Senior Project Manager
- Calgary, AB, Canada
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- 10+ years of Project Management experience in electric utility infrastructure
- Posting language
- English
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Original job description
Role Overview
PTAG is seeking a Senior Project Manager to support high-voltage Transmission & Substation (T&S) capital projects.
This role requires a highly effective leader with deep utility experience who can manage complex projects while driving alignment across stakeholders, ensuring clear communication, and delivering executive-level reporting.
The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of experience in HV transmission and substation projects, with a strong ability to lead in regulated utility environments and interface directly with senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Project Leadership & Delivery
Must-Have
PTAG is seeking a Senior Project Manager to support high-voltage Transmission & Substation (T&S) capital projects.
This role requires a highly effective leader with deep utility experience who can manage complex projects while driving alignment across stakeholders, ensuring clear communication, and delivering executive-level reporting.
The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of experience in HV transmission and substation projects, with a strong ability to lead in regulated utility environments and interface directly with senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Project Leadership & Delivery
- Lead end-to-end delivery of HV transmission (115kV+) and substation projects from initiation through close-out
- Define and manage scope, WBS, cost baselines, and integrated schedules
- Drive execution across engineering, construction, procurement, and commissioning teams
- Manage multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
- Act as primary interface across project stakeholders, contractors, and regulatory bodies
- Lead project reporting, executive presentations, and status updates
- Coordinate across internal teams, field teams, and external partners
- Proactively manage risks, issues, and escalations
- Develop and deliver high-quality executive presentations and dashboards
- Ensure clarity, consistency, and accuracy in project reporting (cost, schedule, risk)
- Translate technical project data into clear, decision-ready insights
- Monitor and control performance using EVM metrics (SPI, CPI)
- Partner closely with Project Controls to ensure cost and schedule alignment
- Drive forecasting, variance analysis, and corrective actions
- Oversee activities such as:
- Transmission line builds, reconductoring, and upgrades
- Substation construction, expansions, and energization
- Ensure construction readiness, commissioning planning, and safe execution
- Support initiatives tied to grid reliability, wildfire mitigation, and system upgrades
- Ensure adherence to utility, regulatory, and safety standards
- Maintain compliance with permitting, environmental, and interconnection requirements
- Drive accountability across all project stakeholders
Must-Have
- 10+ years of Project Management experience in electric utility infrastructure
- Direct experience with:
- High-voltage transmission (115kV+)
- Substation projects (builds, upgrades, expansions)
- Proven ability to manage stakeholder relationships and executive-level communication
- Strong background in:
- Stakeholder coordination & management
- Reporting & presentation delivery
- Experience managing cost, schedule, and risk in complex capital projects
- Proficiency in:
- Primavera P6 or MS Project
- Excel (advanced)
- PowerPoint (executive-level presentations)
- Experience working with major North American utilities
- PMP, P.Eng, or equivalent certification
- Experience in regulated utility environments
- Familiarity with EVM, governance frameworks, and utility reporting standards
- Exceptional communicator with ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Strong executive presence and professionalism
- Ability to operate in high-visibility, high-accountability environments
- Proven track record delivering complex utility capital projects
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Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end delivery of high-voltage transmission and substation capital projects, coordinating engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams while managing scope, cost, schedule, and risk. Serve as a primary stakeholder interface and provide accurate executive reporting, while ensuring safe execution and compliance with utility, regulatory, permitting, and environmental requirements.
Requirements
Requires 10+ years of project management experience in electric utility infrastructure, including direct experience with 115kV+ transmission and substation projects. Candidates should demonstrate strong stakeholder and executive communication skills, manage cost, schedule, and risk on complex capital projects, and be proficient in Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project, advanced Excel, and PowerPoint.
Skills
- Project Management
- High-Voltage Transmission
- Substation Projects
- Project Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Executive Communication
- Project Reporting
- Cost Management
- Schedule Management
- Risk Management
- Primavera P6
- Microsoft Project
- Advanced Excel
- PowerPoint
- Earned Value Management
- Construction Management
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Energy
- Engineering
- Construction
- Consulting
Keywords
- Electric Utility Infrastructure
- High-Voltage Transmission
- 115kV+
- Substation Construction
- Transmission Line Builds
- Reconductoring
- Grid Reliability
- Wildfire Mitigation
- Capital Projects
- Project Management
- Scope Management
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Integrated Scheduling
- Primavera P6
- Microsoft Project
- Earned Value Management
- SPI
- CPI
- Project Controls
- Cost Baselines
- Forecasting
- Variance Analysis
- Commissioning
- Utility Governance
- Regulatory Compliance
- Permitting
- Environmental Compliance
- Interconnection Requirements
- PMP
- P.Eng