Project Manager (Sr. - Principal) | Commercial Building, Capital Construction (2 opportunities)

Job Posting End Date

07-04-2026

Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced commercial building project manager with a strong background in construction and capital project delivery. The ideal candidate will have the capability to represent and protect the Owner’s interests on major capital construction projects for AEP facilities and manage projects ranging from $40 million to $250 million.

Job Description

More Specific to This Opportunity: ​

• Partner with Project Sponsors and Executives to define and initiate projects
• Assemble, lead, and manage the internal project team
• Develop project scope, cost, and schedule plans
• Secure project funding approvals
• Coordinate with Procurement to manage the full bid process, including RFP development, contract negotiation, and award
• Manage contractors to ensure delivery of contracted scope within approved budget and schedule
• Coordinate and integrate all scheduled activities across multiple contractors and Owner-provided scope
• Lead project risk identification, analysis, mitigation, and tracking efforts
• Ensure proper turnover of all project documentation to internal stakeholders
• Close out all contracts and work orders upon project completion

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Plan, organize, direct, coordinate and supervise assigned project activities becoming proficient in all aspects. Utilize various project management principles and techniques (Waterfall, Agile) and successfully implement these techniques in project management for the organization.
• Support and hold employees and contractors accountable for the AEP System Safety Process, ensuring a safe working environment focused on Zero Harm.
• Manage, develop, review and coordinate the project/outage plan, schedule, and budget becoming proficient in all aspects. Manage cost and timely reallocation of funding.
• Effectively communicate project details and status updates. Lead planning meetings and project updates including typical stakeholder presentations. Provide clear and concise written and oral reports and other communications.
• Develop and actively manage working relationships with the project team, plant and operating company staff, internal and external customers or partners, contractors, vendors, and suppliers. Foster teamwork and actively pursue customer satisfaction.
• Provide specific guidance, instruction, and training to improve design, systems, procedures, processes, schedules, and costs. Confidently challenge others at a level of informed understanding in all project work.
• Ensure maximum customer satisfaction and demonstrate effective and efficient performance of project work activities on intermediate project level at a minimum.
• Mentor other project managers. Direct and supervise sub-team project managers as assigned.
• Develop and manage procurement plans for necessary outside resources. Manage contracts for outside services, including developing requests for proposals, evaluating competitive bids, selecting vendors, participating in contract negotiations, overseeing vendor performance/quality, ensuring work is performed in accordance with the contract, etc.
• Conduct and supervise closeout processes, including an analysis of the success of the project with respect to accomplishing the project objectives and realizing project benefits.
• Develop an understanding of the AEP project management organizational standards and assist in the management of projects to those standards.
• Manage programs as assigned.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Based on education, experience, interview and internal equity, these two (2) opportunities will be filled at either title. For this posting, minimum requirements are stated at the lower grade. Increased expectations are at the higher grade.

Project Manager Principal (grade 9): Base Salary = $117K - $151K

Project Manager Sr. (grade 8): Base Salary = $99K - $121K

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Project Management, Computer Science, or related field of study dependent upon business unit requirements with five (5) years qualified experience; OR,

Associate’s degree in the same required disciplines with seven (7) years of qualified experience; OR,

High Sch