Project Manager III / IV - New Renewable Generation Construction

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Summary

Project Manager III / IV - New Renewable Generation Construction – The APS Project Manager – New Renewable Generation Construction has oversight for large-scale solar and/or energy storage projects that have significant and broad financial and/or operational impact across one or more business units or enterprise-wide. 

You are responsible for:

• Manages and oversees the management of multi-year projects or projects with highly compressed schedules.
• Leads large, cross-functional, multi-disciplinary project teams which may include other Project Managers.
• Stakeholders may include PNW Board of Directors, external agencies and public officials.
• Project budgets are typically between $75,000,000 to $200,000,000.
• Projects involve significant financial/operational risk and/or innovative or industry changing technology and are identified as high/extreme complexity as defined within the APS Project Complexity guidelines.
• Communicates status updates and results to senior executives, enterprise-wide stakeholders and, at times, PNW Board of Directors and external stakeholders

Minimum Requirements

Project Manager III - New Renewable Generation Construction

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Information Systems or related field
• OR an equivalent combination of college coursework and experience as a Project Manager or related responsibilities defining and/or managing project scopes, timelines, budgets and delivery equaling four (4) years,
• AND Eight (8) years related project management experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required (any exception requires Project Management peer group approval and the employee must acquire PMP certification within 12 months of hire).

Project Manager IV - New Renewable Generation Construction

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or Civil Engineering preferred but not required, Construction Management, Information Systems or related field OR an equivalent combination of college coursework and experience as a Project Manager or related responsibilities defining and/or managing project scopes, timelines, budgets and delivery equaling four (4) years
• AND twelve (12) years related project management experience.
• Eight (8) years work experience on large solar and/or energy storage projects.
• PMP certification is required.
• FE/EIT or Arizona PE licensure preferred but not required.
• Ability to lead procurement of long lead materials, equipment, and/or services for large thermal generation projects.
• Applicant should be able to periodically travel to industry conferences, manufacturing facilities, etc. to remain current on products/services, industry trends, lessons learned, etc.
• Applicant must periodically travel to project sites to monitor construction progress, facilitate meetings, etc. 

Additional Experience

• Experience managing large, complex, high impact projects.
• Extensive understanding of project management processes, principles and methodologies.
• Advanced functional/technical knowledge of the business units line of business, practices, and procedures may be preferred or required.
• Strong critical thinking and creativity skills along with the ability to exercise sound judgment by making decisions based on accurate and timely analyses.
• Able to understand needs and values of stakeholders and team members and apply that understanding to motivate behaviors and results.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with all levels of personnel and other departments.
• Experience in directing multi-discipline teams.
• Demonstrated leadership, project management and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication, negotiation, and people management skills.
• Adapts to changing environment, shifting priorities and uncertainty.
   

Major Accountabilities

1) Plans and successfully executes large, cross-functional, multi-disciplinary, high-impact projects. Develops comprehensive execution plans in accordance with internal process methodologies.
2) Presents comprehensive project plan to project sponsors and management. Obtains all necessary stakeholder support and sponsor and executive approvals.
3) Oversees and leads project planning, resourcing, staffing, progress reporting, people management, vendor relationships and troubleshooting. Performs high-level negotiation with internal/external stakeh