Project Manager (GD)

M-F OT as needed. Travel 25%
Travel frequency will increase as the project progresses.
Job Designation is Hybrid. Three days working onsite, remaining days remote.

This role directly supports Transource Energy LLC and other client Transmission joint-venture projects. Transource pursues highly competitive (FERC 1000) transmission development projects in many regions throughout the U.S. These projects involving complex permitting and regulatory work, diligent contract management and administration, and regular communication with stakeholders, and intricate risk management. Ideal candidates will have experience executing construction projects for cost and schedule, scope writing, contract administration, managing project risks, forecasting commitments and cash-flows.

This position's primary focus it the day-to-day management of competitively awarded greenfield transmission projects. This position may be hired at the Project Manager or Senior Project Manager level depending upon qualifications and experience. This role manages EPC/Design-Build projects as well as multi-prime projects. In addition to project management activities, this role assists and supports our business development team in proposal development, risk planning, bid strategies, and other joint-venture related business transactions from time to time.

Manage or assist in the management of projects of the highest complexity, within a matrix team environment. Provide leadership, direction, training, coordination, and effective communication to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control, and close projects in a safe, efficient, economical, risk-balanced approach to achieve short and long range goals and to obtain maximum customer satisfaction. Develop relationships and effectively communicate with all stakeholders including internal customers, external customers, team members, suppliers, contractors, vendors, and industry peers.

Principal Accountabilities:
Plan, organize, direct, coordinate and supervise assigned project work activities with demonstrated proficiency in all aspects with minimal management oversight.

Support and hold employees and contractors accountable for the client System Safety Process, ensuring a safe working environment focused on “Commitment to Zero Harm”.

Supervise, develop, review and coordinate the project plan, schedule, budget, with demonstrated proficiency in all aspects. Effectively manage cost and timely reallocate funding.

Effectively communicate project details and status updates. Lead planning meetings and project updates including detailed and complex stakeholder presentations. Provide clear and concise written reports.

Develop and actively manage working relationships with the project team, internal and external customers or partners, contractors, vendors, and suppliers. Foster teamwork and actively monitor customer satisfaction.

Provide wide range of detailed guidance, instruction, and training to improve design, systems, procedures, processes, schedules, and costs.

Confidently challenge others at a high level of informed understanding in all project work.

Ensure maximum customer satisfaction and demonstrate effective and efficient performance of project work activities on complex project level.

This candidate will be responsible for the deliverables, processes and completion of projects including duties such as completion of well written performance plans.

Represent client/Transource with industrial customers, vendors, and regulators as assigned projects dictate.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business or related field of study with five (5) years qualified experience or, two-year Associate’s degree in the same required disciplines with seven (7) years of qualified experience (see below).

Experience must exhibit increasing project management and business/financial administration activities and responsibilities. Trained in areas of construction safety, negotiations, scope development and control, cost estimating, construction contracting, project controls and reporting, quality control, risk management. IT PM experience is not a good fit for this position. May consider Telecom PM experience if heavy in construction.

Licenses/Certifications: Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification encouraged

• Provide effective leadership, team building and meeting management as outlined in PMBOK and the AEP leadership competencies and values. Demonstrate a high level of ability, motivation, and attitude in leading a team and a project to successful conclusion.
• Demonstrated understanding of CPM scheduling techniques and schedule management. Primavera P6 experience preferred.
• Effective and compelling communication, including the use of effective listening, with all stakeholders including team members, sponsors, management and senior management.
• Apply economic analysis techniques and business acumen in project decision making and ensure alignment of project and company financial goals.
• Influence the Engineering & Design, Procurement, Contracting, Estimating, and Construction procedures and processes to optimize a project. Identify opportunities for business process improvement within project scope.
• Apply working knowledge of PMBOK Project Management tools and techniques.
• Provide strategic thinking, planning, risk assessment and prioritization of project activities. Globally view the project from all angles such as safety, constructability, sequence, changing conditions, contingencies, contractual, predictability, level of priority, sense of direction and sense of productivity to quickly identify and to avoid or to mitigate project risks. Demonstrates sound decision making practices.
• Provide organization of project activities, delegate project task assignments, confidently set team requirements and expectations, manage deliverables and hold team members accountable. Provide constructive feedback to project team members.
• Effectively prioritize and manage conflict to provide solutions to issues that maximize synergies with an overriding goal to do the "right thing" for the company. Take timely independent action and know when to elevate an issue.
• Proficient in scope management, utilization of risk balanced technical options, and project risk management.
• Proficient in contract development and management with acceptable allocation of risks within the terms of the contract.
• Evaluate and determine the skill sets and capabilities of team members then make recommendations and/or provide constructive feedback to ensure project success. Demonstrated ability to effectively lead cross-functional teams to plan and execute projects.
• Act with integrity by demonstrating accountability for project assignments.
• Seek input from Subject Matter Experts by asking the right questions.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $38.50 - $58.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Columbus, OH: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Project management: 7 years (Preferred)
• Primavera P6: 7 years (Preferred)
• Construction management: 7 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• PMP (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

Salary : $39 - $59