Associate Project Manager I

Mesa Associates • Knoxville, TN

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About The Position

Mesa is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Associate Project Manager I to join its Power Delivery Substations engineering team. The role supports, monitors, and manages power delivery design projects, including substation projects, material ordering and tracking, stakeholder coordination, and project delivery. The objective is to achieve project goals while following business processes and applicable procedures and meeting customer expectations and project requirements.

The position requires working knowledge of power industry practices, standards, and processes; independent judgment; strong verbal and written communication; and the ability to work with minimal supervision with support from an experienced design team. The role also involves overseeing broad-scope projects with medium- to long-term focus and resolving complex problems independently under the direction of a program manager or project lead.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field from an accredited curriculum.
• Knowledge of power utility substation design projects.
• Ability to manage a large portfolio of projects and respond quickly to requests for updates.
• Ability to interpret written or documented scopes of work, schedules, and related project design and construction criteria, and guide others in applying them to engineering design.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Solid verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate and interface with stakeholders at a high professional level.
• Strong interpersonal skills for building effective working relationships.
• Strong capability in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and scheduling software.
• Working knowledge of corporate accounting practices and business operations.
• Willingness to develop, promote, and comply with Mesa safety requirements.
• Willingness to attend meetings at substations and participate in client engagement meetings while following Mesa and client safety protocols.

Responsibilities

• Support assigned project teams to achieve project goals and objectives and follow business processes and applicable procedures.
• Complete project planning documents, including project execution plans, project initiation documentation, communication plans, and RFI logs, and identify opportunities to improve operations and process efficiency.
• Assist project teams in monitoring and tracking schedules and budgets while meeting customer expectations and project requirements.
• Identify, document, and resolve changes that affect schedule and budget performance.
• Identify, document, assign, and track project issues through resolution.
• Identify and resolve potential risks and develop and monitor risk plans.
• Keep project status reporting systems current with actions and changes on assigned projects.
• Assist program managers and project leads with controlling project expenditures and schedule performance to fulfill requirements and support satisfactory budget performance.
• Work with project coordinators and project controllers to forecast spending and accruals.
• Communicate project statuses, budgets, and improvement opportunities to cross-functional teams across multiple programs.
• Assist design teams with technical issues, coordinate design and construction activities and technical information flow, and track and resolve action items and information requests.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and support material ordering and tracking for substation projects.

What This Job Offers

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