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Sr PM Major Construction

Avangrid Service Company

LANCASTER, NYJob$117–146K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$117–146K/yr
Location
LANCASTER, NY
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Project Manager coordinates substation and transmission projects across Maine, New York, and Connecticut, managing resources, investment plans, execution strategy, budgets, schedules, and project controls. The role oversees internal teams and contractors, supports regulatory and public engagement, and ensures projects meet approved scope, schedule, budget, quality, engineering, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program ManagementProject ManagementLeadershipContract NegotiationsSupplier ManagementSiting PermitsTeam MotivationScheduling Software

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Equivalent Experience8+ Years Relevant Experience12+ Years Relevant Experience

Full job description

Job Title: Sr PM - Major Construction Location: Rochester, NY; Lancaster, NY; Elmira, NY; Binghamton, NY; Mechanicville, NY. Number of Positions: 1 Work type: Office The salary range for this position is dependent upon experience, ranging from $116,640 to $145,800. Job Summary The Senior Project Manager is responsible for coordinating activities for Substation and/or Transmission projects located in Maine, New York and Connecticut, and will manage resource requirements, priorities, investment plans, project execution strategy and internal/ external resource requirements. Projects may originate due to reliability, asset health, system capacity customer or other project need. Responsibilities include meeting corporate goals for capital investment, managing Construction Work in Progress, and energization of projects. Must manage team performance to maximize the effectiveness of capital budget delivery considering the environment, operating efficiency, regulatory, CWIP and operational needs. Represents the company in regulatory and public forums. Coordinate activities of project team members including engineers, construction managers, and external contractors. Facilitates the work of external contractors and other internal business areas. Holds contractors accountable for performance. Holds project team members accountable for results. Provides technical and business advice to senior management when required. Responsible for the overall project control and reporting, providing leadership and coordination of the scheduling, cost controlling and reporting processes and functions. Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within budget and in conformance to quality and engineering standards. Responsibilities: Program and project management skills Leadership skills Works within the project unit, managing internal and external project resources. Oversees project budgets, O&M and Capital. Analyzes project performance and initiates actions to control scope, schedule and cost performance. Proactive approach to overseeing work measures progress and takes actions to ensure budgets and deadlines are achieved. Approves project plans, executes contract strategies to undertake work and controls and authorizes expenditures. Initiates actions to ensure compliance with project management and quality management processes and procedures. Assures that projects are completed within the approved scope, schedule and budget. Informs management and project teams regarding cost and schedule performance variances and corrective action required. Coordinates with other departments, consultants, attorneys, utilities, municipal stakeholders and local permitting agencies, regulatory agencies, government agencies, and major customers. May represent the company and testify in regulatory hearings or at Federal, State, local agency or municipal meetings. Responsible for Project accountability overview, making sure it complies with FERC, NERC and any other applicable regulation. Considers innovative ways to undertake work, promoting automation and efficiencies in day-to-day work streams Provides recommendations on policies and goals desired and implements new/revised processes and procedures according to established guidelines Responsible for ensuring the risk control system is utilized. Responsible for Risk definition, cost, and the Mitigation Action analysis. Attendance to Executive management meetings, providing and presenting reports and cost-schedule-risk views as required. Required Qualifications: Education & Experience Required: Bachelors' degree in Engineering with 8 years relevant experience in energy industry required. Or more than 12 years' relevant experience in energy industry required. Experienced in contract negotiations and supplier management Proven experience obtaining siting permits. Skills / Abilities: Ability to mobilize and motivate team members to deliver projects on time and under budget. Expert in integrating Scheduling IT tools and software

How this job compares

Set against the 15,222 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$117–146K/yr
  • New York median$102–163K/yr621 salary ranges
  • US median$104–175K/yr9,729 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $131K, is close to the New York median midpoint ($134K) — in the middle half of Project Management salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 924 open Project Management jobs in New York and 15,222 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (12,191 postings).
Education
6,365 of the 15,222 open Project Management jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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