Project Manager Power Jobs in Westminster, CA (NOW HIRING)

At 1898 & Co., we help electric utilities and power suppliers navigate an increasingly complex and dynamic power markets landscape. Our Power Markets team partners with investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities, electric cooperatives, and independent power producers to support generation and power supply planning decisions backed by rigorous engineering, economic, and market analysis. As part of Burns & McDonnell, we bring together deep industry expertise, technical excellence, and practical insight to help clients make informed, defensible decisions that shape their long-term power supply strategies.

We're seeking a Project Manager within our Power Markets team who brings strong technical grounding, project leadership capability, and client-facing experience. This role is ideal for a seller-doer who enjoys leading multidisciplinary teams, managing complex consulting engagements, and helping clients address critical power supply and market-related challenges.

What You'll Do

As a Project Manager, you will lead all phases of power market and power supply planning engagements, from business development through project execution. You will manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client relationships while guiding teams of engineers and analysts to deliver actionable, high-quality results. You will also contribute to the growth and development of the Power Markets practice through mentoring junior level staff and business development activities. Key responsibilities include:

Business Development & Sales

• Cultivate and grow client relationships through marketing efforts, project interactions, and strategic engagement.
• Identify and pursue new sales opportunities with utilities, ISOs/RTOs, and developers.
• Lead proposal development, project scoping, budgeting, and scheduling activities.
• Set critical project objectives with clients and lead contract development and negotiations.

Project Execution

• Manage the full lifecycle of power supply and power market planning projects including scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client communication.
• Lead risk assessment processes and procedures using industry best practices.
• Direct and coordinate multidisciplinary project teams of engineers, consultants, and analysts.
• Communicate project status, risks, and costs to stakeholders and executive leadership.

Leadership & Mentorship

• Train and mentor junior staff on both technical and project management aspects of power supply and market planning, specifically including production cost and capacity expansion modeling.
• Champion internal initiatives that promote team growth and technical excellence.
• Serve as a go-to technical expert in power market and power supply planning and evaluation.

Technical Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee consulting studies supporting generation and power supply planning decisions, including integrated resource planning (IRP), market assessments, power supply RFP evaluations, and generation portfolio analyses.
• Support client decisions related to new generation construction, facility retirements, retrofits, conversions, and power purchase agreements.
• Guide the application of power market and power supply planning models and tools to evaluate cost, risk, and performance impacts.
• Integrate engineering, economic, and market considerations into clear, defensible recommendations.
• Present technical findings and recommendations to clients in a clear, concise, and actionable manner.
• Support the development of wholesale power market analytical capabilities and forecasts.

Preferred Experience & Skills

The following experience and skills are preferred and reflect power market-specific capabilities relevant to this role:

• Experience supporting electric utilities or power market participants with power supply planning, market analysis, or integrated resource planning studies.
• Experience with U.S. wholesale markets including day-ahead, real-time energy products, capacity markets, and ancillary services.
• Working knowledge of power supply planning and market simulation tools such as production cost modeling (zonal and nodal), capacity expansion models, or similar platforms (e.g., PLEXOS, Aurora, EnCompass, GridView, or PROMOD).
• Understanding of electric power supply options, including generation technologies, capital and operating cost structures, dispatch behavior, and general power system operations.
• Understanding of rules, regulations, and reliability associated with power market structures and ISO/RTOs (e.g. MISO, SPP, NYISO, CAISO, ERCOT, PJM).
• Familiarity with power purchase agreements, including cost structures, terms, and key risk considerations.
• Knowledge of electric utility systems, generation portfolios, and the role of power markets in long-term planning decisions.
• Experience applying financial and economic analysis techniques such as discounted cash flow, net present value, and internal rate of return in support of planning decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage multidisciplinary teams of engineers and analysts.
• Strong project management skills, including scope definition, budgeting, scheduling, and financial performance management.
• Ability to work directly with clients to understand their needs and translate them into effective scopes of work and project approaches.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, computer science or related field from an accredited program and 5 years of relevant experience required.
• Knowledge in project management, techniques, and procedures.
• Excellent computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.
• Experience leading technical aspects of consulting engagements in regard to power supply planning or integrated resource planning.
• Experience on consulting projects, client operations, or executing program management within the critical infrastructure industry.
• Understanding of general business and financial principles.
• Experience with communicating across business segments to understand project objectives.