What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Electrical Project Manager position at Trueline?
A growing electrical contractor delivering complex commercial, industrial, marine, and federal projects, is seeking a Senior Electrical Project Manager - Federal & Commercial to join their team in Tacoma, Washington. This is a high-impact role for an experienced PM who can independently manage multiple multi-million-dollar projects, partner closely with estimating and field leadership, and keep complex work organized, profitable, compliant, and moving forward.
What You'll Do as the Senior Electrical Project Manager - Federal & Commercial:
- Manage approximately 4-6 concurrent commercial, industrial, and federal electrical projects
- Take projects from estimating turnover and award through final closeout
- Manage project values generally ranging from approximately $1 million-$15 million or more
- Own budgets, cost tracking, forecasting, profitability, and financial reporting
- Develop and maintain project schedules
- Coordinate manpower planning with General Foremen, Lead Foremen, and field leadership
- Manage procurement and major material requirements
- Prepare, review, and track RFIs, submittals, change orders, and contract modifications
- Maintain the documentation required to support payment and protect project entitlement
- Manage federal project documentation and agency-specific compliance requirements
- Coordinate with federal owners, General Contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and internal teams
- Work closely with accounting on billing, cost reporting, and project financials
- Monitor project risks and identify potential problems before they become major issues
- Lead project meetings and maintain strong customer relationships
- Visit jobsites regularly to stay connected to field progress and project needs
- Support projects involving commercial facilities, industrial systems, military installations, marine environments, medium-voltage systems, controls, and specialized infrastructure
- Drive project closeout, documentation, turnover, and final financial resolution
- Operate with a high level of autonomy while partnering closely with division leadership
Must-Haves as the Senior Electrical Project Manager - Federal & Commercial:
- 7-10 years of relevant construction or Project Management experience preferred
- Proven ability to independently manage multiple complex construction projects
- Experience managing multi-million-dollar projects
- Strong commercial, industrial, electrical, federal, or similarly complex construction background
- Strong project financial management skills
- Experience with budgets, forecasting, cost control, billing, procurement, and change management
- Experience managing RFIs, submittals, modifications, closeout, and project documentation
- Strong organization and attention to detail
- Ability to manage several projects and competing priorities simultaneously
- Experience coordinating directly with field leadership and Foremen
- Strong customer-facing communication skills
- Ability to work independently without significant day-to-day hand-holding
- Comfortable working in a smaller, entrepreneurial contractor environment
- Ability to meet background and security requirements for work at military or federal facilities
- Willingness to work 100% onsite in Tacoma
- Willingness to travel to project locations as needed
Nice-to-Haves as the Senior Electrical Project Manager - Federal & Commercial:
- Federal or military construction experience
- NAVFAC experience
- USACE or Army Corps experience
- Department of Defense project experience
- Coast Guard project experience
- Federal electrical contracting experience
- Significant commercial or industrial electrical Project Management experience
- Experience with medium-voltage systems
- Substation-related project experience
- Marine electrical experience
- Controls or specialized infrastructure experience
- Experience managing projects in Alaska or Hawaii
- Washington 01 electrical license
- Military service
- GC-side federal Project Management experience with significant electrical scope responsibility
- Bluebeam experience
- Accubid experience
- Foundation or ProjectHQ experience
The Company Offers:
- Target base salary of approximately $130,000-$180,000 (Flexibility to go up depending on experience)
- Significant compensation flexibility for exceptional candidates
- Consideration of candidates at $200,000-$250,000 or more when experience and capability justify it
- Potential flexibility around incentive compensation for the right person
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Company-paid employee coverage
- SIMPLE IRA with 3% company match
- Two weeks or 80 hours of vacation
- Company truck
- Gas card
- Company credit card
- Relocation assistance
- Case-by-case relocation packages that may include moving expenses, temporary housing, travel, or lump-sum assistance
- Potential airfare and hotel support for final interviews involving strong relocation candidates
- Direct partnership with senior commercial leadership
- High level of autonomy and visibility
- Diverse portfolio of complex and unusual projects
- Long-term growth potential as the organization expands
- Opportunity to become a key operational contributor rather than one PM among many
Salary : $130,000 - $180,000