Transmission Line / Substation Project Manager

Company: PFES
Location: Detroit
Posted on: January 16, 2022

Job Description:

Job Description:
PFES has multiple opportunities for Power Delivery Project Managers. This will be a challenging role in which you will often be involved in the entire scope of the project from initiation through close-out. Our Project Managers play an important role in the growth of our Project Management Services and are responsible for the successful initiation, planning, execution, control and close-out of major electric transmission, distribution and substation projects. The successful candidate must have exceptional leadership skills and possess the ability to successfully navigate through and resolve complex and oftentimes multi-functional challenges associated with large projects.This candidate will need to have worked on electrical transmission projects in the pastand will be working on substation (relay upgrades, breakers, station expansion, new greenfield substations) and transmission line projects (sag remediation, modify curtain capacity requirements, pole replacement, rebuilds and new lines)
Responsibilities--- Provide strategic project management leadership for large and complex electric substationprojects--- Responsible for leading projects through all internal and external processes, and navigate theproject life cycle--- Responsible for the overall management of the project scope, schedule, and cost--- Accountable for key project decision-making--- Manages a collaborative project team to ensure each key functional project discipline is meetingthe planned project scope, schedule, and cost--- Lead overall project - coaching, conflict resolution, facilitation, motivation, and negotiation--- Responsible for leading project meetings--- Accountable to develop, update and manage the project plan associated with the project life cycle--- Coordinate communication and provides status updates to stakeholders as required--- Assess project risk and proactively develop mitigation plans--- Proactively manages project requests for information and action items--- Ensure availability or seeks out adequate resources to support the project--- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of workSkill Sets--- Proficient in analyzing problems, identifying alternative solutions, project consequences ofproposed actions and implement recommendations to support project scope, schedule and costobjectives--- Demonstrates excellent leadership, verbal/written communications, time management,interpersonal and organizational skills--- Consistently produces results that meet goals, has high work standards, and understands thebusiness environment and processes--- Achieves results by problem-solving, setting priorities and organization--- Strives for individual excellence by seeking challenges and self-development, demonstrating highlevels of expertise and showing commitment, self-confidence, and integrityQualifications--- Bachelor's Degree required
Proprietary and Confidential, -- 2012 PFES - 800 Hillgrove Avenue, Suite 201, Western Springs, IL 60558--- Minimum of 10 years of electric utility substation project management experience required--- PMP Certificate desired--- Demonstrate the ability to be organized and work on multiple projects and meet deadlines bysetting priorities--- Must be able to prepare clear and concise status updates and reports as required--- Proven experience in Microsoft Software Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project)

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