Project Manager (Mid - Principal) (EPC/CCGT)

Location: On-site at Mitchell Plant, Cresap, West Virginia, United States; travel is typically 25% or less, with work at power plants and construction sites.

Salary: $88,000–$151,000 per year base salary.

Company

hirify.global delivers safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions through utility operations and infrastructure projects.

What you will do

• Plan, coordinate, execute, monitor, control, and close base, intermediate, and complex construction utility projects.
• Develop project plans, schedules, budgets, staffing plans, procurement plans, and project controls.
• Lead project and outage meetings, communicate status, and maintain transparency with internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate contractors, vendors, suppliers, customers, plant personnel, and project team members.
• Manage or support contracts, requests for proposals, bid evaluations, negotiations, vendor performance, and quality compliance.
• Promote safe execution, continuous improvement, risk management, and progressive development into a lead project manager role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, business, project management, computer science, or a related field with three years of qualified experience; equivalent associate degree or high school diploma pathways are available with additional experience.
• Qualified experience may include outage management, major construction field work, project estimating, project controls, project engineering, business administration, or comparable production-environment experience.
• Knowledge of construction safety, negotiations, scope control, cost estimating, construction contracting, project controls, reporting, and quality control.
• PMP certification is preferred but not required; a valid state driver’s license is required.
• Ability to perform light physical duties, including construction site walkdowns on unstable surfaces and climbing ladders, with possible work in hazardous or radiation-controlled areas at nuclear sites.
• On-site work at the Mitchell Plant and other AEP locations is required.

Nice to have

• Experience in utilities, commercial nuclear power, or IT systems.
• Three years as a Project Manager Associate or demonstrated equivalent project management competencies.
• PMP certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety-focused environment centered on AEP’s Zero Harm process.
• Opportunities to progressively lead projects and develop project management, leadership, and team-building skills.
• Annual discretionary incentive, 401(k), pension, health insurance, vacation, and educational assistance.
• Work may take place across offices, homes, power plants, and construction sites under varying conditions.