Siemens Energy

A Snapshot of Your Day (position overview)

The Transformer Project Manager West oversees transformer projects in California, ensuring cost, schedule, quality, and technology goals are met. Based in Central California, this role manages various Transmission Service PMO projects, including transformer assembly, installations, re-gasketing, and component replacements. Acting as the primary contact, the manager coordinates with Siemens Energy entities, vendors, field service teams, and factory operations to drive successful project execution, logistics, and interdepartmental communication.

How You’ll Make an Impact (responsibilities)

• Lead all project phases from inception to completion, ensuring financial accountability and overall project performance.
• Develop full-scale project plans and communication documents for seamless coordination between customers and Siemens Energy partners.
• Monitor project progress, labor, material costs, and efficiency while providing regular updates to teams, management, and PMO.
• Review project contracts, specifications, scope of work, budgets, and risk assessments to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Establish project landmarks, supervise consistency to master plans and schedules, and provide revenue and profit forecasts.
• Support proposal development, business plans, work statements, budgets, and financial terms to drive successful project execution.

What You Bring (requirements)

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering, Construction Management, or similar technical subject area from an accredited university or college
• Must reside in the state of California or open to relocation.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification with sophisticated knowledge of project management processes & tools
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in electrical installation, transformer installation, or construction project management, preferably on projects with operating budgets over $1 million. Proven ability to lead subcontractors, field service personnel, and multi-disciplinary teams across program management, services, engineering, operations, and logistics.
• Strong expertise in project communication planning, commercial reporting, risk management, and project closure and handover processes. Demonstrated leadership skills with a track record of optimally leading sophisticated projects.
• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without the 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

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

This job is based in California.   Siemens Energy offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay.  Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://benefitsatenergy.com/thinking-of-joining.html.  The base salary range for this position in California is <$110k – $190k> and the annual incentive target is <10%> of the base salary. Various factors, such as experience, skills, certifications, and other business needs determine specific offers. Employees typically do not start at the top of the range, though compensation depends on each individual’s qualifications.