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The Electrical Project Manager supports teams implementing electrical systems for large-scale industrial construction projects, from pre-construction through final acceptance. The role is directly responsible for project budgets, schedules, job controls, vendor management, submittals, and procedures. It also oversees project engineering activities, estimates and bids, contract documents, engineering plans, field checks, and compliance with applicable policies and regulations.
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Full job description
McGraw Kokosing is a leading industrial maintenance contractor based in Middletown, OH . With extensive capabilities that include off-site manufacturing and assembly, pipe fabrication and installation, electrical and instrumentation, structural steel erection, rigging, and equipment setting, we are committed to delivering best-in-class solutions to our clients. Serving a diverse range of industries including steel, power, oil and gas, and food and beverage, McGraw Kokosing provides comprehensive services such as planned plant outages, emergency maintenance, and capital improvement projects for both new and existing facilities. Since partnering with Kokosing Industrial in 1992, we have consistently prioritized safety and quality, striving to lead the industry in delivering exceptional results for our customers. Additionally, our preconstruction services include risk assessments, budget validation, 3D modeling, and more, ensuring that we meet and exceed our clients' expectations every step of the way. Job Description: This individual will be supporting a team throughimplementation of electrical systems for large scale industrial construction projects. They will be involved in mission critical projects, taking the project from pre-construction through final acceptance to successfully competition. Directly responsible for project budget, schedule and job controls, vendor management, submittals and procedures. Duties and Responsibilities: - Manage project engineering and related personnel functions and activities. Includes planning estimating, procurement, design review, project controls, work assignments, etc. - Ensure project engineering activities comply with company and contract requirements and support overall construction schedule - Develop a timely project cost estimate or bid depending on the requirements of the client utilizing self-perform labor. - Prepare contract documents to obtain quotes from vendors to provide material, equipment, and other specialty items. - Interface with departments, divisions, and internal staff on issues related to budgeting, staffing, discipline of employees, training/development, scheduling and other activities involving discretion and judgment. - Review engineering plans and vendor submittals. - Convert successful estimates into projects. - Monitor assignments to ensure services are being performed as specified. - Conduct field visits and spot checks of work being performed. - Ensure compliance with county, state and OSHA policies and regulations. - Participate in staffing plans, cost code creation, budget preparation, and business planning efforts. Education and Experience: - 6+ years similar construction Project Engineer/Manager experience. - Degree in Electrical Engineering or Construction Management preferred - Previous work with IBEW a plus Skills and Abilities: Must be able to understand, interpret, and consistently apply safety laws, company policies/standards, and collective bargaining agreements. Ability to apply innovative and effective management techniques to maximize employee performance. Thorough understanding of corporate and industry practices, processes, standards, etc. and their impact on project activities. Must possess superior communication and interpersonal skills (tact, diplomacy, influence, etc.). Significant business acumen is required. Ability to build trust and achieve results with clients and company team members. Ability to plan strategically over the entire span of a project and foresee and mitigate obstacles to performance. Read drawings, interpret work specifications and work scopes. Demonstrate the ability to have solid attention
How this job compares
Set against the 5,054 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Ohio median$96–140K/yr65 salary ranges
- US median$35–45/hr264 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 255 open Project Engineer jobs in Ohio and 5,054 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
- Marathon Petroleum Corporation11 open
- American Electric Power7 open
- Kokosing Inc (this employer)7 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Project Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,914 postings).
- Education
- 3,172 of the 5,054 open Project Engineer jobs (63%) 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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