Associate Project Manager, Project Leader, Project Manager

PPL Corporation•Scranton, PA

About The Position

PPL Electric Utilities is hiring for Associate Project Manager, Project Leader, and Project Manager roles supporting capital and maintenance projects in transmission, distribution, and substations. The Associate Project Manager is accountable for small to routine medium projects and may support individual program projects or other project managers. The Project Leader is accountable for medium-sized transmission and distribution projects, managing them from development through closeout, integrating information into project plans, managing risks, and leading teams and subject-matter experts. The Project Manager is accountable for large capital projects and assigned project portfolios, managing work throughout planning, detailed design, construction, closeout, and turnover to operations. Across the roles, project work includes responsibility for scope, schedule, cost, quality, budgets, risks, communications, teams, contractors, and project controls. Project Managers may manage portfolios ranging from $1 million to $100 million, with individual project budgets from $100,000 to $100 million and complexity and duration varying from several months to several years. The position may be assigned an electric utilities emergency and storm role, which may require work outside the normal schedule. PPL reserves the right to assign the position to work on-site, remotely, or in a combination of both; assigned work location may change, and remote employees may be required to be physically present for coordination and face-to-face interaction.

Requirements

For Associate Project Manager: 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 work, adapt quickly to changing priorities and environments, and track costs and work within budget and cost controls.
For Associate Project Manager: Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, including the ability to communicate verbally and in writing and work with employees and management at all levels, within PPL and with outside companies.
For Project Leader: Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or Science.
For Project Leader: 3 or more years of experience involving 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 and 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).

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, milestones, resources, work breakdown structures, risks, and contingencies.
Identify and manage risks, monitor project status and variances, recognize negative trends, and coordinate or implement corrective actions.
Report project status and forecast cash flows, project costs, and final costs.
Develop and manage project teams, integrating necessary disciplines and representing PPL Electric Utilities professionally.
Plan and manage projects from development through closeout, establishing project controls, metrics, and success indicators and managing trade-offs among scope, schedule, quality, and cost.
Manage project changes, expenditures, schedules, quality, and project communications, including reports and stakeholder meetings; track 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, cost forecasts, cash flows, revenue recognition, and receivables, as applicable to the role.
Manage assigned project portfolios using project management office resources and teams; communicate portfolio status, budgets, and resource needs to leadership and maintain relationships with customer organizations.
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 standards; manage project teams, communication plans, team deliverables, gate reviews, quality assurance, and day-to-day project operations.
Ensure project changes are managed through the established governance structure and that project documents are complete, current, and properly stored.
Manage project contracts, including bid processes in coordination with Contract Management, upcoming obligations, invoice and payment processes, and updates or quality assurance for financial systems.
Coach and mentor team members, support change, and help develop and maintain project management policies, standards, and procedures.
Educate business and technical communities on project and program management processes; take ownership of special projects and company initiatives and support long- and short-term organizational goals.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with all policies and standards.
If assigned an emergency or storm role, support power restoration or other customer-service responses, potentially outside the normal work schedule.