Associate Project Manager, Project Leader, or Project Manager

PPL Corporation•Allentown, PA

22h

About The Position

PPL Electric Utilities is hiring for Associate Project Manager, Project Leader, or Project Manager roles supporting capital and maintenance projects in transmission, distribution, and substations. The Associate Project Manager is the single point of accountability for small to routine medium projects and may also support individual program projects or other project managers. The Project Leader is accountable for medium-sized transmission and distribution projects, planning and managing them from development through closeout, integrating information into a comprehensive project plan, identifying and mitigating risks, and leading teams of subject matter experts. The Project Manager is accountable for large capital projects and assigned portfolios, overseeing project management activities across planning, detailed design, construction, closeout, and turnover to operations. Across the roles, the work includes managing project scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, communications, risks, changes, budgets, contracts, and stakeholder relationships. The Project Manager may manage portfolios with budgets from $1 million to $100 million and individual project budgets from $100,000 to $100 million, with projects ranging from several months to several years and from low to extreme complexity. The company may assign the position to work onsite, remotely, or in a combination, and the assigned work location may change. An emergency and storm assignment may also be required; that role may involve after-hours work outside the normal schedule.

Requirements

For Associate Project Manager: a bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or Construction Management, or a minimum of 2–3 years of industry experience in utilities.
For Associate Project Manager: ability to prioritize assignments, adapt to changing priorities and environments, and work within a team.
For Associate Project Manager: strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, including the ability to work with employees and management at all levels and with outside companies.
For Associate Project Manager: ability to track costs and work within budgets and cost controls.
For Project Leader: bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or Science.
For Project Leader: 3 or more years of experience in project management, construction management, project controls, budgeting, or team leadership.
For Project Leader: budgeting, cost-control, reporting, and communication skills.
For Project Manager: bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of project management experience; or a master's degree with 2 years of project management experience; or 8 years of specific related experience.
For Project Manager: strong budgeting, cost-control, scheduling, reporting, and writing skills.
For Project Manager: clear understanding of project management methodology as outlined in the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
The role may be assigned an Electric Utilities emergency and storm function, which may require after-hours work outside the normal schedule.
Driving is considered an essential function for positions designated as requiring it, and those positions are safety sensitive.

Nice To Haves

B.S. in Business, Engineering, or Science.
Project management certification from a recognized organization such as the Project Management Institute.
Familiarity with electric utilities equipment and processes.
Customer interface experience.
Strong written, oral, presentation, and organizational skills.
Demonstrated initiative and leadership skills.
Skills in critical-path risk assessment and tools.
Engineering economics skills.
Skills in schedule and cost risk assessment and management.

Responsibilities

Be accountable for the scope, schedule, cost, and quality of assigned projects.
Establish project plans, including scope, milestones, resources, work breakdown structure, risks, and contingencies.
Identify risks, develop mitigation plans, monitor project status and variances, and coordinate corrective actions.
Report project status and forecast cash flows and final project costs.
Develop and manage project teams, integrating disciplines and representing PPL Electric Utilities professionally.
Plan and manage projects from development through closeout, establishing project controls, metrics, and success indicators.
Manage trade-offs among scope, schedule, quality, and cost, and control expenditures and project changes.
Manage communications, project reports, and stakeholder status meetings; track and report progress and document obstacles, delays, and claims.
Participate in contracting decisions, identify contract obligations, develop dispute-resolution options, and assist with contract closeout.
Manage project financial matters, including budgets, invoice payments, expenditure authorizations, financial closeout, cash flows, and cost forecasts.
Plan, direct, and ensure successful delivery of assigned project portfolios using project management resources and teams.
Communicate with upper management and advise leadership on portfolio status, budgets, and resource planning.
Develop, execute, and maintain project management plans covering scope, schedule, cost, quality, communications, resources, issues, risks, change control, and contractor management.
Apply PPL project management methodology and enforce project standards.
Identify and manage project teams, communication plans, team deliverables, gate reviews, quality assurance, and day-to-day project operations.
Ensure project changes are handled through the established governance structure and project documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored.
Manage project contracts, including bid processes, contract obligations, dispute-resolution options, invoice and payment processes, and financial-system updates.
Coach and mentor team members; support project management policies, standards, and procedures; and educate business and technical communities on project management.
Lead special projects and company initiatives and implement technologies, methodologies, processes, and procedures that support company goals.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with all policies and standards.