High Voltage Senior Project Manager

High Voltage Senior Project Manager, Renewables Division

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our Renewables team in our Minneapolis, MN office. The Senior Project Manager will focus on high-voltage projects and join a highly experienced, dynamic team, leading our Renewables Markets (Wind, Solar, Storage, EV) toward an exciting, sustainable energy future. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

The Senior Project Manager role focuses on client relationships, client growth, and project management. A Senior Project Manager is accountable for revenue, backlog, booked new work, and AR goals for their assigned client portfolios and projects. Senior Project Managers are also responsible for team leadership, mentorship, and growth of Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers, and Senior Project Assistants.

Project Management Responsibilities:

Full accountability on multiple high voltage wind, solar, and/or storage projects:

• Stakeholder relationships (internal and external).
• Team management and coordination.
• Project planning and monitoring.
• Oversight of project work.
• Oversight of project deliverables (ensure QA/QC checks are complete; ensure deliverable matches the contract).
• Tracking project health and taking corrective action.
• Managing uncertainty and change (ex; scope creep, change orders) and taking corrective action.
• Timely invoicing and AR collection.
• Lead project meetings and deliver presentations.
• Lead issue resolution and risk management for assigned projects.

Proposal/Opportunity/Contracting Responsibilities:

• Perform Go/No-Go review on new leads to ensure strategic alignment
• Interpret client needs, prioritize, and set proposal strategy.
• Coordinate single- and multi-service proposal preparation in collaboration with service leadership.
• Lead contracting process with support from Market leadership.

Client Management Responsibilities:

May provide Program management for a portfolio of clients:

• Develop and implement client strategy
• Collaborate with Market Directors to ensure strategic alignment
• Establish, track, and meet revenue and sales targets for portfolio
• Manage Client relationships.
• Lead contract negotiations.
• Track and maintain service agreements and project contracts for portfolio.

Team Leadership Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate effective leadership and team management skills.
• Facilitate communication and coordination between service teams to improve quality and reduce risk.
• Set clear expectations with project teams and clients.
• Demonstrate financial responsibility and understanding of project financial metrics.
• Utilize strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Embrace adaptability, resiliency, and innovation.
• Provide input and collaborate with service leadership on lessons learned and process improvements.
• Represent the organization in communications related to assigned clients and industry.

Contacts / Direction:

• Coordinate assignment of projects with a Client Manager or Market Director.
• Coordinate assignment of client list with Market Director.
• Receive general direction and periodic touch points for assigned clients with relation to strategic objectives and limits.
• Lead new projects or scope in partnership with service teams, with limited input from Client Manager or Market Director required.
• Coordinate with Market Director on major issue resolution.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• May supervise Sr. PA/APM/PMs.
• Lead issue resolution and risk management (internal and external) for assigned projects.
• Coordinate with appropriate Market Director to ensure strategic alignment.

Success Measures:

Success is measured by:

• Budget compliance, including minimizing WIP, write-offs & aged AR
• Timeliness
• Degree of customer satisfaction
• Degree of team growth and satisfaction
• Winning repeat work
• Cross-selling of additional services
• Integration of PAs/APMs for project success and team growth
• Risk Management

Client program management success is measured by:

• Financial success of client portfolio (revenue, booked work, profit, AR)
• Degree of customer satisfaction
• Degree of team growth and satisfaction

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 5-10 years of project management experience.
• Professional licensure in a technical field or PMP certification (or ability to obtain).
• Strong understanding of and relationships with various technical service groups.
• Ability to cross-sell and manage work in any service and sub-market.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to lead issue resolution.
• Ability to mentor and provide guidance to project management staff.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• Strong cognitive ability and professionalism.
• Effective communication and negotiation skills.
• Financial acumen and understanding of project financial metrics.
• Adaptability, resiliency, and innovation.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience in the wind, solar, and/or storage industry.
• Experience in strategic pursuits and proposal efforts.
• Experience in client management and program management.
• Experience in contract negotiations.
• Experience in risk management and issue resolution.
• Experience in coordinating with business leadership for strategic alignment.
• Experience in collaborating with stakeholders for clear communication and collaboration.
• Experience in leading project teams and ensuring quality and risk reduction.
• Experience in representing the organization in communications and conferences.

Working Conditions:

• Location = Office based (in a Westwood office) or Remote
• Lifting / Moving / Standing = typical for a non-physical, office-based role
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required = None
• Travel = Periodic travel to project sites and client offices (typically 1-2 days per trip, 1-2 trips per quarter)

About Westwood Professional Services, Inc. (Westwood)

At Westwood, our purpose is to create a better world for people through our work. We transform the energy grid, design resilient infrastructure, and develop communities that will flourish today and for future generations. With over 50 years of experience and a legacy of innovation, we stand at the forefront of our industry, dedicated to understanding the unique needs of the markets we serve.

Our approach revolves around people. We are committed to building a culture that attracts, retains, and develops high performers. Our team values relationships, innovation, dedication, initiative, and growth. We believe fostering a collaborative "One Team" mentality yields superior outcomes in everything we do.

We customize our technical capabilities and geographic reach to meet our clients where they are and help them realize their vision.

We are partners in our clients' success, driving to provide solutions that make a lasting difference. Safety, sustainability, and operational excellence are not just facets of our work; they are intrinsic to our identity, guiding every decision we make.

We are deeply invested in the communities we serve. Through our projects and giving-back initiatives, we enrich the lives of those we serve, engage others within our industry, and create a lasting impact on communities around the world. To us, success transcends the completion of projects; it is reflected in the lives we have positively impacted by our work.

Join us in creating a better world.

In 2024, Zweig Group ranked Westwood nationally at #13 and #40, respectively, on its Hot Firms and Best Firms to Work for lists. Zweig also awarded Westwood one national 1st place award for Marketing Excellence. Westwood was recently recognized as #83 in the ENR Top 500 Firms in 2024. The firm consistently ranks on the industry's top 25 lists and receives recognition for its involvement in award-winning projects nationwide.

Westwood provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We believe that diverse backgrounds strengthen our business. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.