WAPA facility-access, badging, fingerprinting, and background-screening requirements may apply
Candidates must be available for required travel to WAPA offices, meetings, construction sites, and project locations.
Candidates selected for proposal submission must be able to provide detailed project examples substantiating required experience, including project name, location, voltage, construction value, delivery method, role, responsibilities, and reference contacts.
U.S. citizenship required.
Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited university in engineering or construction management.
Minimum 15 years of professional experience in engineering, construction, or utility infrastructure.
At least 10 years of experience serving as a project manager, senior project manager, or deputy project manager with direct accountability for project scope, schedule, and cost.
At least five years of the required project-management experience must specifically involve high-voltage electric transmission projects.
At least 10 years of experience managing Bulk Electric System transmission-line construction projects at 115 kV.
Demonstrated experience managing at least three transmission construction projects, each with a total construction value exceeding $100 million.
Demonstrated experience supporting or managing transmission-line rebuild projects.
Demonstrated design-bid-build project-delivery experience, including coordination between the designer of record and construction contractor.
Experience leading and coordinating multidisciplinary, cross-functional project teams in complex utility, federal, or similarly structured organizations.
Demonstrated experience performing Owner's Engineer functions throughout project development and active construction.
Experience supporting projects governed by power-marketing, transmission-service, interconnection, cost-recovery, or similar utility contractual arrangements.
Demonstrated experience supporting FAR-based construction contract administration.
Experience reviewing construction pay applications or invoices tied to contract line items, schedules of values, progress measurements, or completed work.
Experience supporting claims avoidance, issue documentation, contemporaneous recordkeeping, change-order evaluation, negotiation support, or independent estimates.
Demonstrated experience coordinating environmental, cultural-resource, biological, vegetation-management, right-of-way, landowner, and stakeholder requirements on transmission construction projects.
Experience with SHPO or Section 106 coordination affecting construction planning or execution.
Experience coordinating at least two construction projects involving tribal entities, culturally sensitive areas, tribal lands, or resources located near tribal lands.
Working knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, National Electrical Safety Code, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requirements, and North American Electric Reliability Corporation standards applicable to transmission planning and construction.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, SharePoint, Visio, and Teams.
Experience using Maximo, SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, or comparable project, asset-management, reporting, or business-intelligence systems.
Working familiarity with geographic information systems sufficient to interpret project mapping, right-of-way information, and environmental constraints.
Ability to travel to WAPA offices and transmission-project or construction locations, including occasional overnight travel.
Valid government-issued driver's license and ability to meet WAPA vehicle-use and defensive-driving requirements when project duties require operation of a Government vehicle.
Ability to work safely in office, utility, and active-construction environments and use required personal protective equipment.
Personnel must generally remain available during WAPA's core business hours of 9:00 a.m. through 3:00 p.m.
Occasional overtime, schedule adjustments, or overnight travel may be required to support urgent issues, construction activities, project milestones, or field conditions.
