Project Manager (Substations)

Company Overview:

GagaMuller is a Project Management Consultancy with specific divisions focused on providing Project Management, Cost Management, and Digital services to owner organisation within the construction industry.

With a proven track record working alongside global technology leaders and data centre developers, we combine local expertise with global standards to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest quality.

At GagaMuller, we empower people and organisations to build with data.

Role Description:

We are looking for a Project Manager (Substations) to join GagaMuller. You will collaborate with experienced, diverse, and passionate teams, fostering a strong social dynamic and collective sense of achievement. This role offers you extensive industry exposure, helping you broaden your skills, open doors to new opportunities, and expand your perspective. We are committed to empowering you, providing real responsibility, and supporting your career growth through mentorship from industry leaders and the tools you need to succeed. You will also contribute to shaping our business strategy as we continue to grow. At GagaMuller, building lasting, trusted relationships with our teams and clients is at the core of what we do.

With a market-leading client base and the opportunity to take the lead on strategic commissions and high-profile projects, this is an exciting time to join the business unit and grow a career with GagaMuller.

The Opportunity

GagaMuller is supporting the delivery of a hyperscale data center development in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

The Substation Project Manager will play a key role in coordinating and managing the delivery of high-voltage substation projects throughout the full project lifecycle.

Working closely with Project Directors, Design Managers, Construction Managers, EPC contractors, utility providers, equipment manufacturers, commissioning teams, and client stakeholders, you will oversee all substation-related activities from feasibility and design development through procurement, construction, energization, commissioning, and final handover.

The role is responsible for ensuring substation works are delivered safely, to the required quality standards, within schedule and budget requirements, and in accordance with project specifications, utility requirements, regulatory standards, and client expectations.

This is an opportunity to support the delivery of critical power infrastructure projects while contributing to some of Canada's most complex industrial, energy, and mission-critical developments.

Responsibilities

1. Scope & Delivery Management

• Manage and coordinate the delivery of high-voltage substation projects throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversee substation activities across planning, engineering, procurement, construction, testing, energization, and handover phases.
• Review substation engineering deliverables, technical submissions, and vendor documentation to ensure alignment with project requirements.
• Monitor construction progress against project schedules and key milestones.
• Identify potential delays, technical constraints, utility interface challenges, and project risks, implementing mitigation strategies as required.
• Coordinate installation activities for substations, switchgear, transformers, protection and control systems, transmission connections, and associated balance-of-plant infrastructure.
• Support successful commissioning, energization, system turnover, and operational readiness activities.
• Ensure all works are delivered in accordance with client standards, project specifications, utility requirements, applicable codes, and regulatory frameworks.

2. Stakeholder Coordination

• Act as the primary interface between clients, engineering consultants, utility providers, contractors, equipment vendors, commissioning teams, and project delivery stakeholders.
• Lead and participate in project coordination meetings, technical reviews, progress meetings, and utility interface workshops.
• Coordinate closely with Design, Construction, Commercial, Scheduling, Quality, Safety, and Commissioning teams.
• Manage contractor and vendor relationships throughout project execution.
• Review and resolve technical queries, RFIs, design issues, utility comments, and construction interfaces.
• Maintain effective communication across all project disciplines and stakeholders.
• Promote accountability, collaboration, and ownership across project teams.

3. Risk & Compliance Management

• Identify, monitor, and manage project risks related to engineering, construction, energization, safety, and utility interconnections.
• Review technical submissions, design modifications, and value engineering proposals.]
• Assess the impacts of design and scope changes on schedule, cost, quality, and commissioning requirements.
• Monitor contractor compliance with approved designs, construction standards, project procedures, and contractual obligations.
• Support quality inspections, testing programs, factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), and commissioning readiness reviews.
• Ensure compliance with applicable Canadian electrical codes, utility standards, environmental regulations, and client requirements.
• Escalate critical project, technical, schedule, or safety risks to senior leadership when required.

4. Reporting & Documentation

• Prepare and maintain project status reports, dashboards, risk registers, and executive updates.
• Track project milestones, deliverables, RFIs, submittals, utility approvals, and action items.
• Review and maintain technical and commercial documentation throughout project execution.
• Support preparation of client presentations and stakeholder reporting.
• Maintain accurate records of decisions, approvals, changes, and project correspondence.
• Support project closeout activities, including as-built documentation, testing records, commissioning documentation, and turnover packages.
• Provide regular updates on project progress, risks, challenges, and recovery plans.

5. Collaboration & Integration

• Work collaboratively with engineering, construction, commercial, scheduling, project controls, quality, and commissioning teams.
• Ensure substation delivery is fully integrated with the broader project schedule and construction strategy.
• Coordinate interfaces between substations, transmission infrastructure, utility providers, generation assets, industrial facilities, and mission-critical systems.
• Support procurement, construction, energization, and operational readiness planning activities.
• Work with Cost Management teams to monitor budgets, change orders, forecasts, and commercial performance.
• Support contractor procurement, tender evaluations, and contract award recommendations where required.
• Promote continuous improvement and best practices across project delivery.
• Foster a proactive, collaborative, and solutions-oriented project environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of high-voltage substations, transmission and distribution systems, utility interconnections, and power infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of engineering, procurement, construction, testing, energization, and commissioning processes for utility or industrial power projects.
• Excellent leadership, communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of construction quality, commissioning, safety, and project delivery best practices within the power and utilities sector.
• P.Eng. designation (or eligibility to obtain) is considered an asset.
• Strong commercial awareness with experience managing project budgets, schedules, contracts, and project controls.

What Experience We Are Looking For

• 8+ years' experience delivering high-voltage substations, transmission, distribution, utility, industrial, or major infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience managing projects involving substations (HV/MV), transformers, switchgear, protection & control systems, transmission interconnections, or grid infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing projects through design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, energization, and handover phases.
• Experience coordinating engineering consultants, EPC contractors, utility providers, equipment manufacturers, commissioning teams, and client stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of utility standards, electrical codes, interconnection requirements, outage planning, and energization processes.
• Experience reviewing technical submittals, design packages, equipment specifications, RFIs, change requests, and construction documentation.
• Familiarity with FATs, SATs, relay testing, protection systems, SCADA integration, commissioning, and operational readiness activities.
• Experience managing interfaces across multidisciplinary teams including engineering, construction, project controls, quality, safety, procurement, and commissioning.
• Background working within power generation, utilities, renewable energy, industrial facilities, data centers, oil & gas, mining, or large-scale infrastructure projects is preferred.
• Experience in client-side, consultancy, EPC, contractor, or PMC environments is advantageous.
• Strong ability to manage competing priorities, mitigate risk, and resolve technical and delivery challenges in fast-paced project environments.
• Excellent leadership, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage.
• Generous company pension contribution.
• Competitive annual leave allowance and work-life balance benefits.
• State-of-the-art technology and hardware.
• Social and fitness initiatives for employee well-being.
• Collaborative office environment that values teamwork and open communication.
• Mentoring and professional development opportunities.

Join GagaMuller and be part of a dynamic team that values your growth, well-being, and professional development. Apply now and contribute to our exciting projects that drive digital innovation and transformation.