Grid Systems Project Manager

Company: MSR Technology Group
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: February 20, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description Our client is seeking an experienced Grid Systems Project Manager Solution Architect to provide utility grid operations modernization consulting services for our electric utility clients. The selected candidate will join the Enterprise System & Integration team, which is focused on providing Enterprise Solution Services delivering high value to our clients through a variety of leading technologies. The grid operations architect shall possess strong electric utility business and technology acumen. The grid operations architect will provide professional consulting services focused on solutions such as Supervisory Control and Data Aquisition (SCADA), Energy Management Systems (EMS), Outage Management Systems (OMS), Distribution Management Systems (DMS), Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS), and Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS). Candidates must also have strong project execution capabilities, strong leadership and collaboration capabilities, and excellent communication skills, be focused on continuous improvement and enterprise innovation, and have strong attention to detail while delivering high-quality work to our clients. The grid operations architect is responsible for providing strategic guidance, research, planning, and best practices to our client’s executive leaders to make investment decisions that align with the long-term vision of the organization. This position will focus on grid automation support service, emphasizing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems, transmission, distribution, and distributed energy resource management systems (EMS, OMS, DMS, ADMS, & DERMS) and execution of various grid modernization programs for our electric utility clients. The position will lead efforts to identify and deliver grid operations services that support grid modernization assessments, technology roadmaps, software upgrades, and implementations to our clients with a strong emphasis on teamwork, customer commitment, and industry best practices. Job Duties: Apply industry experience and leading practices to architect, design, develop and implement SCADA, EMS, OMS, DMS, ADMS, and DERMS solutions to support complex business requirements. Utilize in-depth knowledge of SCADA, EMS, OMS, DMS, ADMS, and DERMS to support commissioning, testing and deployment. Provide field support, troubleshooting, and project coordination to enhance and maintain SCADA, EMS, OMS, DMS, ADMS, and DERMS This includes leading efforts in commissioning new SCADA systems and performing point testing and / or field data verification for advanced distribution applications such as FLISR, VVO, and DER Dispatch. Lead or assist with program estimating, planning, and budgeting efforts and be accountable for the program/project delivery execution. Support Analysis, Design, Build, Test, Triaging defects, Configuration, and Deployment activities. Ability to support Enterprise Program Management activities utilizing various methodologies such as but not limited to Waterfall and Agile methods. Responsible for the successful completion of the project per the budget, scope, quality, and attainment of the business objectives. In addition, supervise the overall project status and progress and ensure all scheduled milestones and delivery dates are met. Responsible for overall project quality of deliverables. Act as an application architect and solution architect, with responsibilities on the application and technical architecture teams. Assist with or lead the business process design activities to drive out the complete application requirements: functional, quality, integration, and security. Work with the application designer to create a high-level design of an end-to-end integration solution that provides a common structure for mapping the data between the applications. Based on the activity and data flow diagrams, create an inventory of all cross-application interactions or interfaces, referred to as business events or messages. Validate that the application requirements meet overall business process needs, are within the project scope, and are internally consistent. Validate that the integration solution and integration architecture designs utilize the integration architecture components appropriately. Lead or assist with completing high-level project communications and status reporting to the supporting executive team. Assist with providing a central point of contact for all project interdependencies, internal and external. Assist with the timely development and implementation of all stages of the system. Use Project execution experience and knowledge to provide input and influence project execution processes and quality assurance/quality control protocols. Ensure compliance with company and site safety policies. All other duties as assigned. Job Requirements: • Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related field from an accredited program and 8 years of relevant experience is Required. • Minimum 8 years of experience providing enterprise or operations architecture strategies, enterprise or operations integration solutions, and services leveraging various applications and technical platforms. • Minimum 5 years of GE e-terra ADMS experience, and 3 years of GE e-terra OMS. • Excellent enterprise architecture and integration skills, including data architecture, cloud architecture, middleware, communications, and other architectural methods and practices. • Experience in large-scale enterprise transformation projects using industry enterprise architecture strategy solutions and standard industry technologies. • Experience with electric utility clients implementing and integrating operational systems such as OMS, DMS, ADMS, AMI, Distribution Automation, and Distributed Energy Resources (DER) is preferred. • Strong ability to influence or lead project execution. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Experience with leading-edge application(s), operations technology, and solutions utilizing various industry standard tools. • Experience with a variety of project execution methodologies including but not limited to Waterfall and Agile. • Experience developing executive-level technology assessments, roadmap strategies focusing on enterprise, operation technologies for clients in the utilities industry. • Travel:

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