Project Manager - Major Project Job Family

Project Manager – Major Projects Job Family 

This posting represents three levels within the Project Manager – Major Projects job family (Assistant Project Manager, Project Manager, and Senior Project Manager). The level at which the successful candidate is hired will be determined based on their experience, education, qualifications, and demonstrated competencies. 

Project Manager is accountable for all aspects of project life cycle management, including accurate budgeting and forecasting, combined with effective planning and execution for designated projects within the Generation and Transmission Major Projects organization.  Projects managed by this organization typically range from ~$5M to $500M in total spend. This team performs large and complex projects or engineering studies for NIPSCO which includes projects supporting electric generation, electric transmission, environmental remediation, and other scopes of work of larger size or with higher complexity. Projects are typically first of their kind for NIPSCO and almost always multi-year.  The Project Manager requires proactive leadership to integrate and collaborate with both internal and external project stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes. 

Essential Functions – All Levels 

• Initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control, and transition projects to customers to ensure project objectives are achieved 

• Integrate project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, procurement, and human resource management to deliver successful project outcomes 

• Apply quality and risk management processes to ensure customer satisfaction and delivery of project objectives 

• Manage projects in accordance with industry best practices, organizational process assets, and Project Management Guidelines and Standards 

• Apply project governance to ensure safety and environmental objectives are achieved 

• Effectively engage and manage internal and external project stakeholders using structured communication strategies 

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to support safe, efficient, and high-quality project delivery 

Assistant Project Manager – Major Projects 

(In addition to the Essential Functions – All Levels) 

• Employ project integration processes to support effective project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and control 

• Integrate product life-cycle components with non-product objectives such as safety, cost, schedule, and human resources 

• Apply cost and schedule management fundamentals to support project delivery 

• Utilize NIPSCO risk management and human resource tools to support project teams and contractor performance 

• Support stakeholder engagement and issue resolution activities 

Requirements – Assistant Project Manager 

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and 5+ years of heavy industrial PM work experience 

• Entry-level to developing experience supporting project management ac