Siemens Energy
"We energize society" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.
Grid Technologies
The rising share of renewables, growing energy demand, ageing infrastructure and increasing complexity require new connections but also upgrading and renewing of existing grids.
About the Role
A Snapshot of Your Day
The Substation Senior Project Manager will lead EPC substation projects as the primary responsible lead and point of contact to our customers. The successful candidate will work closely with engineering, finance, procurement, and construction teams to ensure projects are executed in accordance with the business strategy.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Drive projects to successful completion by managing schedules, budgets, customer expectations, and overall project performance.
- Lead all core project management functions, including forecasting, risk and change management, opportunity tracking, and recurring reporting to leadership.
- Own full profit-and-loss responsibility for assigned projects, ensuring financial targets are met or exceeded.
- Collaborate closely with preconstruction, estimating, and proposal teams to support new and existing business opportunities with accurate scope and cost input.
- Capture, document, and share project-specific lessons learned to strengthen continuous improvement efforts and reduce non-conformance costs across future projects.
- Serve as the primary customer interface for substation projects, coordinating cross‑functional teams (including international partners) to manage deliverables, resolve issues, and advance project milestones while staying current on AIS/GIS technologies and market trends.
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management with 8+ years of project management experience. Master’s degree and PMP/PMI certifications preferred.
- Ideally, this person has 5+ years of hands-on experience in Transmission or Distribution Substations, with foundational knowledge of substation equipment and electrical systems.
- Deep technical expertise in GIS/AIS systems, balance-of-plant (BOP) components, and switchgear products.
- Proven success delivering EPC projects, with strengths in process improvement, contract management, and document/quality management, along with excellent communication, leadership, and team-building capabilities, with strong customer-facing skills.
- Willing to travel 30% domestically and internationally.
- Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.
About the Team
Grid Technologies
Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Rewards
- Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
- Company paid Health and wellness benefits
- Paid Time Off and paid holidays
- 401K savings plan with company match
- Family building benefits
- Parental leave
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