WSP in Africa

Power Generation Package Manager

WSP in Africa  •  $130k - $192k/yr  •  San Diego, CA (Onsite)  •  12 days ago
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Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Power Generation Package Manager to join our Power & Energy Team. The candidate will be involved in projects with our Power Generation Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

A Power Generation Package Manager oversees the full lifecycle—design, procurement, installation, and commissioning—of specific, large-scale components (e.g., turbines, electrical systems, civil works) for power projects. They ensure technical compliance, budget control, and adherence to safety and quality standards. This role demands high-level scheduling, vendor management, and risk mitigation. Provides high level technical project leadership, and guidance with managing the administrative, commercial, and technical components of assigned projects in accordance with WSP’s core values, and the level of project services agreed upon in the contract by WSP and the clients.

Your Impact

  • Serve as Package Manager for defined scopes within larger programs, with full accountability for delivery of assigned packages, including scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk.
  • Coordinate and integrate multi-discipline teams, subcontractors, and suppliers to ensure seamless execution and alignment with overall program objectives.
  • Develop and manage detailed package execution plans, including scope definition, deliverable tracking, interface management, and resource allocation.
  • Lead package-level schedule development and reporting, ensuring alignment with master project/program schedules and identifying potential impacts or conflicts.
  • Manage package budgets and cost controls, including forecasting, earned value tracking, and variance analysis.
  • Identify, track, and mitigate risks and opportunities specific to assigned packages, ensuring proactive escalation and resolution of issues.
  • Coordinate procurement activities for assigned packages, including scoping, supplier selection support, and performance oversight.
  • Oversee subcontractor and vendor performance at the package level, ensuring compliance with contractual, safety, and quality requirements.
  • Ensure effective interface management between packages and workstreams, resolving cross-functional dependencies and conflicts.
  • Maintain clear and consistent communication with the Project/Program Manager and key stakeholders, providing regular updates on package status, risks, and performance metrics.
  • Support change management processes, including evaluation of scope changes, cost/schedule impacts, and implementation of approved changes within assigned packages.
  • Develop the work breakdown structure tasks and estimated costs.
  • Establish and actively drive the appropriate levels of technical review required for the project, selecting appropriately qualified staff to perform the required reviews, and adherence to the QA/QC plan, as applicable.
  • Ensure and maintain a record of each review and the disposition of review comments and all correspondence leaving the project.
  • Participate in the technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentation, and meetings.
  • Conduct and facilitate project kick-off meetings with key stakeholders.
  • Maintain regular communications with the client including reporting on monthly status.
  • Participate in problem project reviews, providing input about root cause issues and potential solutions to leadership and other stakeholders.
  • Provide regular project reporting and updates to clients, technical area, and business unit managers, identifying any emergent issues with scope, risk, and/or budget.
  • Work with the Procurement Department to closeout procurements and/or supplier agreements as appropriate.
  • Complete formal project closeout activities, along with conducting and documenting a lessons-learned meeting with key project staff.
  • Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
  • Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a related major, or equivalent experience in a technical or engineering firm.
  • 10+ years of relevant post education experience in a package/project management role within our industry.
  • Proficient understanding of project delivery process within the A/E/C or EPC industry and strong background and experience in package/project management.
  • Highly proficient analytical and organizational skills, with business acumen to bridge the business and project management.
  • Highly proficient with critical thinking and problem-solving skills to make assessments and calculations involving the application of package/project management principles, with a sound understanding of intent, impact, and optimal outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Essential project management certification required (e.g., PMP, CAP-M)
  • Master’s Degree

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary: $129,600 - $192,390

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.

WSP in Africa

About WSP in Africa

We are one of the world’s leading professional services firms, uniting our engineering, advisory and science-based expertise to shape communities to advance humanity.

From local beginnings to a globe-spanning presence today, we operate in over 50 countries and employ approximately 73,000 professionals, known as Visioneers.​

Operating from South Africa, and with a team of over 650+ we deliver innovative projects across sectors: Transport & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Earth & Environment, Water, Power & Energy and Mining & Metals.​

Visit us at https://www.wsp.com/en-ZA/

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Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Johannesburg, ZA
Year Founded
1885
Website
wsp.com
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