About this role
Job Title: Electrical Project Manager Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Electrical Project Manager to join our commercial electrical construction team. This role involves managing projects from initial estimating and preconstruction through to closeout, serving as a key point of contact for clients, general contractors, field teams, and internal stakeholders. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in electrical construction, strong estimating and project management skills, and excellent interpersonal abilities to foster lasting relationships with customers and project partners.
Responsibilities
- Manage commercial electrical projects from start to finish, including estimating, preconstruction, budgeting, scheduling, execution, change management, and closeout.
- Prepare estimates, budgets, proposals, change orders, and project forecasts.
- Manage projects ranging from approximately $25K to $8M.
- Coordinate project schedules, manpower needs, material procurement, subcontractors, and field operations.
- Partner closely with field leadership to ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently, and according to scope.
- Maintain project budgets and monitor costs, profitability, and overall financial performance.
- Manage RFIs, submittals, change orders, documentation, and other project controls.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with general contractors, owners, vendors, and project partners.
- Participate in design-build and design-assist projects.
- Identify project risks and proactively resolve scheduling, cost, scope, and field issues.
- Support business development through strong client relationships and successful project delivery.
- Collaborate with the project management and service teams.
Essential Skills
- 8+ years of experience in electrical construction, including Project Manager experience.
- Strong commercial electrical construction knowledge.
- Experience managing electrical projects from estimating/preconstruction through completion.
- Ability to independently estimate electrical construction projects.
- Experience managing project budgets, schedules, change orders, procurement, and financial performance.
- Strong understanding of electrical drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and construction documents.
- Excellent communication and client-facing relationship skills.
- Collaborative leadership style with the ability to work effectively with office and field personnel.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Valid driver's license and acceptable driving history.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Experience with design-build and design-assist electrical projects.
- Experience with commercial, light industrial, airport, infrastructure, restaurant/retail, or similar electrical construction.
- Familiarity with Bluebeam, Procore, and Microsoft Office programs.
- Low-voltage/data communications project experience.
- DC power experience.
- BICSI training or structured cabling experience.
- Previous experience managing projects up to approximately $8M.
Work Environment
This role requires working in the office Monday through Friday. The Electrical Project Manager may support a diverse portfolio of commercial and infrastructure work, including airport electrical infrastructure, conveyor and baggage-system electrical work, kiosks and tenant improvements, restaurant build-outs, sports and spring-training facilities, as well as design-build and design-assist projects. Current and potential project environments include Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Mesa Gateway Airport, and Luke Air Force Base, along with other commercial projects throughout the Arizona market. The company offers a family-oriented, collaborative culture with approximately 100 employees, providing the opportunity for direct visibility and impact. Benefits include a company vehicle, 401(k) with up to 10% company match, two weeks of vacation, and bonus potential based on individual and company performance, along with opportunities for long-term professional and leadership growth.
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Phoenix, AZ.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $110000.00 - $120000.00/yr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Will provide benefits info during interview stage
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Phoenix, AZ.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 18, 2026.
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Phoenix,AZ. About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without
regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability,
sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected
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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the
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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process,
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