Project Manager - Services
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 9, 2026. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories scores B on the Alion truth index.
SEL Engineering Services (ES) provides turnkey engineering, procurement, construction management and commissioning solutions for power system operators. Our multidisciplinary teams deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective transmission, distribution, and substation infrastructure projects across North America.
As a Project Engineer - Project Manager on our Substation Engineering Services team, you will lead the successful delivery of substation and power system projects from cradle to grave. This role combines technical leadership, project management, customer engagement, and business development responsibilities.
The ideal candidate is an experienced project manager or engineer with strong utility industry experience who thrives in a client-facing environment, enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, and has a proven record of delivering projects safely, on schedule, within budget, and to high quality standards.
As a Project Manager a typical day might include the following:
- Work with customers to understand their needs and respond with solutions through proposal development efforts; including scope definition, labor estimating, schedule development, risk evaluation, and technical solution development
- Lead teams to complete and implement assigned projects within agreed upon scope, schedule and budget to a high level of quality and safety.
- Manages interdependencies across projects or portfolios, coordinates resources at scale, and aligns project performance with customer priorities.
- Facilitate collaboration between internal experts, subcontractors, suppliers, and customers.
- Identify, measure and improve project and procedural deficiencies. Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to project management, engineering workflows, design quality, and execution efficiency.
This job might be for you if:
- Have a history of managing complex projects through their entire lifecycle, from bid to close-out
- Enjoy new, meaningful challenges and overcoming real world limitations to deliver a quoted scope of work for the budget & schedule promised and to the quality your customers expect.
- Understand that when deviations arise, how to exercise change management, when appropriate, to apply a structured process and set of tools to achieve the desired project results
- Understand how to monitor and control project performance metrics and how to professionally present that data into regular stakeholder reports
- Find meaning in developing and improving project management policies, procedures, and best practices within the company
- Enjoy significant responsibility, autonomy, and opportunities for professional growth
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline is preferred. Equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
- 8+ years of experience in electric utility, consulting engineering, EPC, or power delivery industries
- 5+ years of experience in EPC or EPCM projects. Preference given to substation projects ranging from 69kV through 345kV
- Knowledge of utility industry standards and practices including: IEEE, NESC, NEC, NERC, Regional utility standards
- Strong client relationship management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
- Effective negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Demonstrated experience applying effective project control techniques, tools and methods.
- Willing to travel domestically a minimum of 25%
- Negative drug test result(s)
Preferred Qualificati ons:
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering and construction teams
- Familiarity with utility procurement and construction contracting practices
- Experience supporting construction and commissioning activities
- Experience with one or more scheduling tool such as Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project
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.
Salary Information
$100,000 - 150,00 per year. We are open to reviewing additional candidates with more or less experience and the pay range may differ if filled at a different level. Our pay ranges are determined by job and responsibility. We base our starting pay offer and title and job-related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills.
Communication with Applicants
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SEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Vets/Disabled.