and operational handover\nOversee project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and contractor performance for traction power and electrical infrastructure work packages\nCoordinate delivery activities between traction power, OCS, signaling, communications, SCADA, stations, maintenance facilities, civil works, track, operations, and maintenance teams\nOversee utilities, electrical suppliers, contractors, consultants, commissioning teams, and specialist system integrators\nOversee delivery and integration of 25kV AC traction power systems, traction power substations, switching and paralleling stations, static frequency converters, and utility interconnection facilities\nOversee delivery and integration of traction power SCADA, protective relay systems, power transformers, high and medium voltage switchgear, grounding and bonding systems, traction return systems, and power monitoring systems\nOversee delivery and integration of auxiliary power substations, medium voltage distribution networks, station and maintenance facility power systems, wayside power distribution, ring main units, distribution transformers, motor control centers, emergency and standby power, UPS systems, low voltage distribution, and electrical metering\nOversee review and approval of traction power studies, protection schemes, load flow analyses, equipment specifications, and construction packages\nLead utility coordination associated with transmission, sub-transmission, and distribution service connections, including service applications, interconnection agreements, load studies, protection coordination reviews, and energization authorizations\nOversee statutory, regulatory, and jurisdictional approvals, and coordinate with utility providers, Authorities Having Jurisdiction, electrical inspectors, fire authorities, public agencies, railroad operators, and local jurisdictions\nSupport permitting, environmental compliance, and utility relocation programs, and manage responses to regulator and utility comments, permit conditions, and inspection findings through final authorization\nMonitor construction activities associated with substations, utility interconnections, medium voltage distribution systems, and wayside electrical infrastructure, and oversee contractor performance, construction quality, and safety compliance\nSupport resolution of field issues, design changes, RFIs, utility conflicts, site access constraints, and construction sequencing challenges\nProvide leadership for electrical safety, outage planning, energization readiness, and operational readiness programs\nOversee test plans, commissioning procedures, and energization programs, including Factory Acceptance Testing, Site Acceptance Testing, System Integration Testing, protective relay testing, transformer testing, switchgear testing, SCADA verification, and trial running\nOversee defect resolution, corrective actions, punch-list closure, final system acceptance, revenue service demonstration, and operational handover\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline or demonstrable on-the-job work experience, and a minimum of ten (10) years of experience delivering traction power, electrical infrastructure, utility, medium voltage, or rail systems projects\nMinimum of ten (10) years of project management experience on major transportation, utility, energy, or infrastructure programs\nDemonstrated delivery accountability on programs exceeding $250 million in value\nDemonstrated experience overseeing traction power and electrical systems from design through construction, testing, commissioning, energization, and final 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