Course Introduction

Electric vehicle infrastructure is becoming a critical component of modern transportation and energy systems as governments, businesses, fleet operators, and consumers accelerate the transition toward electric mobility. Successful EV infrastructure programs require coordinated planning across charging demand, site selection, electrical capacity, grid connections, permitting, technology selection, procurement, construction, software integration, commercial models, and long-term operations. This course provides a comprehensive framework for managing EV infrastructure projects from concept through deployment and operational readiness.

The Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project Management Course equips professionals with the practical skills required to plan, develop, execute, control, and deliver electric vehicle charging infrastructure programs. Participants will examine charging network strategy, demand assessment, site selection, electrical design, utility coordination, charger technology, project scheduling, procurement, contracting, construction, commissioning, quality management, and operational planning. The course is suitable for both individual charging projects and large-scale network deployment programs.

Particular attention is given to the technical and project management challenges associated with different charging environments, including public charging stations, highway charging corridors, workplace charging, residential developments, commercial facilities, fleet depots, bus charging facilities, logistics hubs, and high-power charging locations. Participants will explore how charging demand, vehicle utilization, charging behavior, electrical capacity, land availability, traffic patterns, grid constraints, and future mobility trends influence infrastructure planning and investment decisions.

The course also examines the integration of EV charging infrastructure with electricity networks, renewable energy, battery energy storage, solar generation, smart charging, demand response, and energy management systems. Modern technologies such as AI, IoT, cloud platforms, digital twins, GIS, predictive analytics, remote monitoring, automated maintenance systems, and dynamic load management are incorporated to demonstrate how digitalization can improve charging network performance, project visibility, energy efficiency, reliability, and customer experience.

Commercial and contractual management is another major focus. Participants will examine procurement strategies, charger supply agreements, EPC and installation contracts, software and network service agreements, operations and maintenance contracts, warranties, service-level agreements, performance guarantees, payment systems, revenue models, and change management. The course also addresses the growing importance of interoperability, open charging protocols, cybersecurity, data management, regulatory compliance, accessibility, and customer-focused service delivery.

By completing the course, participants will be better prepared to manage EV infrastructure projects from early planning and feasibility through procurement, construction, grid connection, commissioning, network activation, and operational handover. They will gain practical approaches for controlling cost, schedule, scope, quality, safety, technology, and stakeholder risks while creating scalable and commercially sustainable charging networks capable of supporting the rapid evolution of electric mobility.

Duration

5 days

Who Should Attend

• Electric vehicle infrastructure project managers and program directors responsible for charging network development.

• EV charging network developers and operators planning public, commercial, residential, fleet, or highway charging infrastructure.

• Electrical engineers and power systems professionals involved in charging station design, grid connections, and electrical infrastructure.

• Renewable energy and energy storage professionals integrating solar, batteries, and smart energy systems with EV charging.

• EPC contractors and construction managers responsible for civil works, electrical installation, charger deployment, and commissioning.

• Project controls professionals managing EV infrastructure schedules, budgets, progress measurement, forecasting, and reporting.

• Procurement and supply-chain professionals sourcing chargers, transformers, switchgear, cables, software platforms, and associated equipment.

• Contract and commercial managers responsible for charger supply, installation, software, operations, maintenance, and service agreements.

• Utility representatives involved in grid planning, network upgrades, connection applications, load management, and demand forecasting.

• Fleet managers and transport professionals planning charging infrastructure for electric buses, trucks, taxis, delivery vehicles, and corporate fleets.

• Real estate, facilities, infrastructure, and property professionals incorporating EV charging into commercial and residential developments.

• Investors, financial professionals, and business development specialists evaluating EV charging infrastructure opportunities and business models.

• Health, safety, environmental, and compliance professionals supporting charging infrastructure development and operation.

• IT, digital, cybersecurity, and network professionals responsible for charging management systems, data platforms, communications, and interoperability.

• Professionals seeking advanced practical knowledge of EV infrastructure project planning, development, delivery, and network management.

Course Objectives

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the EV infrastructure project lifecycle and apply structured project management practices from strategy and feasibility through construction, commissioning, and operations.

• Assess EV charging demand by considering vehicle adoption, traffic patterns, fleet utilization, charging behavior, dwell times, geographic distribution, customer requirements, and future mobility scenarios.

• Develop practical capabilities for selecting EV charging sites based on grid availability, land, accessibility, traffic, utilization potential, permitting, safety, customer convenience, and commercial viability.

• Strengthen electrical infrastructure planning skills covering load assessment, transformers, switchgear, distribution systems, protection, cabling, metering, power quality, and utility connection requirements.

• Apply effective project planning and scheduling methods to coordinate permitting, engineering, equipment procurement, civil works, electrical installation, software integration, testing, commissioning, and network activation.

• Develop procurement and contracting strategies covering charging equipment, electrical infrastructure, construction services, software platforms, network services, maintenance, warranties, and performance obligations.

• Identify and manage technical, commercial, regulatory, cybersecurity, safety, supply-chain, grid, construction, customer, and stakeholder risks affecting EV infrastructure project delivery.

• Apply digital technologies including GIS, IoT, cloud platforms, AI, digital twins, smart charging, predictive analytics, remote monitoring, and automated dashboards to improve network planning and operational performance.

• Develop strategies for integrating EV charging with renewable energy, battery storage, demand response, dynamic load management, microgrids, and increasingly decentralized electricity systems.

• Build the capabilities required to deliver scalable, reliable, secure, customer-focused, and commercially sustainable EV charging networks while responding to emerging charging technologies and transportation trends.

Comprehensive Course Outline

Module 1: EV Infrastructure Fundamentals and Project Lifecycle

• Understanding the strategic role of EV charging infrastructure in transportation electrification, energy transition, urban mobility, fleet modernization, and national decarbonization strategies.

• Reviewing the complete EV infrastructure project lifecycle from market assessment and site identification through feasibility, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, operation, and expansion.

• Examining different charging environments including residential, workplace, public, destination, highway, fleet, depot, bus, logistics, and high-power charging applications.

• Assessing emerging trends including ultra-fast charging, megawatt charging, wireless charging, battery swapping, charging hubs, vehicle-to-grid services, and integrated mobility-energy platforms.

Module 2: EV Charging Demand Assessment and Network Planning

• Developing EV charging demand forecasts using vehicle adoption rates, traffic patterns, fleet profiles, charging behavior, dwell times, geographic factors, and future transportation scenarios.

• Identifying optimal charging locations by assessing accessibility, utilization potential, electrical capacity, land availability, customer demand, competition, safety, and development constraints.

• Developing network deployment strategies that balance geographic coverage, charging capacity, customer convenience, investment requirements, utilization, and long-term scalability.

• Applying GIS, traffic data, mobility analytics, geospatial modelling, and predictive tools to optimize charging network planning and investment decisions.

Module 3: Charging Technology, Electrical Design and Grid Integration

• Understanding AC and DC charging technologies, charging levels, connectors, power ratings, charging architectures, power electronics, communications, and equipment configurations.

• Managing electrical design requirements covering transformers, switchgear, protection systems, cables, distribution boards, metering, grounding, power quality, load management, and utility connections.

• Coordinating grid connection requirements including network studies, connection applications, capacity upgrades, protection coordination, power quality assessments, and utility approvals.

• Evaluating emerging charging technologies including high-power charging, megawatt charging systems, bidirectional charging, wireless charging, smart chargers, and integrated storage solutions.

Module 4: Project Feasibility, Scope, Planning and Scheduling

• Developing EV infrastructure feasibility studies covering demand, site conditions, electrical requirements, permitting, capital costs, operating costs, revenue potential, risks, and investment requirements.

• Defining project scope, work breakdown structures, deliverables, milestones, interfaces, responsibilities, assumptions, exclusions, acceptance criteria, and execution strategies.

• Developing integrated schedules that coordinate site acquisition, permitting, engineering, utility approvals, equipment procurement, civil works, electrical installation, software configuration, testing, and commissioning.

• Managing schedule risks related to permitting, utility capacity, equipment lead times, construction conditions, site access, technology changes, software integration, and contractor performance.

Module 5: Procurement, Supply Chain and Contractor Management

• Developing procurement strategies for EV chargers, transformers, switchgear, cables, payment systems, communications equipment, energy management systems, batteries, solar equipment, and site infrastructure.

• Managing supplier qualification, technical evaluation, commercial assessment, factory testing, equipment warranties, delivery schedules, quality requirements, software capabilities, and supplier performance.

• Coordinating charger logistics, equipment storage, site delivery, installation sequencing, customs, inventory management, spare parts, replacement equipment, and rollout program requirements.

• Addressing supply-chain challenges involving semiconductor availability, charger technology changes, manufacturing concentration, cybersecurity requirements, interoperability, component shortages, and supplier continuity.

Module 6: Contracts, Commercial Models and Project Controls

• Evaluating EPC, design-build, equipment supply, network operator, concession, and other delivery models based on project risk, ownership, investment structure, and operational requirements.

• Developing commercial models including charging fees, subscriptions, fleet agreements, energy-as-a-service, advertising, parking integration, demand management, and other potential revenue streams.

• Managing contracts covering equipment supply, installation, software, network services, operations, maintenance, warranties, service levels, uptime, response times, and performance requirements.

• Establishing project controls using cost and schedule baselines, progress measurement, forecasting, variance analysis, change control, risk allowances, dashboards, and management reporting.

Module 7: Construction, Installation, Commissioning and Quality

• Planning civil and electrical works including foundations, parking layouts, trenching, cabling, transformers, switchgear, signage, lighting, drainage, barriers, communications, and site security.

• Coordinating charger installation, electrical connections, network configuration, payment systems, customer interfaces, software integration, energy management systems, and supporting infrastructure.

• Implementing quality assurance and quality control processes covering equipment inspections, installation standards, electrical testing, communication testing, documentation, non-conformances, and corrective actions.

• Managing commissioning activities including functional testing, load testing, communications verification, payment testing, interoperability checks, safety verification, network activation, and customer readiness.

Module 8: Smart Charging, Energy Management and Renewable Integration

• Understanding smart charging strategies for managing peak demand, reducing grid impacts, optimizing energy costs, improving utilization, and coordinating charging across multiple vehicles.

• Integrating EV charging with solar generation, battery energy storage, microgrids, demand response, time-of-use tariffs, renewable energy procurement, and energy management platforms.

• Exploring vehicle-to-grid, vehicle-to-building, and vehicle-to-home applications that allow EV batteries to support grid flexibility, backup power, and distributed energy management.

• Applying AI, predictive analytics, digital twins, IoT, cloud platforms, and automated control systems to forecast demand, optimize charging, identify faults, and improve network performance.

Module 9: Safety, Cybersecurity, Regulatory and Stakeholder Management

• Managing electrical and operational safety requirements covering high-voltage equipment, electrical isolation, grounding, fire risks, cable systems, vehicle movement, public access, emergency response, and maintenance activities.

• Addressing cybersecurity risks associated with connected chargers, cloud platforms, payment systems, communications networks, remote access, software updates, and customer data.

• Managing regulatory and permitting requirements including electrical standards, building approvals, planning requirements, accessibility, environmental considerations, utility rules, data protection, and consumer protection.

• Developing stakeholder strategies for utilities, municipalities, property owners, fleet operators, customers, regulators, contractors, technology providers, investors, and local communities.

Module 10: Digital EV Infrastructure, Sustainability and Future Mobility

• Applying digital twins, GIS, AI, predictive maintenance, remote diagnostics, automated service management, digital payments, network analytics, and real-time dashboards to manage charging networks.

• Developing sustainability strategies covering renewable electricity, energy efficiency, battery lifecycle management, equipment recycling, low-carbon construction, environmental impacts, and responsible procurement.

• Evaluating emerging mobility technologies including autonomous vehicles, electric heavy-duty transport, megawatt charging, electric aviation support infrastructure, battery swapping, and integrated mobility hubs.

• Establishing lifecycle management strategies covering asset performance, maintenance, software updates, customer experience, network expansion, utilization optimization, lessons learned, and long-term infrastructure resilience.

Training Approach

This course will be delivered by our skilled trainers who have vast knowledge and experience as expert professionals in the fields. The course is taught in English and through a mix of theory, practical activities, group discussion and case studies. Course manuals and additional training materials will be provided to the participants upon completion of the training.

Tailor-Made Course

This course can also be tailor-made to meet organization requirement. For further inquiries, please contact us on: Email: training@upskilldevelopment.com Tel: +254 721 331 808

Training Venue 

The training will be held at our Upskill Training Centre. We also offer training for a group (at a discount of 10% to 50%) at requested location all over the world. The Onsite course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, buffet lunch, airport transfers, Upskill gift package, and guided tour.

Visa application, travel expenses, dinners, accommodation, insurance, and other personal expenses are catered by the participant

Certification

Participants will be issued with Upskill certificate upon completion of this course.

Airport Pickup and Accommodation

Airport pickup and accommodation is arranged upon request. For booking contact our Training Coordinator through Email: training@upskilldevelopment.com, +254 721 331 808

Terms of Payment:

Unless otherwise agreed between the two parties’ payment of the course fee should be done 3 working days before commencement of the training so as to enable us to prepare better.