Job Description

Project Manager — Catalina Utilities & Infrastructure

Seasoned project manager to oversee 5–9 water, gas, and electric infrastructure projects on Catalina Island. Accountable for scope, schedule, budget, permitting coordination, construction execution, and stakeholder management.

Key responsibilities

• Full project lifecycle management for multiple infrastructure projects: define scope, develop schedules, track budgets, and own deliverables.
• Hands-on contributor — perform or coordinate technical reviews, site assessments, change control, and contractor management.
• Proactively identify obstacles and implement solutions; lead risk assessments and time-impact analyses.
• Coordinate environmental compliance, permitting, and regulatory interface specific to island operations.
• Manage procurement and contractor selection using organization-specific workflows (investment decision processes, vendor pre-qualification, etc.).
• Maintain strong communication with internal teams, external agencies, local stakeholders, contractors, and residents.
• Escalate non-project issues appropriately and maintain clear project boundaries with third parties.
• Prepare regular project status reports, budget forecasts, and executive briefings.

Requirements

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, or related field — or equivalent education/experience.
• Minimum 7 years’ project management experience with progressively increasing responsibility.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word), Teams, Microsoft Project; familiarity with Primavera P6 and SAP.
• Ability to travel and work on-site at Catalina; comfortable with remote-site logistics and supply constraints.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes 120 hours of paid time off annually, ten paid holidays, a 3% 401(k) company match, profit sharing opportunities, and the flexibility to work remotely up to three days per week.