Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer]

Job Description

ProSidian Seeks a Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] | Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management [WAPA0009009] for Program Support on a Exempt 1099 Contract: No Overtime Pay Basis Hybrid – On/Off Client Site and Virtual in The CONUS - Phoenix, AZ Area Contract Contingent, generally located across the CONUS - Phoenix, AZ Across The South West Area Region supporting a High-voltage electric transmission capital project management and owner’s engineer support for Federal power marketing administration managing high-voltage transmission and hydropower delivery.

The Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] | Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management [WAPA0009009] is aligned with GSA Labor Category: Project Manager | Electrical Engineer / Power Systems Engineer. This role shall be principally focused on Project Management Engineering Support ServicesBaseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management for Project Management Engineering Support Services

We seek Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] candidates with relevant Energy Industry (Oil, And Gas/Power, And Utilities) Sector Experience (functional and technical area expertise also ideal) to support professional services engagement for Energy Industry (Oil, And Gas/Power, And Utilities) Sector Clients such as WAPA. This as a Contract Contingent or Contract W-2 (IRS-1099) Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management Functional Area / Swim Lane / Category Discipline Professional - Project Management Engineering Support Services Position; however, ProSidian reserves the right to convert to a Full-Time ProSidian employed W-2 Position.

• Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] | Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management [WAPA0009009].
• The Project Manager | Electrical Engineer / Power Systems Engineer role(s) are located in the South West Area Region, at or near CONUS - Phoenix, AZ, Initially identified Work Site Address (Hybrid – On/Off Client Site and Virtual - (Geo Code Address: 615 S. 43rd Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85009

JOB OVERVIEW

Provide services and support as a Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] [Project Management Engineering Support Services] aligned with the Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management Functional Area / Swim Lane / Category Discipline in the Energy Industry (Oil, And Gas/Power, And Utilities) Industry Sector.

This role focusses on EN | Engineering Solutions for clients such as Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Region (DOE | WAPA - DSW) | DOE | WAPA Desert Southwest Customer Service Region | Transmission Asset Planning (G5100) Division Generally Located In CONUS - Phoenix, AZ and across the South West Area Region (Of Country/World) Hybrid – On/Off Client Site and Virtual.

Provide Project Management Support Services for WAPA Project Management and Owner’s Engineer Support. The ProSidian Engagement Team shall deliver integrated project management, owner’s engineer, technical coordination, construction-phase support, financial oversight, regulatory and stakeholder compliance coordination, and project closeout services for Western Area Power Administration electric transmission capital projects. Services shall be performed in accordance with the Performance Work Statement, applicable task order requirements, federal regulations, WAPA policies and procedures, standard commercial practices, and the direction of the Federal Project Manager.

The Power Systems Engineer Project Manager, serving as the lead Electrical Engineer, shall plan, engineer, control, and coordinate project execution to support the safe, efficient, transparent, reliable, and successful delivery of high-voltage transmission infrastructure.

Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management

• Develop, maintain, and update the project scope in coordination with the Federal Project Manager and relevant subject matter experts.
• Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules that reflect approved scope, milestones, dependencies, constraints, and task-order priorities.
• Develop, maintain, and update project budgets aligned to approved scope, work breakdown structure, resource needs, and execution timelines.
• Establish and maintain cost-loaded schedules and performance baselines to support project tracking, forecasting, and reporting.
• Define project milestones, deliverable dates, critical path activities, and performance measurement points.
• Estimate labor hours, staffing requirements, equipment needs, and resource requirements for assigned project activities.
• Compare estimated resource requirements against available resources and identify gaps, conflicts, or constraints.
• Recommend schedule, staffing, sequencing, or resource adjustments necessary to meet project objectives and schedule commitments.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES - Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] | Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management [WAPA0009009]

• Serve as the senior Project Manager and Owner’s Engineer representative supporting WAPA DSW Transmission Asset Planning daily operations and the lifecycle delivery of complex high-voltage transmission capital projects.
• Plan, organize, lead, and control assigned projects from development and design through procurement, construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout, maintaining accountability for scope, schedule, cost, technical quality, safety, regulatory commitments, and customer obligations.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, cost forecasts, risk registers, action logs, decision records, progress metrics, and executive-level status reports.
• Coordinate design-bid-build interfaces between WAPA, the designer of record, construction contractors, customers, private partners, utilities, environmental specialists, cultural-resource personnel, operations, maintenance, procurement, legal, finance, and other stakeholders.
• Provide Owner’s Engineer technical oversight of transmission line, substation, right-of-way, foundation, structure, access-road, outage, energization, and utility-construction activities; identify technical conflicts and drive timely resolution.
• Represent the transmission owner as the primary liaison to external customers, private partnerships, tribal entities, landowners, agencies, and other stakeholders, including projects governed by power-marketing, transmission-service, network-credit, or comparable utility contractual arrangements.
• Support FAR-based construction contract administration, including review of pay applications and invoices against contract line items, schedules of values, progress measurements, approved work, and supporting documentation.
• Evaluate contractor changes, requests for equitable adjustment, schedule and cost impacts, entitlement support, negotiation documentation, and independent estimate-style analyses; maintain contemporaneous records that support claims avoidance and dispute resolution.
• Integrate NEPA commitments, mitigation measures, Section 106 and cultural-resource constraints, SHPO coordination requirements, tribal protocols, inadvertent-discovery procedures, vegetation-management controls, and environmental permits into construction planning and field execution.
• Coordinate outages, access restrictions, right-of-way constraints, long-lead material and equipment procurement, customer interfaces, and construction sequencing for MV, HV, and EHV transmission line and substation projects.
• Apply applicable NESC requirements, FERC regulations, NERC reliability standards, WAPA/DOE procedures, Federal and State requirements, and standard utility practices to project decisions and deliverables.
• Use Microsoft Project, Excel, SharePoint, Teams, Maximo, SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, GIS, and related systems to gather and analyze data, manage budgets, forecast expenditures, track milestones, document decisions, and report performance.
• Lead cross-functional teams through influence rather than direct authority, resolve competing priorities, facilitate decisions, escalate material risks, and consistently drive measurable scope, schedule, cost, quality, compliance, and customer-satisfaction outcomes.
• Support project closeout, including punch-list resolution, final invoice and change reconciliation, as-built and turnover documentation, lessons learned, records completion, and confirmation that contractual and environmental commitments are satisfied.

Qualifications

Desired Qualifications For Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] | Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management [WAPA0009009] Candidates:

• Senior engineering and construction professional with a demonstrated record of delivering large, complex electric-utility transmission projects.
• Primary fit is an Electrical Engineer or Power Systems Engineer with high-voltage transmission, substation, power

Education / Experience Requirements / Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited university in engineering or construction management.
• Minimum fifteen (15) years of professional experience in engineering, construction, or utility infrastructure.
• Minimum ten (10) years as a Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, or Deputy Project Manager with direct accountability for scope, schedule, and cost control.
• A minimum of five (5) years of project-management experience must be specifically associated with high-voltage transmission projects.
• Minimum of ten (10) years' experience managing Bulk Electric System transmission-line construction projects at 115 kV or above.

Demonstrated Experience

• Demonstrated experience managing transmission construction projects with individual total construction values exceeding $100 million.
• Demonstrated experience in transmission-line rebuilds; candidate must provide relevant project examples.
• Demonstrated design-bid-build experience coordinating the designer of record and construction contractor; at least one project example is required.
• Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional teams in complex federal, utility, or Power Marketing Administration environments; project examples must demonstrate stakeholder alignment, conflict resolution, and measurable progress in scope, schedule, and cost.
• Demonstrated Owner’s Engineer lifecycle experience, including primary liaison responsibilities representing a transmission owner to external customers, private partnerships, and stakeholders; project examples and references are required.
• Demonstrated experience supporting projects governed by power-marketing, transmission-service, network-credit, or similar utility contractual arrangements; examples of projects are required.

We are seeking a Senior engineering and construction professional with a demonstrated record of delivering large, complex electric-utility transmission projects. Primary fit is an Electrical Engineer or Power Systems Engineer with high-voltage transmission, substation, power

Skills Required

• Primarily focused on Engineering Services initiatives and aligned with Program Support activities Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management Functional Area Activities.
• Transmission project planning, project controls, cost estimating, forecasting, scheduling, risk management, change control, issue resolution, and closeout.
• Owner’s Engineer technical oversight for high-voltage transmission lines, substations, structures,
• FAR-based construction contract-administration experience, including invoice/pay-application review, change-order evaluation, negotiation support, independent estimate-style analysis, claims avoidance, issue documentation, and contemporaneous recordkeeping; provide a responsibility narrative and at least two FAR-governed project examples.
• Environmental and cultural-resource coordination experience covering NEPA commitments, Section 106 constraints, SHPO impacts, vegetation management within transmission ROW corridors, monitoring, and inadvertent-discovery procedures; provide at least one project example showing how requirements were tracked, communicated, and enforced.
• Tribal coordination experience on at least two projects involving tribal entities, culturally sensitive construction, or work near tribal lands or resources; provide two project examples, reference contacts, coordination interfaces, protocols followed, and construction controls implemented.
• This position aligns with functional and technical requirements in the Energy Industry (Oil, And Gas/Power, And Utilities) Sector and Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] Candidates principally support Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management Functional Area / Swim Lane / Category Disciplines.

Competencies Required

• Project Leadership and Accountability — owns outcomes and drives disciplined delivery across the full project lifecycle.
• Owner’s Engineer Judgment — balances technical integrity, constructability, operability, safety, cost, schedule, customer obligations, and lifecycle value.
• Matrixed Team Leadership — gains alignment and performance through influence, credibility, collaboration, and clear decision governance.
• Commercial and Contract Acumen — understands FAR-based construction administration, contractual entitlement, progress measurement, change management, and defensible documentation.
• Risk and Controls Discipline — identifies emerging risk, quantifies impacts, develops mitigation, escalates appropriately, and maintains reliable project-control data.
• Regulatory and Compliance Integration — converts environmental, cultural, tribal, reliability, safety, and acquisition requirements into executable construction controls.
• Stakeholder and Customer Coordination — communicates effectively with government leaders, utility customers, contractors, designers, private partners, tribal entities, regulators, and landowners.
• Conflict Resolution and Decision Facilitation — frames issues, evaluates alternatives, documents decisions, and resolves technical or organizational impasses.
• Written Record Quality — produces accurate, timely, traceable, and dispute-ready records, correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, and action documentation.
• Cost-Effectiveness and Customer Satisfaction — delivers practical solutions that protect public resources, project commitments, and service quality.

Ancillary Details Of The Roles

OWNER’S ENGINEER, CUSTOMER, AND STAKEHOLDER INTERFACE

• Owner’s Engineer Representation: Act as WAPA’s senior technical and project-delivery representative throughout the transmission-project lifecycle, protecting the transmission owner’s technical, operational, commercial, financial, regulatory, and schedule interests.
• Independent Technical and Constructability Review: Independently review engineering designs, specifications, calculations, construction submittals, schedules, cost information, work plans, and field conditions to identify risks, validate compliance, and support informed owner decisions.
• Customer and Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate project interfaces among WAPA personnel, utility customers, private partners, landowners, regulatory agencies, tribal entities, operations and maintenance personnel, designers, contractors, environmental specialists, and other affected stakeholders.
• Transmission-Service and Partnership Arrangements: Apply experience with power-marketing and transmission-service arrangements, customer-funded projects, public-private or utility partnerships, network-credit concepts where applicable, outage and access commitments, and the documentation of owner, customer, and partner obligations.
• Issue Resolution and Decision Management: Facilitate timely owner decisions, reconcile competing stakeholder interests, resolve technical and commercial issues, maintain decision and action records, and preserve measurable progress in scope, schedule, cost, quality, safety, compliance, and customer satisfaction.
• Required Supporting Documentation: Provide representative project examples and reference contacts demonstrating how owner interests were protected, stakeholder interfaces were managed, competing priorities were aligned, and technical or commercial issues were resolved.

FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

• FAR-Based Construction Administration: Integrate engineering project management and field execution with applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements, contract terms, task order provisions, and federal construction administration practices.
• Progress and Invoice Validation: Review and validate contractor progress, quantities, payment applications, invoices, schedule updates, deliverable status, and supporting documentation before recommending acceptance or payment.
• Change Management and Cost Evaluation: Evaluate requests for information, site-specific conditions, change proposals, schedule and cost impacts, and entitlement considerations. Develop negotiation-support materials, technical evaluations, cost analyses, and independent government estimate-style documentation.
• 1Claims Avoidance and Dispute Resolution: Maintain contemporaneous records of field conditions, decisions, correspondence, delays, access constraints, contractor performance, and issue resolution. Support claims avoidance, negotiations, dispute resolution, and the development of defensible contract files.
• Long-Lead Material and Equipment Procurement: Demonstrate knowledge of federal procurement requirements affecting the planning, acquisition, inspection, delivery, storage, and installation of long-lead materials and equipment for medium-voltage, high-voltage, and extra-high-voltage transmission-line and substation projects.
• Required Supporting Documentation: Provide at least two examples of projects performed under FAR-governed construction or acquisition requirements, including contact references and descriptions of the contract administration responsibilities performed.

ENVIRONMENTAL, CULTURAL-RESOURCE, AND RIGHT-OF-WAY COMPLIANCE

• Environmental Commitment Integration: Translate National Environmental Policy Act commitments, mitigation measures, permit conditions, and other environmental requirements into project schedules, work packages, access plans, contractor instructions, inspection criteria, field controls, and project records.
• Section 106 and Cultural-Resource Compliance: Coordinate Section 106 requirements, cultural-resource surveys, archaeological or cultural monitoring, avoidance areas, stop-work requirements, and inadvertent-discovery procedures during planning and construction.
• State Historic Preservation Office Coordination: Incorporate the State Historic Preservation Office's requirements and commitments into construction sequencing, site access planning, contractor communications, monitoring activities, compliance tracking, and field enforcement.
• Vegetation Management and Transmission Right-of-Way Coordination: Coordinate vegetation management activities within high-voltage transmission line rights-of-way, considering environmental restrictions, access limitations, easement conditions, landowner requirements, clearance standards, sensitive resources, and construction sequencing.
• Environmental Compliance Tracking and Enforcement: Establish mechanisms to track, communicate, inspect, document, and enforce environmental and cultural resource requirements throughout construction.
• Required Supporting Documentation: Provide project examples that demonstrate the integration of NEPA commitments, cultural resource requirements, vegetation management constraints, and right-of-way considerations. Include at least one project example that describes how SHPO or cultural resource requirements were tracked, communicated, and enforced during construction.

TRIBAL CONSULTATION AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE CONSTRUCTION COORDINATION

• Tribal Coordination Experience: Demonstrate experience coordinating with tribal governments, tribal historic preservation representatives, cultural-resource specialists, or other tribal stakeholders on projects involving tribal lands, culturally sensitive areas, traditional cultural properties, or resources of tribal interest.
• Consultation Protocols and Construction Controls: Apply established consultation and communication protocols, access restrictions, monitoring requirements, notification procedures, inadvertent-discovery protocols, stop-work provisions, confidentiality protections, and other culturally sensitive construction controls.
• Required Supporting Documentation: Provide two project examples involving tribal coordination or culturally sensitive construction activities. Each example must include a reference contact and describe the coordination interfaces, consultation protocols, sensitive-resource considerations, and construction controls implemented.

TRANSMISSION REGULATORY AND TECHNICAL-STANDARDS KNOWLEDGE

• Electrical Safety and Design Standards: Demonstrate the ability to interpret and apply the National Electrical Safety Code to medium-voltage, high-voltage, and extra-high-voltage transmission-line and substation planning, design, construction, operation, and compliance activities.
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Requirements: Demonstrate working knowledge of applicable Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requirements affecting transmission planning, transmission service, interconnection, cost allocation, reliability coordination, and customer or partner obligations.
• North American Electric Reliability Corporation Standards: Demonstrate experience applying relevant North American Electric Reliability Corporation reliability standards to transmission planning, project development, construction coordination, operational readiness, documentation, and compliance.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY

• Microsoft Productivity and Collaboration Tools: Demonstrate proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Project, SharePoint, and Teams for project planning, scheduling, reporting, document control, stakeholder communication, collaboration, and records management.
• Enterprise Asset and Data-Analysis Systems: Demonstrate experience using systems such as IBM Maximo, SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, or comparable enterprise applications to support data collection, asset and work-order tracking, budget monitoring, forecasting, expenditure analysis, performance reporting, and project-management decision support.
• Geographic Information Systems: Demonstrate sufficient working familiarity with GIS applications to interpret transmission-system maps, right-of-way exhibits, parcel information, environmental constraints, cultural-resource avoidance areas, access routes, construction limits, and other geospatial project information.

Other Details

• This is a non-personal services requirement. WAPA will not supervise contractor employees. The ProSidian Engagement Team retains responsibility for management, supervision, work assignment, performance, recruiting, training, onboarding, and employment-related matters.
• A Program Manager must be designated in writing to the Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer’s Representative before work begins.
• The local Program Manager must be available during normal duty hours and capable of meeting with the CO, COR, or authorized WAPA personnel within two hours when required.
• Work must comply with the task-order PWS, WAPA and DOE procedures, applicable FAR requirements, Federal and State regulations, NESC, FERC, NERC, environmental and cultural-resource commitments, and standard commercial utility practices.
• Project assignments may span development, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout and may involve multiple sites, transmission corridors, substations, customers, agencies, and stakeholder jurisdictions within the WAPA Desert Southwest operating environment.
• Candidates must be prepared to document required project examples, responsibilities, references, consultation interfaces, protocols, and construction controls as part of qualification verification.
• Active Professional Engineer licensure is not required; demonstrated depth of relevant project delivery and Owner’s Engineer experience is the controlling qualification factor.
• Work location, site presence, travel, access, and schedule requirements will be established by the task order and individual project assignments.

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