Senior Project Manager- T&D

Project Manager

This position is to ensure all phases of approved projects are completed efficiently and within scope, on schedule and within budget. This role requires strong customer relationship and interface skills. The incumbent will work closely with Customer Management and United Utility personnel in Operations, Construction, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Purchasing and the PMO. Primary duties will include overall responsibility for the management of all aspects of the program, ensuring that all aspects of the projects are documented and completed in accordance with company policies and all regulations and laws.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily project deliverables and effectively communicate these to the project team.
• Assigned program is multi-discipline in nature, multi stakeholder involvement and financial risk exposure profile requiring management reporting communications.
• Responsible for taking the necessary action to see that the projects are completed efficiently, on time and within the established budgets.
• Drive consensus, communicate responsibilities, and ensure ownership and accountability.
• Escalate risks and issues to keep projects on schedule and on budget.
• Identify and communicate lessons learned and incorporate into projects as best practices.
• Integrates and manages a cross functional project team to develop appropriate project roles and responsibilities.
• Driving work products by coordinating and working with Operations Leads and Engineering to track and execute client deliverables.
• Manages the team's development of a comprehensive project plan, schedule, communications plan and change control methodology.
• Facilitates daily, weekly, and monthly meetings with internal stakeholders and Customer Execution Team.
• Manages customer driven accrual and reporting process.
• Manages execution of the project plan and change control management process.
• Manages project close out in a timely manner to support business goals.
• Provides clear, concise, and comprehensive reports for management.
• Provides guidance to project support associates.
• Coordinate the allocation of project resources to ensure the project team has what's needed at the right time.
• Assign tasks to team members and help them understand what's expected from them in terms of project milestones and deliverables.
• Be a representative of W.A. Chester at work and in the community.
• Perform duties in a manner consistent with W.A. Chester's emphasis on Human Performance and UUS's core Values: Safety, Quality, Integrity, & Professionalism.
• Follow all Safety, Biosecurity and Environmental policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with and follow all OSHA safety regulations and procedures.
• Ensure that all care is provided with respect to customer, client, and co-worker's rights.
• Ensure a safe and clean work environment.
• Maintain Confidentiality.
• Professional and ethical conduct are expected.
• Adhere to work schedules in completing and performing assigned tasks.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

Key Qualifications

• 5 years of related experience with Project Management.
• 5 years of prior experience in Overhead and Underground electrical power distribution systems.
• BS in Project Management, Construction Management and/or Business or equivalent experience.
• Utility and contractor experience preferred.
• Must be self-motivated, team oriented with a passion to help when needed and willing to adhere to the quality and safety standards of W.A. Chester, LLC.
• Knowledge of Project Management principles and practices
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Ability to cope with deadlines, manage time, set priorities, define roles and responsibilities, and make decisions.
• Ability to work across cross-functional teams.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees, management, customers, and the public.
• Excellent reading comprehension and interpretation abilities
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical interference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as functions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Power Point, Excel, and Project
• Exceptional understanding of Excel to analyze data.
• Computer literate with knowledge of current technology.

Key Nice-To-Haves

• Project Management Professional Certification a plus

This job primarily operates in a professional job site environment but must periodically make visits to the office. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and scanners. This position is infrequently exposed to fumes and airborne particles and infrequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level on job sites can be loud. Position Type : Full-time (30+ hours) Physical Work Location : Miami, FL Core work schedule expectations : Monday thru Friday, 7AM 5PM Non-Core Work Schedule Expectations: This position frequently requires long hours and occasional weekend work. Time Zone : Eastern Travel Expectations: This position is 80% based in Miami FL and 20% other.