Sr PM - Major Construction

Job Title: Sr PM - Major Construction

Department:  Projects

Reports to: Manager - Projects Unit
Location: In Office,  Augusta ME

The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from: $114,332.80 - $142,916

JOB SUMMARY:

Scope of Work - Main duties, settings, geography, reporting relationships, other relationships:

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for coordinating activities between several customer funded projects, located in Maine, by managing resource requirements, priorities, investment plans, project execution strategy and internal/external resource requirements. Customer funded projects originate from ISO Queue and transmission level load additions.

Responsibility includes meeting customer goals for interconnection, managing Construction Work in Progress, and energization of projects. Must manage team performance to maximize the effectiveness of customer funded project delivery considering the environment, operating efficiency, regulatory, CWIP and operational needs.

Represents the company in regulatory and public forums. Coordinate activities of project team members including engineers, construction managers, and external contractors. Facilitates the work of external contractors and other internal business areas. Holds contractors accountable for performance. Holds project team members accountable for results. Provides technical advice to senior management when required.  Responsible for the overall project control and reporting, providing leadership and coordination of the scheduling, cost controlling and reporting processes and functions. Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within budget and in conformance to quality and engineering standards.

MAJOR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Scope of work - range of responsibilities):

• Provides technical expertise and leadership on various Company projects and programs. The initial focus of this position will be to manage customer funded projects associated with new or expanded loads or new or expanded generator interconnections.

• Supports Customer Representatives and Interconnections teams in the planning and development of agreements with customers.

• Administers contracts including preparation and approval of change orders when appropriate. May participate in contract negotiations when necessary.

• Interfacing with municipal stakeholders and local permitting agencies

• Works within the project unit, managing internal and external project resources.

• Oversees project budgets. Analyzes project performance and initiates actions to control scope, schedule and cost performance. Proactive approach to overseeing work measures progress and takes actions to ensure budgets and deadlines are achieved. Approves project plans, executes contract strategies to undertake work and controls and authorizes expenditures. Initiates actions to ensure compliance with a project management and quality management processes and procedures.

• Assures that projects are completed within the approved scope, schedule and budget

• Coordinates with other departments, consultants, attorneys, utilities, municipal stakeholders and local permitting agencies, regulatory agencies, government agencies, and major customers. May represent the company and testify in regulatory hearings or at Federal, State, local agency or municipal meetings.

• Considers innovative ways to undertake work, promoting automation and efficiencies in day to day work streams

• Provides recommendations on policies and goals desired and implements new/revised processes and procedures according to established guidelines

• Informs management and project teams regarding cost and schedule performance variances and corrective action required.

• Responsible for ensuring the risk control system is utilized.

• Responsible for Risk definition, cost, and the Mitigation Action analysis.

• Continually monitors individual progress to insure meeting of specific deadlines.

• Participates in project team scheduling and budgetary planning processes.

• Responsible for Project accountability overview, making sure that it complies with FERC, NERC and any other applicable regulation.

• Attendance to Cost & Schedule Meetings

• Attendance to Executive management meetings, providing and presenting reports and cost-schedule-risk views as required.

• Communicate with customers the requirements for interconnection and any changes to scope, schedule or budget.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure their needs ar