Project Manager, Distributed Generation

At Core States Group, the work you do matters to the clients we serve, the communities we support, and the teams who rely on one another to deliver with excellence. Our Cause is powerful: to create a world where all environments improve everyday life.

Why Professionals Choose Core States Group

Here’s what you can expect:

• VALUES-DRIVEN CULTURE – A workplace rooted in Integrity, Service, Inclusion, Excellence, and Innovation. Our Core Values guide how we work, how we treat each other, and how we show up for our clients every day.
• COMPENSATION – Competitive wages and bonus programs, including professional licensure bonuses.
• RETIREMENT – A strong 401(k) match, with immediate vesting, to help you invest in your future and build your retirement savings with confidence.
• HEALTHCARE – Competitive health benefits including HSA with employer contribution, life insurance options, and supplemental coverage options, giving you the flexibility to select the coverage that best fits your needs and lifestyle.
• VACATION – Generous PTO to help you recharge, relax, and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• PERKS – Team wellness challenges, free virtual gym app, wholesale club membership reimbursement, employee recognition programs, paid parental leave and much more!
• FLEXIBLE WORK ENVIRONMENT – A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work, whether you’re in the office, working remotely, or blending both to support your responsibilities.
• TUITION REIMBURSEMENT – support your growth with tuition reimbursement to help advance your education and professional development.

Summary of the Role

As a Project Manager, Distributed Generation on Core States Group’s Distributed Generation team, you will lead engineering projects involving generator-based power systems from planning and utility coordination through design and construction support. You will bring clients, utilities, equipment providers, and multidisciplinary teams together to turn operating needs and interconnection requirements into safe, coordinated, buildable electrical solutions. This role is for a motivated, technically inclined leader who enjoys solving complex power system challenges, taking ownership, and helping a team do its best work.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplined distributed generation and generator projects, managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and client communication from kickoff through delivery.
• Develop and coordinate electrical design packages for generator installations, including one-line diagrams, site plans, equipment connections, feeders, grounding and bonding, auxiliary power, and protection and control interfaces.
• Apply strong electrical fundamentals to evaluate generator/BESS manufacturer information, equipment ratings, breakers and disconnects, cable and conduit sizing, current and voltage transformers, relay functions, and system grounding.
• Coordinate utility interconnection applications, technical requirements, design reviews, and approvals; help ensure project designs address applicable utility standards, IEEE 1547, NEC, NESC, and other governing codes and requirements.
• Work closely with civil, mechanical, structural, and other engineering disciplines, as well as clients, utilities, vendors, authorities having jurisdiction, and contractors, to resolve design and constructability issues.
• Lead drawing and specification reviews, incorporate client and authority comments, and maintain consistent, accurate project documents across disciplines.
• Guide quality reviews of electrical plans, equipment selections, calculations, labels, and project deliverables; identify risks early and develop practical solutions that protect safety, reliability, schedule, and budget.
• Support equipment coordination, installation, and project acceptance by helping resolve technical questions and keeping stakeholders aligned.
• Prepare and manage project plans, proposals and contracts in accordance with project goals.
• Manage permitting requirements for distributed generation projects, including preparing and submitting permit applications, tracking approvals, and coordinating with Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) to resolve comments and keep projects on schedule.
• Build trusted client relationships, recognize opportunities to improve service, and contribute to new project pursuits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• EIT is strongly preferred
• 2-5 years of engineering experience, ideally managing projects and clients as well.
• Experience with distributed generation, generator installations, utility interconnections, or other electrical power-system projects is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of electrical power distribution design coordination.
• Ability to review electrical drawings, one-line diagrams, equipment submittals, and technical requirements with care and sound engineering judgment.
• Working knowledge of applicable electrical codes and standards; familiarity with utility interconnection requirements and IEEE 1547 is an advantage.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD and Microsoft Office; experience with discipline-specific engineering and project management software is helpful.

Work Location

Company Overview

Core States Group is an industry-leading architecture, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) firm trusted by many of the world’s most notable brands. With 26 offices across the United States and Canada, the firm delivers speed to market, cost certainty, and compelling design for national multisite programs and projects.

Established in 1999, Core States Group drives innovation and improves everyday life for countless people across several markets, including Convenience, Distributed Generation, Financial, Grocery, Housing, Industrial, Restaurants, Retail, Semiconductor, Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Infrastructure, and more.

A Note to Candidates

Please do not be concerned if you do not meet every requirement. At Core States Group, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

This position will remain open until it is filled.