Program Project Manager
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Job Description
Primary Job Title: Program Project Manager
Alternate / Related Job Titles: Program Construction Manager Senior Construction Project Manager Utility Program Manager Transmission & Substation Project Manager Capital Projects Program Manager
Location & Onsite Flexibility: Englewood, CO — Onsite
Contract Details
Position Type: ContractContract Duration: Approximately 12 monthsStart: As Soon As PossiblePay Rate:$77.00 – $99.00/hr
Position Summary
The Program Project Manager leads complex substation, transmission line, and telecommunications projects from early planning through design, construction, and closeout. This role manages a portfolio of 5–20 concurrent projects spanning a wide range of voltages and capital values, ensuring safe, timely, and cost-effective execution.
The position requires strong construction program management, portfolio planning, financial oversight, and outage sequencing expertise while collaborating with cross-functional internal teams, vendors, and client stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Construction Project Management
- Lead cross-functional teams to execute projects from inception through closeout
- Manage multiple projects concurrently across voltages ranging from 4kV–765kV
- Ensure schedule adherence and proactively identify risks impacting in-service dates
- Navigate client gate approval processes, including presentations to senior and executive leadership
- Maintain accurate cost forecasts and estimates-at-completion
- Coordinate craft labor and field resources with client-approved vendors
- Provide routine project reporting, dashboards, and client updates
- Facilitate project meetings across engineering, construction, environmental, real estate, public engagement, cost, and schedule teams
Portfolio Management
- Develop and manage multi-year capital expenditure plans for transmission and distribution assets
- Coordinate with project sponsors to define scope, business justification, and delivery timing
- Ensure portfolio efficiency by identifying synergies and preventing duplicated scope
- Monitor capital allocation to align with investment targets and rate-of-return objectives
- Support federal and state rate filings and regulatory documentation
- Review engineering estimates, scopes, and project change requests
- Interface with accounting to establish financial structures and controls
- Build baseline scopes, schedules, and budgets for stakeholder release
Outage & Construction Sequencing
- Develop construction lifecycles with a focus on outage efficiency and constructability
- Analyze scoping documents and site conditions to define construction boundaries
- Conduct site walkdowns and coordination calls to establish achievable construction sequences
- Analyze outage conflicts and dependencies across adjacent projects
- Create initial outage sequences and coordinate drafting resources to produce engineering-caliber drawings
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of project or program management experience in the construction industry
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)
- Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to manage high workloads in a fast-paced environment
- Must meet company driving requirements
Preferred
- Experience with document control, scheduling, cost control, and project management software
- Multiple years of experience supporting projects in energy, transmission & distribution, utilities, aviation, government, manufacturing, oil & gas, transportation, or water sectors
- Experience executing large-scale capital programs or portfolios
Benefits
- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
- 401(k) Retirement Fund
About the Company
An established infrastructure engineering firm that designs and builds essential infrastructure for cities. With a long-standing commitment to safety, quality, and reliability since 1898, the firm delivers complex projects that help communities thrive.
About GTT
GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American–owned company based in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 and large-scale organizations across utilities, infrastructure, life sciences, financial services, and technology throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Job Number: 26-01437 #LI-GTT #LI-Onsite #gttjobs
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