Project Manager – High-Voltage Transmission & Capital Projects

Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Job Type: Full-Time Contract
Contract Term: Initial 12-month contract with potential for extension
Work Environment: Major Utility & Capital Infrastructure Projects
Pay: $75–$90/hour Term Employee | $90–$110/hour Incorporated Contractor (INC)

Project Manager Jobs in Edmonton, Alberta – Transmission, Substation & Utility Construction

Otter Wise Talent Solutions is recruiting experienced Project Managers in Edmonton, Alberta to support major high-voltage transmission, electrical substation, utility construction, and capital infrastructure projects.

These Project Manager opportunities involve delivering complex electrical utility and transmission projects from project initiation and planning through engineering, procurement, permitting, construction, commissioning, and closeout.

The successful Project Managers will coordinate multidisciplinary teams while managing project scope, cost, schedule, resources, procurement, contracts, HSE, quality, regulatory requirements, risk, stakeholders, construction, commissioning, and project documentation.

This prospect is particularly well suited to experienced Project Managers from electric utilities, transmission and distribution, high-voltage substations, electrical construction, engineering, EPC/EPCM, industrial construction, energy infrastructure, or major capital project environments.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead complex high-voltage transmission, substation, utility construction, and capital projects from inception through closeout.
- Develop and maintain project scope, schedules, budgets, execution plans, forecasts, and project-management documentation.
- Manage multiple projects and priorities across varying levels of cost, complexity, and duration.
- Coordinate Engineering, Procurement, Project Controls, construction teams, contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
- Monitor project costs, schedules, resources, risks, quality, and overall performance.
- Coordinate construction and commissioning activities.
- Support permitting, environmental, regulatory, and stakeholder requirements.
- Lead project meetings and maintain action items, issues, risks, changes, decisions, and project records.
- Manage project procurement requirements, including equipment and construction services.
- Support RFPs, tenders, bid evaluations, vendor selection, contract negotiation, and contract administration.
- Manage project changes and support timely resolution of construction, commercial, technical, and scheduling issues.
- Promote safe project execution through hazard identification, safe-work planning, field coordination, and HSE requirements.
- Support project closeout, lessons learned, final documentation, and transition activities.

Required Qualifications

- Degree in Engineering or a relevant technical certificate/diploma.
- Significant experience delivering engineering, construction, utility, or capital infrastructure projects.
- Approximately 5–7 years of project management experience, preferably within construction.
- Experience with utility construction in energized substations.
- Experience with high-voltage transmission, electrical substations, electric utilities, or closely related infrastructure.




- Knowledge of hazards and safe-work practices associated with energized utility environments.
- Strong understanding of project-management processes aligned with PMBOK.
- Demonstrated experience managing project scope, cost, schedule, resources, risk, contracts, HSE, quality, and project documentation.
- Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder-management, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

- PMP designation
- High-voltage transmission project experience
- Electrical substation construction experience
- Transmission-line project experience
- Electric utility or transmission and distribution experience
- Major capital project experience
- AESO project lifecycle experience
- Permitting and regulatory experience
- Environmental and stakeholder coordination experience
- Equipment and construction procurement experience
- RFP and tender development
- Bid evaluation and vendor-selection experience
- Contract negotiation and administration
- Construction and commissioning experience

Compensation & Engagement Options

Term Employee: $75–$90/hour

Incorporated Contractor (INC): $90–$110/hour

Final compensation will be determined based on the successful candidate's experience, qualifications, technical background, project experience, and engagement structure.

INC candidates must operate through an incorporated business and be able to provide proof of incorporation, required commercial insurance, current WCB coverage/clearance, and required onboarding documentation.

Why This Opportunity?

This position provides the opportunity to lead significant electrical transmission, substation, utility construction, and capital infrastructure projects in Alberta.

Project Managers will gain broad exposure across the complete project lifecycle, including engineering, procurement, project controls, cost management, scheduling, contracts, construction, commissioning, regulatory requirements, HSE, and project closeout.

For experienced Project Managers looking to continue building their careers in power infrastructure, electric utilities, transmission and distribution, high-voltage construction, substations, or major capital projects, this opportunity provides exposure to complex multidisciplinary project delivery.

About Otter Wise Talent Solutions

Otter Wise Talent Solutions is a proudly Indigenous-owned and women-led recruitment, staffing, and workforce solutions company headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, supporting employers and professionals across Canada and the United States.

As an Indigenous recruitment and workforce solutions company, Otter Wise specializes in engineering recruitment, construction recruitment, skilled trades recruitment, professional recruitment, contract staffing, executive search, workforce consulting, Indigenous workforce development, and talent strategy.





Our Edmonton recruitment team partners with organizations across construction, engineering, infrastructure, energy, utilities, industrial operations, technology, and professional services to connect employers with exceptional talent while creating meaningful workforce opportunities.

Guided by Wisdom. Built for Workforce Impact.

Preference Statement for Indigenous Candidates

Preference may be given to qualified candidates who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit) in alignment with Otter Wise Talent Solutions' commitment to advancing Indigenous employment, participation, and economic reconciliation.

We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.

Ideal Candidate Backgrounds

We encourage applications from professionals with current or previous titles such as:

Project Manager | Construction Project Manager | Engineering Project Manager | Electrical Project Manager | Utility Project Manager | Transmission Project Manager | Substation Project Manager | Infrastructure Project Manager | Capital Projects Manager | Senior Project Manager

Candidates may come from electric utilities, transmission and distribution, power infrastructure, electrical substations, high-voltage transmission, electrical construction, engineering consulting, EPC/EPCM, industrial construction, energy, or major capital infrastructure environments.

Relevant experience may include project management, transmission projects, substation construction, project controls, cost management, scheduling, procurement, RFPs, tendering, contract administration, engineering coordination, construction management, commissioning, HSE, regulatory compliance, stakeholder management, and capital project delivery.

Pay: $75.00-$110.00 per hour

Application question(s):

- Do you have an Engineering degree OR a relevant technical certificate or diploma?

Yes
No

- How many years of project management experience do you have?

Less than 5 years
5–7 years
8–10 years
11–15 years
15+ years

- Do you have professional experience supporting construction projects, including utility construction in energized substations?

Yes
No

- Which project environments have you worked in? Select all that apply.

High-voltage transmission
Electrical substations
Transmission and distribution
Electric utilities
Electrical construction
Engineering
Industrial construction
Energy infrastructure
Major capital projects
Other
None of the above

- Have you managed projects through multiple phases, including planning, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout?

Yes
No

- Which areas have you managed directly? Select all that apply.

Project scope
Cost/budget
Scheduling
Project controls
Procurement
RFPs/tenders
Bid evaluations
Contract administration
Construction
Commissioning
HSE/safety
Quality
Regulatory requirements
Stakeholder management
Project closeout

- Do you currently hold a PMP designation?

Yes
No

- Do you have experience with the AESO project lifecycle?

Yes
No

- Which engagement structure are you interested in?

Term Employee – $75–$90/hour
Incorporated Contractor (INC) – $90–$110/hour

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Edmonton, AB T5J 1P1

📌 Project Manager – High-Voltage Transmission & Capital Projects (1-Year Contract with Extensions) (Edmonton)
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