Associate Enterprise Project Manager

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Associate Enterprise Project Manager

Portland General Electric is seeking an experienced Associate Enterprise Project Manager to join our team and play a critical role in shaping the company's regulatory outcomes. As the energy landscape continues to evolve, we are engaged in a growing number of complex and high-impact proceedings before the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC), and we need a skilled project manager to help us navigate them effectively.

In this role, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating regulatory proceedings from start to finish, ensuring that our work products are of the highest quality and that we maintain strong relationships with the Commission and key stakeholders. While knowledge of the utility industry and regulatory processes is a plus, we are primarily looking for a candidate with a strong project management background and the ability to quickly learn the specifics of our business and regulatory environment.

If you are a motivated and detail-oriented professional looking for an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the energy sector, we encourage you to apply!

Job Function Summary Plans, overseas, and implements new initiatives and projects.

Key Job Information

Intermediate: Requires expanded professional-level knowledge and experience in own area; incumbents continue to acquire higher-level knowledge and skills.

• Expands on high-level knowledge of the company, processes and customers.
• Solves a range of more complex problems.
• Analyzes possible solutions using advanced knowledge and applying protocols.
• Operate independently and receive only a moderate level of guidance and direction.

Key Responsibilities

Project Consultation and Planning

Responsible for leading minor-sized regulatory dockets. The function includes coordination with regulatory and business SME’s in the development of the filing, discovery management, responsive testimonies or comments, settlement planning and OPUC Order implementation.

• Performs project management activities in support of a major or enterprise-wide project managed by a senior project manager (PM).
• Consults with operations managers to ensure strategic alignment, cost effectiveness and mitigation of negative operational and/or customer service impacts of business initiatives and projects; works with project sponsor to develop objectives and scope; assists in or develops business case/justification.
• Develops project plan(s) including WBS, schedule and cost baselines, dependencies and project roles and resource requirements; identifies project risks and mitigation strategies; partners and strategizes with Supply Chain, Legal, IT and project sponsor on vendor contract negotiations.

• Participates with PM(s) in developing project planning documents such as charter, business case/justification, budget, work breakdown structure (WBS), schedule and cost baselines, dependencies and project roles and resource requirements; identifies project risks and mitigation strategies.

Team Leadership

• Leads single-project team in completing a project. Provides staff leadership to team members; facilitates team meetings, cultivates and reinforces group values, norms and behaviors; provides guidance and motivation to team on performance and productivity issues; ensures compliance with established project management methodologies and standards; takes corrective action as needed.
• Acts as liaison between PM and team(s). Provides guidance in support of or on behalf of PM. Coordinates meetings and documents action items; administers and instructs team(s) on SharePoint and/or other team collaboration tools; monitors team(s) compliance with project management methodologies and standards; recommends correction as needed.

Project Controls

• Establishes and maintains formal controls to manage and monitor project budget, scope, quality, schedule and risks to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget and effectively. Negotiates necessary project changes with project sponsor. Maintains, adjusts and updates project plans as needed.
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