Project Controls Manager - Capital Projects

Position Overview

Must have 10+ years of experience with scheduling and cost controls.  Specific software experience using MS Project or P6 Primavera for scheduling and resource management and proficient in Excel.  This position requires strong scheduling integration abilities of project team members and other departments.  Electrical utility and substation project experience is preferred.  Competencies required involve strong communication skills, ability to influence (without authority), and relationship/team building.

Responsibilities

• Perform project support and work planning scheduling services for the Transmission & Distribution areas
• Learns and uses written and/or historical knowledge procedures, processes, and workflows to develop reports that communicate the System Protection department’s work plan near, mid, and long-term internally and externally. 
• Maintain department’s work plan and continue to integrate other departments, other data sources such as the Engineering Department’s Project Status Report (PSR)
• Seeks inputs and changes affecting the work plan and ensures these are reviewed, accepted and then updates work plan appropriately. 
• Monitors and communicates department’s project specific tasks, inputs required, and durations needed of work plan Project Managers during Project Plan development
• Develops process for collecting data related to department trends and provides input to continuous improvement ideas
• Creates program reports for 
• Review communication of department’s status and assists with the communication of this status with project managers, stakeholders, and management.
• Provides accurate and timely dissemination of information based on inputs developed and received.
• Provides a high level of customer service and fosters team building. Builds strong relationships with peers, stakeholders and management.
• Works with the project stakeholders to capture and document the business requirements of the department and desired end-state.
• Builds schedule templates specifically for System Protection’s use (not Project Team templates).  
• Utilizes staff integration of inputs required, durations of tasks, and resources required for specific tasks to be communicated to project teams.

Qualifications

Degree in Project Management, Business, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent work experience is preferred.

Company Overview

Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has nearly 1,600 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

EEO

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