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Project Manager - Engineering Major Projects

WEC Energy Group

Milwaukee, WIJob$104–156K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$104–156K/yr
Location
Milwaukee, WI
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

PE License Or Ability To ObtainBachelor's degreeValid Driver's License

Job overview

Wisconsin Electric Power, a WEC Energy Group subsidiary, seeks a Project Manager to manage large distribution, transmission, or substation capital improvement projects. The role oversees engineering and construction management, including scope, schedule, budget, start-up, and commissioning, while supporting operations and future planning. The manager also leads complex multidisciplinary projects and coordinates engineering, construction, contracts, standards, and regulatory requirements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project ManagementPlanning and OrganizingBudgetingBusiness AcumenProblem SolvingLeadershipDecision-MakingInterpersonal SkillsCommunicationEngineeringConstruction Management

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering5+ Years Relevant Engineering ExperienceValid Driver's LicensePE License or Ability to ObtainLeadership Role Experience

Full job description

Project Manager - Engineering Major Projects

Wisconsin Electric Power, a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group, is seeking a Project Manager - Engineering Major Projects in our Milwaukee, Wisconsin location.

About Us

WEC Energy Group is one of the nation’s largest electric generation and distribution and natural gas delivery holding companies serving 4.7 million customers across the Midwest. We are committed to providing clean, reliable, and affordable energy in an environmentally sustainable manner. Customers are the heart of our business, and we work every day to help grow and support communities where we provide vital energy services.

As a Fortune 500 company, we value and develop our employees who are making a difference in a mission that matters. We don’t just offer a job; we provide fulfilling careers where safety and well-being are paramount. Join our team and experience first-hand our commitment to your success. We offer competitive pay and benefits to recognize your hard work and dedication.

If you’re talented, energetic and ready for a career with a future, we want you on our team. We are powered by a diverse and inclusive workforce fueled by the pride in what we do. If you're driven by the passion to change lives, this is the place for you.

Job Summary

The principal responsibilities include engineering and construction management of capital improvements. The Project Manager - Engineering Major Projects manages scope, schedule, and budget to ensure successful start-up and commissioning of projects, provides record keeping and ongoing system monitoring in support of operations, maintenance and future planning, provides benchmarking information on engineering and construction services and is involved with resource allocation functions. The Project Manager - Engineering Major Projects manages large Distribution, Transmission, or Substation capital improvement projects.

Job Responsibilities

  • Project scoping, permitting, and licensing.

  • Ensure accurate completion of construction cost estimates, engineering design, construction management, and job close-out.

  • Write and enforce contracts and ensure on-time and on-budget project completions.

  • Monitor and evaluate in-house engineering and construction and/or external engineering and construction workforces.

  • Apply a wide variety of codes, standards and regulations and coach others on proper use.

  • Complete engineering documentation and maintain corporate records.

  • Coordinate with professional engineering staff to improve equipment and system reliability, efficiency and performance.

  • Conduct research on complex issues to develop innovative approaches.

  • Lead large projects in response to evolving industry standards, environmental and regulatory requirements, advanced technology opportunities and/or performance improvement needs.

  • Prepare RFP's, review proposals and make recommendations based on advanced knowledge of requirements.

  • Coordinate preparation, approval and distribution of standards, specifications and contract language.

  • Perform contract administration and construction inspections for complex, multidisciplinary projects. Provide oversight to ensure successful completion of all aspects of large projects.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

  • 5+ years of relevant engineering experience

  • Valid Driver’s License

  • Professional Engineer (PE) License or the ability to obtain one after accepting the role.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in a leadership role in engineering or construction

  • Proven project management, planning and organizing, budgeting and business acumen skills

  • Problem solving, leadership and decision-making abilities

  • Highly developed interpersonal skills

  • Demonstrated track record of effectively communicating and functioning in diverse environments including those with political, union, environmental and regulatory agendas

End Date: 11/09/2026

Pay Range Minimum: $104,083.72

Pay Range Maximum: $156,125.32

The pay range reflects the minimum and maximum for the position at the time of posting and may be modified in the future. The starting salary/pay within the pay range will be based on several factors, as applicable, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, travel requirements, collective bargaining agreements, and business and organizational needs. At WEC Energy Group, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role.

WEC Energy Group benefits (https://www.wecenergygroup.com/careers/benefits.htm)

We reserve the right to modify the application deadline or discontinue accepting applications for any position if deemed necessary.

Learn more at Careers (https://www.wecenergygroup.com/careers/index.htm)

WEC Energy Group will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1 with OPT or CPT, H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

WEC Energy Group and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers. As a result, all qualified applicants will receive equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected status. The Company also complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws that require it to take affirmative action.

EEO/AA policies and statements (https://www.wecenergygroup.com/careers/equal-employment-opportunity.htm)

Location:

Milwaukee, WI, US, 53203

Company: We Energies (WE)

Req ID: 7423

How this job compares

Set against the 23,060 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$104–156K/yr
  • Wisconsin median$99–166K/yr211 salary ranges
  • US median$107–173K/yr14,525 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $130K, is 3% below the Wisconsin median midpoint ($134K) — in the middle half of Project Manager salary ranges in Wisconsin.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 586 open Project Manager jobs in Wisconsin and 23,060 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Wisconsin
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (19,824 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 12,116 of the 23,060 open Project Manager jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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