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By applying ETAP solutions, customers experience continuous intelligence during design and engineering and into operations and maintenance using a unified electrical digital twin platform. ETAP supports customers in their digital transformation and sustainable energy transitions for a green and smart future, helping them to prioritize safety, maximize reliability, and stay resilient.\nOur employees' passion for excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction is our most-prized resource. If you share that passion - and want to be part of a company that leads the energy transition towards a cleaner and more resilient world for future generations - we invite you to join us!\nETAP is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.\nJob Title: Project Manager - Microgrid & Power Control Systems\nLocation: Houston, TX (Approx. 30% travel to project sites)\nJob type: Full-time / Hybrid\nWe are looking for an execution-driven Project Manager to lead delivery of real-time microgrid and power automation control systems across our Americas portfolio. Our projects control generation, dispatch and protection at hyperscale and colocation data centers, industrial microgrids, power plants and energy management installations - different applications of the same discipline, delivered from design through factory testing, utility approval, commissioning, energization and final acceptance. Data center microgrid projects are the current priority of the portfolio.\nYou will own projects end to end, including projects already in execution, and serve as the accountable owner the client, the commissioning agent, the general contractor, the utility and our own engineers look to for direction. You will not be the technical authority - senior engineers own technical correctness - but you must be fluent enough in power automation control systems and control to follow a commissioning or protection discussion, judge whether what is presented to you is logical and achievable, and translate technical risk into commercial and schedule terms. You decide whether the right thing ships on time and on budget; your engineers own whether it works.\n---\nResponsibilities - You will do:\nLead delivery of microgrid, power plant control, generation dispatch and energy management projects, with data center microgrid projects as the current portfolio priority\nOwn full project execution - scope, schedule, budget, contract and procurement - through design, factory testing, installation, commissioning, energization and final acceptance\nTake over projects already in execution: re-establish the scope baseline, produce the project execution plan, and set schedule, milestones and acceptance criteria\nOwn equipment procurement against the project bill of materials - controllers, servers, panels and licenses - managing the lead times that gate factory acceptance testing\nOwn the commissioning programme: review and challenge test sequences, resource plans and durations so that what is proposed is logical and achievable before it is committed\nManage the utility approval gate - submittal calendars, iteration cycles, witness testing and energization readiness\nRun the project meeting cadence: internal execution reviews, client status reviews, vendor and third-party coordination, and escalation resolution\nAct as primary client interface for data center and industrial owners, commissioning agents, general contractors and utility representatives\nDrive risk and change management - identify schedule, technical and contractual exposure early; document and price scope changes properly\nControl payment milestones and cash flow, and manage acceptance and handover so deliverables are complete, documented and approved before client acceptance\nOwn project reporting, and build repeatable delivery - the execution plans, test libraries, templates and standards that let us run multiple projects consistently\nRequirements - You need to have:\n5+ years of project management experience delivering power systems, automation, or industrial control projects; or 3+ years with direct commissioning site experience on microgrid, generation or data center projects\nRecent and continuous experience in the field - qualifying delivery work within the last five years, without an extended absence from the industry\nDemonstrated ownership of scope, schedule, budget and contract, not schedule tracking alone\nWorking knowledge of power system control and telecontrol - SCADA, EPMS, RTUs, protective relays, and industrial protocols such as IEC 61850, DNP3 and Modbus\nExperience delivering projects through commissioning, energization and acceptance in live electrical environments - FAT, SAT, point-to-point verification and integrated systems testing\nExposure to utility interconnection processes, submittal and approval cycles, and witness testing\nExperience managing equipment procurement and supplier lead times against a defined bill of materials\nProven experience managing contract-driven projects with milestone-based payments and defined acceptance criteria\nTechnical judgement to assess whether a plan, test sequence or resource estimate presented to you is reasonable, without being the engineer\nStrong executive communication and stakeholder management, with strong risk management, change control and contract interpretation skills\nExecution-and-ownership mindset, and willingness to travel to project sites across the US including multi-week periods during active commissioning\nA PLUS:\nMicrogrid controller, power plant controller, AGC or generation dispatch delivery experience\nFamiliarity with IEC 61850 GOOSE and MMS, DNP3, and telecontrol platforms such as SEL RTAC or equivalent\nExposure to protection coordination and relay settings, including transfer trip and load shedding schemes\nExperience on data center, mission-critical facility or industrial microgrid projects\nFamiliarity with leveled commissioning programmes (L1-L5) and integrated systems testing in critical environments\nHyperscaler or colocation owner standards (AWS, Microsoft, Google, Meta, or similar)\nGrid code and interconnection standards - NERC, IEEE 1547, IEEE 2030.7\nExperience taking over a project already in execution rather than starting one\nPMP or equivalent certification; Jira, Power BI or similar project tracking and reporting tools\nExperience or aptitude for leading multiple concurrent projects or developing into a program/portfolio role\nSalary range - 74,900.00 - 114,900.00 USD Annual\nThis pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation that the position offers, and final compensation can vary within the range depending on work location, job experience, skills, and relevant educational attainment and/or training.\nETAP requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.\nETAP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. 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