Sr EPC Project Mgr

General Summary of Job Responsibilities

The Senior EPC Project Manager oversees technical/complex projects to ensure they are completed on time and within budget. The incumbent leads the project team, which typically consists of matrixed roles from all stakeholder areas of the organization and contractors. The Senior EPC Project Manager is responsible for planning, implementing, quality control, engineering, safety, status reporting and closing on assigned projects to ensure project objectives are met. The Senior EPC Project Manager is responsible for all project communications, and effectively managing project risks to ensure project predictability.

The Enterprise Project Management Senior Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) Project Manager is responsible for providing leadership, direction and oversight for all assigned projects in the Electric Transmission and Distribution (T&D) business segment and manage project risks.  Projects may include new construction, major maintenance, system upgrades, and emergent economic development projects to ensure safe reliable and compliant utility assets and infrastructure.   Senior EPC Project Manager will be responsible for managing a portion of the Electric T&D portfolio ranging from portfolio to major complexity projects.

This position is directly responsible for the leadership, management and coordination of multiple “matrixed” Project Teams and resources.  This role is responsible for all aspects of project from initiation, planning, execution to closeout.  This role will develop and manage contracts and contracting strategy, address project issues, develop and implement corrective measures, communicate escalations, resolve internal conflicts with project stakeholders, be accountable for developing, maintaining, and achieving project metrics to ensure predictable results.  Manage and report on project and contract constraints of safety, quality, scope, schedule, budget, and be accountable for meeting project objectives.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare financial forecasts and provide on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures; while taking steps to ensure projects are completed within budget
• Identify and recommend new processes, techniques and standards that drive performance and process improvement as well as problem solving on existing projects for process improvements
• Provides guidance to less-experienced career EPC Project Managers as needed on project governance and project management principles
• Lead the project teams, both internal and external, in the planning, design/engineering, execution and commissioning for utility projects/programs, while integrating all applicable regulatory and environmental standards and procedures
• Develop and manage overall project execution plans for technical/complex projects with a large number of integration requirements and metric tracking including material procurement, milestone payment schedules, cash flow planning, communications, risk analysis and mitigation, resource management, and others as well as manage multiple projects in various stages of the project lifecycle
• Plan and execute the Project Lifecycle Process (PLP) which includes preparation of plans, schedule planning and other standardized project management deliverables, while meeting the agreed upon scope, cost, schedule and engineering quality objectives
• Responsible to integrate safety into all aspects of the project
• Oversees the development of project schedules with project scheduling group utilizing the schedule tool to include schedule concepts, constraints, integrate risks and risk mitigations, items in appropriate level of detail, track schedule process
• Manage risks associated with critical path, negative float, compressed and crashed schedules
• Communicate schedule to project team
• Serve as the lead in all communication and negotiation with stakeholders including preparing and performing presentations for leadership, external stakeholders, strategic customers and outside agencies
• Identify and manage risks, issues and constraints impacting project execution and potential reputational risk to the company
• Develop contingency plans, scenario development and mitigation strategies
• Provides input and direction into procurement strategies, contract creation, contract negotiations, execution and analysis to maximize operational and financial performance, all while reducing financial risk
• Other duties as assigned or may be necessary

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Project management proficiency: Experienced in the Project Management Institute PM knowledge areas of project integration management, project scope management, project schedule management, project cost management, and project quality management
• Critical thinking: decision-making, strategic thinking, trade-offs analysis, engineering or technical acumen, business acumen and contract management
• Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology
• This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the production and delivery of energy
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of complex tactical and strategic problems
• Proficient in problem solving methodology, tools, countermeasure development and detail action plan execution
• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines and constraints
• Ability to connect and work cross-functionally with all levels of co-worker business partners
• Ability to appropriately communicate, negotiate, influence internally, externally, and up and down through organization
• Influencing, engaging, conflict management, affinity and interdependence
• Self-awareness, courage, resiliency, leading teams, decision making
• Proficient in the use of the following project management tools: trend analysis, variance analysis, pareto charts, matrix diagram, and control charts
• Proficient in the use and development of visual management tools, understanding of the lean principles

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's degree in applied engineering or relevant field with four (4) or more years of project management experience working in accordance with EPM Project Lifecycle Processes (PLP) framework to improve predictability and effectively manage project risk and/or equivalent experience
  • [OR] Associate's degree in applied engineering or relevant field with six (6) or more years of project management experience working in accordance with EPM Project Lifecycle Processes (PLP) framework to improve predictability and effectively manage project risk and/or equivalent experience
  • [OR] High School Diploma/GED with eight (8) or more years of project management experience working in accordance with EPM Project Lifecycle Processes (PLP) framework to improve predictability and effectively manage project risk and/or equivalent experience

Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) required within two years of hire