Complex Project Manager - Transmission

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

CTG is seeking to fill a Complex Project Manager – Transmission position for our client.

Location: Columbus, OH (onsite 5 days per week at the client site)

Duration: 8 months

Duties:

• Lead complex electric transmission projects involving substations, transmission lines, grid reliability, outage coordination, and asset modernization.
• Manage end-to-end project delivery, including scope, schedules, budgets, milestones, risks, issues, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Coordinate with transmission engineering, planning, field operations, protection and controls, compliance, and IT teams.
• Support transmission asset management, facility ratings, outage planning, inspection programs, and system data quality initiatives.
• Align business and technical stakeholders to deliver projects that improve grid reliability, safety, regulatory compliance, and operational performance.
• Oversee vendor coordination, resource planning, project governance, change control, and executive stakeholder communications.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks and obstacles, implement mitigation strategies, and communicate status, decisions, and escalations to leadership.
• Ensure project deliverables meet established quality standards, business objectives, schedules, and compliance requirements.

Skills:

• Complex project management and end-to-end project delivery.
• Electric transmission, utility infrastructure, and grid reliability.
• Project planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and change control.
• Cross-functional stakeholder coordination and executive communication.
• Vendor management, resource allocation, and project governance.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and dependencies in a complex technical environment.

Experience:

• Demonstrated experience managing complex projects within the electric utility, power transmission, or energy infrastructure industry.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering, operations, planning, compliance, and technology teams.
• Experience managing project scope, budgets, schedules, risks, vendors, and stakeholder expectations.
• Familiarity with transmission substations, transmission lines, outage planning, asset management, or grid modernization initiatives is highly desirable.
• Experience with regulatory compliance, operational reliability, and executive-level project reporting is preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• Equivalent relevant education and project management experience may be considered.
• Project management certifications, such as PMP, are desirable.

Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.

CTG does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee based recruitment services for this role.

To Apply:

To be considered, please apply directly to this requisition using the link provided. Kindly forward this to any other interested parties. Thank you!

The expected base salary for this position ranges from $60.00 to $75.00/hour. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, market factors, and where applicable, licensure or certifications obtained. In addition to salary, a competitive benefit package is also offered.