Senior Project Manager

Minimum Pay Rate: $132,080.00 

Maximum Pay Rate: $174,928.00 

Civil Service Status: Civil Service 

Apply by Date: 02/23/2024 

Posting Type: Open 

 

The Operations Project Management Office (Operations PMO) comprises a variety of Project Portfolios spanning multiple functional areas within the Energy Delivery and Operations business unit (ED&O). These functional areas include Distribution Planning and Operations, Line Assets, Substations, Telecom and Metering, and Environmental, Safety, and Real Estate Services. The PMO's responsibilities include Portfolio, Project, and Program Management, as well as Operations Support to help achieve operational goals and SMUD's 2030 vision. Each year, the functional areas within ED&O initiate and oversee many complex, multi-year, multi-million-dollar, construction projects which fall within the Operations PMO's portfolio. Additionally, the PMO oversees several key process improvement and business transformation projects.

 

The PMO is seeking qualified candidates for a Senior Project Manager Position which will provide expertise and leadership to help develop and operationalize processes to oversee these large-scale construction projects. The Senior Project Manager will also be responsible for managing multi-functional, enterprise-wide projects (both construction and non-construction) and mentoring junior colleagues. The Senior PM position will interface with multiple departments within SMUD, build partnerships, help drive decision making, facilitate collaboration, and provide the required visibility and insights to improve project delivery.

Purpose

Provides project management expertise and services in assigned area including to plan, organize, manage, coordinate, and execute activities and projects to ensure adequate, reliable, efficient, and cost effective systems and projects for SMUD.

Nature and Scope

Serves as a technical or functional expert or consultant providing expertise and/or direction in one or more areas of a professional discipline and assumes responsibility for resolving complex problems and overseeing complex projects. May also serve in a Lead role and assist in planning, coordinating, prioritizing, monitoring, and evaluating the work results in assigned area and in selecting, training, motivating, evaluating, and developing lower-level personnel.

 

This role typically oversees or leads one or more large, complex projects. Or supervise PMs and a team supporting portfolios. Substations, Data Co-Lo, Large Overhauls Power Generations. Manages enterprise/OAT projects with budgets in excess of $10,000,000.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages activities and projects in assigned area; develops necessary project plans, cost estimates, project budgets, work breakdowns and schedules, and project summary descriptions and justifications for department, SMUD, and/or multi-utility or agency review.
• Ensures integrated planning and cooperation by internal/external partners or stakeholders to support successful completion of assigned projects; coordinates project planning with other departments and entities through meetings and shared written and oral reporting and communications; provides leadership and coordination with other utilities and agencies as required.
• Ensures the availability of timely and accurate project planning information on SMUD projects; collects, verifies, organizes, and maintains data; prepares and provides written summaries, reports, and recommendations for SMUD projects; responds verbally or in writing to routine and time-critical inquiries on projects from SMUD Board, regulatory bodies, other utilities, public agencies, and other SMUD departments.
• Ensures assigned work activities successfully contribute to the overall completion of department projects; plans, coordinates, prioritizes, monitors, guides, reviews, and conducts work activities associated with department internal/external projects in accordance with established task objectives and schedule as outlined in the project plans.
• Ensures that project team members and contractors work methods, technical methodologies, and problem-solving methods meet SMUD policies and quality standards and contract terms; provides project guidance to project team members and contractors to develop unique solutions that address new or difficult problems on projects; directs preparation of verbal and written reports on technical problems.
• Represents SMUD's positions, priorities, and interests on multi-agency projects and to various industry, government, interest groups, and regulatory bodies.
• Provides leadership and direction for assigned tasks in order to meet defined unit goals and schedules and comply with SMUD schedule, quality, quantity, safety, and performance standards; plans, coordinates, prioritizes, monitors, and guides work ac