Associate Construction Project/Program Manager

Portland General Electric Company • Portland, OR

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all. Summary Project Management, Construction at PGE uses a scalable project management methodology to deliver critical infrastructure projects that support safe, reliable, and affordable energy for our customers. Our team manages projects through the full lifecycle—from planning and design through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout—while partnering with diverse teams of technical experts, contractors, and stakeholders. A As an Associate Project Manager, you will support and lead utility construction projects of varying size and complexity across transmission, distribution, substations, generation, communications, facilities, and renewable energy resources. This role is ideal for a project-oriented professional who enjoys driving work forward, building relationships, coordinating multiple priorities, and ensuring commitments are delivered safely, on time, and within budget. We're looking for a strong communicator and accountable self-starter with a foundation in formal project management principles and experience working in construction, infrastructure, energy, or utility environments. Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to manage schedules, budgets, project documentation, stakeholder communications, and project risks while supporting successful project execution. Experience supporting renewable energy projects, electric utility infrastructure, transmission line projects, permitting activities, contractor management, and capital project delivery is highly valued. This is an excellent opportunity for an emerging project manager to develop the skills, business acumen, and leadership capabilities needed to grow into larger and more complex capital project management roles at PGE. Our team is recognized across the company for delivering challenging projects safely, collaboratively, and successfully.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, business or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Typically, 3 or more years of experience in project management, construction management or engineering or a related field; utility experience highly preferred.
• CAPM or PMP certification preferred
• Intermediate knowledge and skill in the application of project management principles, processes and best practices.
• Intermediate knowledge of the principles, concepts and methods used in engineering, construction and maintenance.
• Intermediate knowledge of construction estimating, risk management, scope control, communication management, procurement and contract management.
• Intermediate knowledge of budget and resource forecasting principles and methods.
• Intermediate knowledge of utility infrastructure.
• Intermediate knowledge of work management systems, i.e. , Maximo .
• Intermediate knowledge of utility accounting and budgeting.
• Intermediate knowledge of and skill in using MS Project, Word, PowerPoint and SharePoint.
• Intermediate knowledge of utility-scale construction programs/projects, including feasibility, estimating and scheduling.
• Working knowledge of applicable policies, rules, regulations and codes in the utility engineering field.
• Advanced skill in using corporate financial reporting software (e.g., PowerPlant ).
• Intermediate ability to manage stakeholders.
• Intermediate analytical thinking skills.
• Intermediate business acumen.
• Intermediate business process interrelationships skills.
• Intermediate conflict management skills .
• Intermediate decision-making skills.
• Intermediate negotiation skills.
• Advanced organization/prioritization skills.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.
• Intermediate team-building skills.
• Advanced written/oral communication skills.
• Consistent use of relevant principles to solve practical problems and to deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks
• Ability to follow accuracy standards
• Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks
• Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment
• Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress
• Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change
• Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback
• Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement
• Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks
• Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization
• Demonstrates sound memory
• Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks
• Ability to work long hours
• Ability to work a variable schedule
• Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather
• Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance
• Does the job require a valid driver’s license? Yes
• Driving/travel/commute Daily within service territory
• Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)
• Lifting/pushing/pulling (check appropriate weight ): Up to 10 lb

Nice To Haves

• utility experience highly preferred
• CAPM or PMP certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading small-scale generation, transmission or distribution project(s) OR performs project management activities in support of large-scale project(s) managed by a more senior PM
• May support development of program processes, activities and priorities that support long-term strategic asset management, distribution engineering, utility asset management and other engineering goals for small- to medium-scale programs; may support the identification of long-term and short-term resources required to meet program goals, creates strategic actions for program direction, develops and implements new policies for resource management and plans, organizes and implements programs; serves as program project manager (PPM) with responsibility for meeting program goals for safety, budget, schedule, scope, resources, compliance and quality and ensuring programs deliver quality and value to the customer while meeting environmental, cultural and community requirements.
• Serves as project manager (PM) for small-scale generation, substation, transmission and/or distribution projects. Has responsibility for all aspects of a project, including development, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and closeout. PM is accountable for meeting a project’s goals for safety, budget, schedule, scope, resources, compliance and quality and ensuring projects deliver quality and value to the customer while meeting environmental, cultural and community requirements; may assist development of project processes, activities and priorities that support long-term strategic asset management, distribution engineering, utility asset management and other engineering goals for small- to large-scale projects; under the guidance of a more senior PM, develops technical specifications, prepares requests for proposals (RFPs) and evaluates bids; develops, with guidance, overall project plan, including schedule and cost baselines, dependencies, roles and resource requirements and risk mitigation
• Accountable for effectively managing programs/projects to meet goals for safety, budget, schedule, scope, resources, compliance and quality; determines and applies appropriate project controls; integrates project control processes between various PGE organizations; identifies important and critical cost and schedule issues or concerns to work groups and assists in resolution. Monitors activities relating to permitting, engineering, procurement and construction.
• Communicates program/project updates via regular stakeholder meetings, formal reports , formal presentations and regular electronic communications; ensures updates achieve effective corporate awareness. Accurately reports on program/project status, schedules, financials, problems, risks and other significant issues. Resolves customer issues as applicable.
• Leads a multidisciplined matrix team in a safe, cost- effective and responsible manner. Provides staff leadership to team members; ensures effective coordination and collaboration among team members and between PGE stakeholder organizations, outside consultants and vendors. Facilitates team meetings; cultivates and reinforces group values, norms and behaviors; provides guidance and motivation to team on performance and productivity issues; ensures compliance with established project management methodologies and standards; takes corrective action as needed
• Represents and protects PGE’s interests in negotiations with government agencies, utilities and property owners and during public meetings. Meets with and keeps agencies and local officials abreast of program/project status.

Benefits

• Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity.
• PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level