Staff or Senior Construction Project/Program 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.

Summary 

Project Management, Construction at PGE uses one scalable project management methodology to manage various types of construction projects and/or programs from new construction to major capital upgrades through the design, engineering procurement, construction, and commissioning phases of the project.  It requires working with large teams of subject matter experts and coordinating their activities from cradle to grave through schedules, forecasts, meetings, and reporting. 

In this role, you will manage various small to large scale, utility projects and/or programs across distribution, substation, transmission, facilities, communication, generation and interconnection. You must have experience with complex budget and schedule development, RFP and bid processes, and contractor management.  If you have successfully managed complex electric utility projects and have a customer focus, we hope to speak with you. 

Our team is well recognized across PGE for our ability to lead challenging projects and programs on time and on budget! 

*This position is open to both a Senior/p4 Project/Program Manager or a Staff/p3 level.  The level will be determine based on the successful applicant’s qualification, experience, and demonstrated skills during the interview process. See determining qualifications below. 

Career Level Summary 

Staff: Career -   

• Requires in-depth knowledge and experience   
• Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services   
• Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective using existing solutions   
• Works independently; receives minimal guidance  
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience 

Senior: Specialist – 

• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise  
• Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices  
• Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions 
• Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations 
• May lead functional teams or projects 

Key Responsibilities 

Staff: 

• Specialization: Manages small- to large -scale transmission and distribution (T&D) or generation capital construction activities. Manages long- and short-term utility infrastructure development, repair, upgrade, and replacement programs and oversees associated projects.  
• Program Development and Planning:  May develop program processes, activities and priorities that support long-term strategic asset management, distribution engineering, utility asset management and other engineering goals for small- to medium-scale programs. May identify long-term and short-term resources required to meet program goals, creates strategic actions for program direction, develops and implements new policies for resource management and plans, organizes and implements programs.  
• Serves as program project manager with responsibility for meeting program goals for safety, budget, schedule, scope, resources, compliance, and quality and ensuring programs deliver quality and value to the customer while meeting environmental, cultural and community requirements. 

• Project Development and Planning: Serves as project manager for medium- to large-scale generation, substation, transmission, and distribution projects. Has responsibility for all aspects of a project, including development, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout. PM is accountable for meeting a project’s goals for safety, budget, schedule, scope, resources, compliance, and quality and ensuring projects deliver quality and value to the customer while meeting environmental, cultural and community requirements. 
• Develops technical specifications, prepares requests for proposals (RFPs) and evaluates bids with the review of a more senior PM. 
• Develops overall project plan, including schedule and cost baselines, dependencies, roles and resource requirements and risk mitigation. 

• Program/Project Management: Accountable for effectively managing programs/projects to