Associate Enterprise Project Manager

Portland General Electric • Portland, OR

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Portland General Electric is seeking an Associate Enterprise Project Manager to help manage complex regulatory proceedings before the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) and support major or enterprise-wide projects. The role leads minor-sized regulatory dockets from start to finish, coordinating with regulatory and business subject matter experts on filings, discovery, testimony or comments, settlement planning, and implementation of OPUC orders. It also supports senior project managers on larger projects and works to ensure high-quality work products and effective relationships with the Commission and other stakeholders.

The position plans and monitors projects, supports project teams, manages stakeholders and communications, and contributes to business process improvement. The successful candidate will apply project management methods and standards, maintain project controls and documentation, and help improve organizational project management capabilities. Utility-industry and regulatory-process knowledge is a plus; the posting emphasizes project management experience and the ability to learn the company's business and regulatory environment.

This role is classified as intermediate and operates independently with moderate guidance. It requires regular full-time attendance, a variable schedule, occasional on-call work, and the ability to work long hours and during severe inclement weather. Work includes computer use throughout the shift and activity in office, plant, and field environments. Travel is frequent within the service territory and occasional overnight inside or outside it. Assistance during storms or other company emergencies is part of the position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, psychology, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Typically two or more years of experience in project management or a related field, such as scheduling, project coordination, or business analysis.
• Valid driver’s license and a history of safe driving practices.
• Working knowledge of project management methodologies, standards, and knowledge areas, including scope, quality, time, cost, communication, procurement, human resources, and risk management.
• Working knowledge of software including MS Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access, Visio, Maximo, and Power Plant.
• Working knowledge of the Project Profile system and PGE email system.
• Working knowledge of business process reengineering, continuous improvement methods, systems thinking, group problem-solving, consensus building, and Six Sigma or similar methodologies.
• Ability to listen effectively, write technical and business requirements, and communicate persuasively in writing and orally, including negotiation and presentation skills.
• Basic consulting skills and working analytical thinking, stakeholder management, business acumen, change leadership, conflict management, decision-making, facilitation, negotiation, problem-solving, and risk management skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines and accuracy standards, collaborate effectively, communicate and solve problems under stress, adapt to change, and apply feedback and learning to work tasks.
• Ability to work long hours and a variable schedule, work on-call, report to work during severe inclement weather, and consistently meet regular, reliable, predictable full-time attendance standards.
• Ability to travel daily within the service territory and occasionally overnight inside or outside the service territory.
• Ability to use a computer regularly for the entire work shift and lift, push, pull, or carry up to 10 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• PMP certification preferred.
• Knowledge of the utility industry and regulatory processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead minor-sized regulatory dockets, coordinating filings, discovery, responsive testimony or comments, settlement planning, and implementation of OPUC orders.
• Perform project management activities supporting major or enterprise-wide projects managed by a senior project manager.
• Consult with operations managers on strategic alignment, cost effectiveness, and mitigation of operational or customer-service impacts; work with project sponsors to develop objectives, scope, and business cases.
• Develop project plans, including work breakdown structures, schedules, cost baselines, dependencies, roles, resource requirements, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Participate in developing project charters, business cases, budgets, schedules, cost baselines, and other planning documents.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Legal, IT, and project sponsors on vendor contract negotiations.
• Lead a single-project team, provide staff leadership and guidance, facilitate meetings, reinforce team values, address performance and productivity issues, and ensure compliance with project management standards.
• Act as a liaison between project managers and teams; coordinate meetings, document action items, and support use of SharePoint or other collaboration tools.
• Establish and maintain controls for project budget, scope, quality, schedule, and risks; negotiate project changes with sponsors and update plans as needed.
• Monitor project plans and budgets, track action items and issues, and alert project managers to significant variances or potential scope increases.
• Develop communication plans and strategies, and provide timely and accurate project updates to stakeholders.
• Prepare project communications, including progress reports, proposals, and presentations.
• Lead or facilitate business process improvement activities, help identify and improve processes and policies, and assist with establishing process controls.
• Contribute to process improvement and benchmarking through best-practice research, process mapping, gap analyses, and identification of improvement opportunities.
• Research and document business-system user requirements and facilitate process improvement sessions as requested.
• Catalogue and securely archive project documents, maintain document repositories, and file lessons learned and project artifacts.
• Partner with project managers and peers to improve organizational project management competencies.

Benefits

• PGE offers a total rewards package intended to reward employee contributions and support well-being and professional development.
• Compensation includes a performance-based incentive bonus and is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity.

What This Job Offers

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