Project Manager - Utility Transmission & Interconnection

Job Title: Project Manager – Utility Transmission & Interconnection\n
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Contract Length: 12 months (potential extension or full-time conversion)\n
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Location: Oakbrook Terrace, IL\n
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Work Setup: Hybrid (Tuesday–Thursday on-site; Monday and Friday remote)\n
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\nProject Manager – Position Summary\n
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\nJoin Client's Transmission Interconnection team as a Project Manager, supporting critical infrastructure projects that connect new electricity generation to the power grid. This role offers the opportunity to manage utility construction projects from planning through execution.\n
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\nProject Manager Responsibilities\n
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• Manage projects from initiation through completion, overseeing scope, schedules, budgets, and deliverables.
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• Develop project budgets, cash flow forecasts, and financial plans.
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• Coordinate cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.
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• Support transmission, substation, and electrical infrastructure projects.
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• Conduct site inspections throughout Client's South and West service territories.
  
  
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Project Manager Qualifications

Required:

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• Minimum 3 years of relevant project management experience.
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• Experience in electric utilities, utility construction, or related infrastructure projects.
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• Strong budgeting, scheduling, forecasting, and stakeholder management skills.
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• Ability to travel to project sites using a personal vehicle (mileage reimbursed).
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• Must be local to the Oakbrook Terrace area.
  
  
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Preferred:

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• Transmission, substation, or electrical distribution experience.
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• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
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• Gas utility or comparable infrastructure experience.
  
  
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Relevant hands-on experience will be considered in place of a degree. Candidates with strong utility construction backgrounds are encouraged to apply.\n
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\nWe look forward to reviewing your application!\n
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