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Senior Project Manager

Opportunity to join a leading global energy company as a Senior Project Manager focused on grid integration projects and high voltage infrastructure. Hybrid in Raleigh.

Opportunity to join a leading global energy company as a Senior Project Manager focused on grid integration projects and high voltage infrastructure.
Hybrid in Raleigh.

Summary

You’ll lead large-scale, capital EPC substation and grid modernization projects that are critical to the future of power-bridging conventional generation with the accelerating shift toward renewables.

This is a role for proven leaders who thrive in high-stakes, technically complex environments-where multi-million-dollar programs, cross-border execution, and customer expectations demand precision, leadership, and vision.

From high-voltage substations and grid expansion to renewable integration and digitalization, you’ll be directly enabling the energy transition-delivering infrastructure that powers industries, communities, and economies for decades to come.

Responsibilities

  • Lead planning, scheduling, and execution of substation projects in a complex multinational organization

  • Define project scope, goals, and deliverables to meet customer expectations

  • Manage budgets, forecasts, and ensure positive cash flow

  • Collaborate with engineering, procurement, and construction teams

  • Monitor project health using earned value management systems

  • Support contract negotiations and risk mitigation strategies

  • Drive supplier diversity and sustainability goals

  • Deliver clear, timely reporting to stakeholders and clients

  • Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines

Your Background

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Construction Management, or related field

  • Minimum 8 years of experience in project management

  • Minimum 5 years of people leadership experience preferred in a complex and multinational organization

  • Experience with turnkey substation projects is highly preferred

  • PMP® certification is a plus

  • Strong interpersonal, technical, and financial problem-solving skills

  • Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States