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Sun, Inc.

Utilities Project Manager

Southfield, MI

Overview The Utilities Project Manager is responsible for planning, managing, and delivering utility infrastructure projects across the portfolio, ensuring completion within established timelines ...

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Sun, Inc.

Overview The Utilities Project Manager is responsible for planning, managing, and delivering utility infrastructure projects across the portfolio, ensuring completion within established timelines ...

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SAFEbuilt

Utilities Project Manager

Fort Lauderdale, FL · On-site

Utilities Project Manager - Fort Lauderdale/West Palm Beach Calvin Giordano & Associates (CGA), a SAFEbuilt Company, is an award-winning multidisciplinary firm with offices throughout Florida. CGA ...

Sun, Inc.

Utilities Project Manager

Southfield, MI

Overview The Utilities Project Manager is responsible for planning, managing, and delivering utility infrastructure projects across the portfolio, ensuring completion within established timelines ...

New

Sun RV Resorts

Utilities Project Manager

Southfield, MI · On-site

Overview The Utilities Project Manager is responsible for planning, managing, and delivering utility infrastructure projects across the portfolio, ensuring completion within established timelines ...

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Underground Utilities Project Manager

Denver, CO · On-site

$130K - $185K/yr

Underground Utility Project Manager - Wet Utilities (Data Center Construction) Location: Denver Metro Base Salary: $130,000-$185,000 Position Summary We are seeking an experienced Underground Utility ...

Page Group

Utilities Project Manager

North Caldwell, NJ · On-site

Coordinate installation of underground utilities, including water, sewer, stormwater, gas, and electrical infrastructure. Develop and manage project schedules, budgets, resources, and procurement ...

Gator Grading & Paving,

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Underground Utilities Project Manager

Palmetto, FL · On-site

$85K - $110K/yr

Role Description This is a full-time on-site role for an Underground Utilities Project Manager located in Palmetto, FL. The role involves managing projects from planning to completion, coordinating ...

Primera Engineers

Utilities Project Manager

Chicago, IL · On-site

$100K - $135K/yr

Description You'll be responsible for leading and managing projects, directing and coordinating the ... WORKING FOR PRIMERA Our Utilities division is a talented team of experts working together to ...

Primera

Utilities Project Manager

Chicago, IL · On-site

$100K - $135K/yr

Job Type Full-time Description You'll be responsible for leading and managing projects, directing ... WORKING FOR PRIMERA Our Utilities division is a talented team of experts working together to ...

SAFEbuilt

Utilities Project Manager

Fort Lauderdale, FL · On-site

Utilities Project Manager - Fort Lauderdale/West Palm Beach Calvin Giordano amp; Associates (CGA), a SAFEbuilt Company, is an award-winning multidisciplinary firm with offices throughout Florida. CGA ...

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How much do utilities project manager jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 18, 2026, the average yearly pay for utilities project manager in the United States is $102,682.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $78,500.00 and $123,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a utilities project manager?

A Utilities Project Manager oversees the planning, execution, and completion of projects related to utility infrastructure, such as water, gas, electricity, or telecommunications. They coordinate teams, manage budgets and schedules, ensure regulatory compliance, and communicate with stakeholders. Their goal is to ensure projects are completed safely, on time, and within budget while maintaining service reliability.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a utilities project manager?

To thrive as a Utilities Project Manager, you need a strong background in project management, civil or electrical engineering, and knowledge of utility infrastructure, often supported by a relevant degree and PMP certification. Familiarity with project management software (such as MS Project or Primavera), GIS systems, and regulatory compliance tools is typically required. Exceptional communication, leadership, and problem-solving abilities help manage multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders effectively. These skills are crucial for delivering complex utility projects on time, within budget, and according to safety and regulatory standards.

What are the most common challenges faced by utilities project managers in this field?

Utilities Project Managers often encounter challenges related to coordinating across multiple stakeholders, including engineers, contractors, government agencies, and community members. Managing project timelines and budgets in the face of unexpected delays, regulatory changes, or permitting issues is also common. Additionally, navigating safety requirements and environmental regulations requires keen attention to detail. Successful project managers proactively communicate, adapt to shifting project demands, and leverage their industry expertise to keep utilities projects aligned with organizational goals.

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Infographic showing various Utilities Project Manager job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 88% Full Time, 11% Part Time, and 1% Contract. Highlights an 81% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 17% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $102,682 per year, or $49.4 per hour.

Utilities Project Manager

Sun, Inc.

Southfield, MI

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 3 days ago

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Job description

Overview
The Utilities Project Manager is responsible for planning, managing, and delivering utility infrastructure projects across the portfolio, ensuring completion within established timelines, budgets, and applicable requirements. This role oversees defined-scope projects from initiation through closeout, including project planning, scheduling, permitting, procurement, vendor and contractor coordination, budget management, risk mitigation, and quality oversight. With a strong focus on the water meter installation program, the Utilities Project Manager is accountable for meeting critical installation milestones and supporting the seamless transition of completed and commissioned projects to the Utilities Program Manager for ongoing operational oversight and performance monitoring.
Job Duties
  • Builds and maintains detailed project schedules for metering and utility infrastructure installations, including milestones, dependencies, and the critical path. (Essential)
  • Manages critical installation timelines and sequences work by geography, season, and operational requirements to ensure project milestones and deadlines are achieved. (Essential)
  • Develops the project plan for each initiative, including scope, deliverables, budget, timeline, and success criteria, and secures alignment before work begins. (Essential)
  • Tracks permit status site by site, owns the permitting workflow, and drives resolution of permitting blockers ahead of scheduled installations. (Essential)
  • Manages the procurement of materials, equipment, and utility components to ensure availability aligns with project schedules and installation timelines. (Essential)
  • Coordinates installation vendors, contractors, and field crews day to day to keep projects on schedule, on scope, and on budget. (Essential)
  • Runs recurring project check-ins, publishes agendas and notes, and tracks action items and decisions to closure.
  • Monitors installation quality against standards and manages punch lists and rework with vendors.
  • Tracks project budget against plan, flags variances early, and manages change orders.
  • Maintains a project risk and issue register, proactively identifying potential impacts to schedule, budget, scope, and permitting requirements and driving mitigation and resolution efforts through completion.
  • Reports project status, milestones, risks, and forecast to the Director and Vice President on a recurring cadence.
  • Coordinates with community management on installation logistics and resident-facing impacts.
  • Completes structured project closeout for each site, including verification that installed meters are reading correctly at commissioning.
  • Facilitates the handoff of completed and commissioned sites to the Utilities Program Manager for ongoing operational management and documents lessons learned to support continuous improvement and future project success.
  • Other duties and special projects as assigned.
Requirements
  • High School Diploma or GED (Required)
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Construction Management, or Engineering (Preferred)
  • 3 years in project management experience in field-based installation, construction, or infrastructure projects (Preferred)
  • Demonstrated experience building and holding a schedule to firm deadlines across multiple concurrent sites
  • Experience coordinating vendors, contractors, or field crews against a plan, including managing quality and change orders
  • Familiarity with permitting processes and municipal/utility coordination
  • Budget management experience (tracking project spend against plan and managing variances)
  • Project management certification (PMP, CAPM, or equivalent)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Advanced computer proficiency with the ability to use Microsoft Office Suite applications, project scheduling tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Wrike), email, and internet-based applications
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills
  • Must have a valid driver's license
  • Knowledge of project management tools and procedures

BENEFITS

At Sun Communities, you will be part of an industry-leading organization where you will be challenged, inspired, rewarded and transformed. We place a high priority on our team members, and this is a big part of what sets us apart. We will ask you to give us your very best every day, and will challenge you with interesting work, stretch assignments, a collaborative and supportive work environment and plenty of learning and growth. In exchange, we will reward you with great pay, advancement opportunities, paid time off, great benefits, and flexibility.

  • Comprehensive Medical and Prescription coverage with 4 plan options so you can choose the plan that best meets the needs of you and your family
  • Comprehensive Dental and Vision Plans
  • On-Site Fitness Center
  • Voluntary Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
  • Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance and Dependent Life
  • Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage
  • 401(k) Plan with Sun matching contribution
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Identity Theft Insurance
  • Legal Assistance Plan
  • Pet Insurance
  • Tuition Reimbursement program providing financial support to team members who further their formal education
  • Vacation RV Site Discounts for team members when visiting Sun resorts across the nation
  • Team Member Perks & Discounts program with hundreds of discounts on things like travel, merchandise, mobile phone service, and more
  • Up to six weeks of paid parental leave for the birth of a child, adoption, or placement of a child
  • Paid Time Off including ten holidays, vacation, personal, sick time, bereavement and pay for jury duty

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