Lead Electrical Project Manager

Job Description

Eaton’s Electrical Engineering Service & Systems Division is seeking a Lead Electrical Project Manager. This position does offer relocation assistance and will be based at our Raleigh, NC, Smyrna, GA, Arden, NC, Nashville, TN or Pelham, AL site.

The purpose of this position is to provide project management expertise in electrical, civil, structural and mechanical aspects of large turnkey construction projects. This position is to provide project management expertise to teams of designers, engineers, construction managers and contractors. The position is responsible for the overall management and execution of turnkey projects. The position is charged with supporting the sales force, senior project managers and regional manager during the front-end sales process to ensure a seamless transition from quote into execution.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours.

Essential functions of this role include:

• Knowledge, understanding, and execution of turnkey projects
• Specific experience in civil, structural, or mechanical turnkey projects
• Construction estimating, sales support, and proposal creation
• Contract and subcontract knowledge and experience
• Ability to implement project financial controls
• Responsibility for project profit, loss, and forecast
• Knowledge and skills to manage project scope changes
• Ability to develop and maintain project schedules
• Ability to work with and manage design engineering teams
• Ability to improve subcontractor inefficiencies
• Ability to manage subcontractor budgets
• Ability to manage safe work environment and program which includes but not limited to job site safety analysis, rigging plans, environmental risk planning, job audits, confined space programs and lock and tag procedures.
• Ability to create and maintain project QA/QC process
• Project Risk Contingency planning expertise and knowledge
• Ability to create, prioritize and maintain project action item list.
• Ability to identify, assess and manage risk
• Ability to maintain accurate as-built documentation and punch-lists
• Ability to maintain daily/weekly progress reports
• Document control experience and expertise

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we as individuals and as a company are stronger.

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of project management experience.
• Must be able to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
• Must reside within a 50-mile radius of the work location(s) listed. No relocation is being offered for this role.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP Certification
• Professional Engineer qualification

Position Success Criteria:

• Submit to periodic customer required background and drug screenings.
• Successfully complete and maintain compliance with the company’s safety program.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

We make what matters work. Everywhere you look—from the technology and machinery that surrounds us, to the critical services and infrastructure that we depend on every day—you’ll find one thing in common. It all relies on power. That’s why Eaton is dedicated to improving people’s lives and the environment with power management technologies that are more reliable, efficient, safe and sustainable. Because this is what matters.

We are confident we can deliver on this promise because of the attributes that our employees embody. We’re ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and we’re committed to learning. These values enable us to tackle some of the toughest challenges on the planet, never losing sight of what matters.

Job: Engineering

Region: North America – US/Puerto Rico
Organization: ESSG EESSD Electrical Engrg Svcs Systems Div

Job Level: Individual Contributor
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time