Project Manager Power - Substation and T&D

The Opportunity

Ulteig Engineers has an opportunity for a Project Manager. This will be a challenging role in which you will be involved in the entire scope of projects from initiation through close-out.  The Project Manager will be responsible for the successful initiation, planning, execution, control and close-out of major electrical utility transmission projects. The successful candidate must have exceptional leadership skills and possess the ability to effectively navigate and resolve complex and oftentimes multi-functional challenges associated with large projects.

What You’ll Do

• Provide strategic project management leadership for large and complex electrical utility transmission projects
• Responsible for leading projects through all internal and external processes, and navigate the project life cycle
• Responsible for the overall management of the project scope, schedule, and budget
• Accountable for key project decision-making
• Manages a collaborative project team to ensure each key functional project discipline is meeting the planned project scope, schedule, and cost
• Lead the overall project – coaching, conflict resolution, facilitation, motivation, and negotiation
• Responsible for leading project meetings
• Accountable to develop, update and manage the project plan associated with the project life cycle
• Coordinate communication and provides status updates to stakeholders as required
• Assess project risk and proactively develop mitigation plans
• Proactively manages project requests for information and action items
• Work collaboratively with the Project Controls group to ensure project schedules and costs are managed and tracking to plan
• Ensure availability or seeks out adequate resources to support the project
• Responsible for ensuring that Ulteig quality processes are adhered to throughout the duration of the project
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
• Maintains client focus to meet or exceed client expectations and represent Ulteig in a professional and courteous manner
• Manage subcontractors - Develop and submit RFP, review SOW, create PO, review received invoices, manage subcontractor EVM
• Proficient in analyzing problems, identifying alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations to support project scope, schedule and cost objectives
• Demonstrates excellent leadership, verbal/written communications, time management, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Consistently produces results that meet goals, has high work standards, and understands the business environment and processes
• Achieves results by problem-solving, setting priorities and organization
• Strives for individual excellence by seeking challenges and self-development, demonstrating high levels of expertise and showing commitment, self-confidence, and integrity

What We Expect from You

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
• 5 or more years of utility electric transmission and substation project management experience
• Ability to work independently
• PMP Certification Preferred
• Ability to read and understand contracts
• Ability to understand and speak to utility electric transmission engineering design and construction
• Experience in Microsoft Project and/or P6 preferred
• Proven experience in Microsoft Software Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project)
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects and meet deadlines by setting priorities
• Must be able to prepare clear and concise status updates and reports as required
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including conflict negotiation/resolution and stakeholder engagement
• Ability to establish and maintain highly effective working relationships with multiple and multidiscipline stakeholders
• Ability to travel up to 10% and must be able to travel to project sites as required
• Ensure adherence to Ulteig’s and client’s QA/QC programs
• Report, track, and resolve non-conformance issues
• Must have permanent work authorization for the US

As you consider applying for a position at Ulteig, we encourage you to think outside the box – because we do! You might not meet 100% of the skills listed in a description, but we are committed to hiring people with exceptional talent, ability and potential, and then creating an environment where they can become the best versions of themselves. We don’t want to miss out on the possibility of speaking with the next outstanding Ulteig team member, so please apply if you thi