Electrical Substation Project Manager

Mesa Associates•Pomona, CA

About The Position

We’ve got the power to energize Your career and spark YOUR Work/Life Balance through professional development and exceptional benefits. Don’t delay, plug in today for an inclusive meaningful career in power, distribution, transmission, engineering, design, technology, or innovation at Mesa Associates, Inc. Mesa seeks a motivated Electrical Substation Project Manager to manage P&C and Physical Design teams who are working on a growing customer's project portfolio. Responsibilities include communicating with our client's project managers and working with Mesa's project team to deliver outstanding customer service and high-quality substation designs. Required abilities for Electrical Substation Project Manager: Mature knowledge of medium through extra high voltage substations' protection & control systems and physical design layout requirements. Demonstrate leadership in developing and supporting Mesa's and our customers' safety programs. Strong verbal and written communications skills and the ability to coordinate with and interface with clients, vendors, engineers, colleagues, and other electric utilities personnel. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and work effectively with clients, peers, and affiliates. Capable of understanding and implementing new processes/procedures with regards to Project and Program management. Knowledgeable on the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s) standard for Organizational Project Management (OPM). Proficiency in Microsoft Office, scheduling software and the ability to work with corporate accounting practices and business operations. Experience with electrical utility equipment, systems, and project/programs IS required.

Requirements

Mature knowledge of medium through extra high voltage substations' protection & control systems and physical design layout requirements.
Demonstrate leadership in developing and supporting Mesa's and our customers' safety programs.
Strong verbal and written communications skills and the ability to coordinate with and interface with clients, vendors, engineers, colleagues, and other electric utilities personnel.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and work effectively with clients, peers, and affiliates.
Capable of understanding and implementing new processes/procedures with regards to Project and Program management.
Knowledgeable on the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s) standard for Organizational Project Management (OPM).
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, scheduling software and the ability to work with corporate accounting practices and business operations.
Experience with electrical utility equipment, systems, and project/programs IS required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Southern California Edison engineering standards and project management requirements

Responsibilities

Manage electrical substation projects throughout their design lifecycle
Manage multiple projects of various complexity concurrently
Conduct meetings/calls with project stakeholders, build consensus and resolution to challenges discussed, manage the assignment, follow-up, and completion, of meeting action items
Manage the project planning process to ensure each project’s outcome meets customer’s objectives
Communicate project milestone requirements with all key stakeholders upon receipt of customer’s approval to proceed
Attend customer job walks and provide technical/project support to customer’s Responsible Engineer
Complete job walk checklist and review/contribute to meeting minutes.
Review project SOW and identify any site constraints/conditions which may impact project feasibility.
Provide recommendations to customer project team where reduction in costs or schedule length may be achieved
Identify project risks, create a project risk register and apply project risk management and mitigation techniques
Develop and submit a project estimate to customer within timeframe allotted by customer
Develop a project execution plan and determine the resources necessary to ensure successful project completion
Work with group leads to manage design and engineering resources
Conduct Project Kick-off meetings with all project stakeholders and share project baselines which will be used to monitor and control the project’s KPI’s
Maintain a project log and project status reporting system database to capture communications, milestone reviews, key project data, and change orders
Monitor and control projects to ensure project meets customer’s SOW and prevent scope creep
Monitor project execution for changes that may impact schedule and budget performance of project
Communicate all project changes with customer and project team in a timely fashion to permit evaluation of alternatives to minimize schedule and budget impacts and update project execution plan
Monitor and control Project Quality. Ensure QAQC activities are completed on time and all deliverables meet customer’s requirements at each milestone/stage gate
Monitor project metrics and provide appropriate feedback to stakeholders to maintain project performance per the project plan
Manage internal change order processes to meet Mesa’s and our customer’s requirements
Monitor project budgets and financial reports on a weekly/bi-weekly basis analyzing Planned Value, Earned Value, and Schedule/Cost Variance. Provide team with Schedule Performance Index (SPI) and Cost Performance Index (CPI) data on a regular basis
Respond to RFI’s and ensure customer receives accurate and timely information regarding project inquires
Initiate RFI’s and facilitate necessary discussions to resolve any gaps in knowledge
Close out projects in a timely fashion, complete all necessary customer reports/documentation
Conduct a project close-out meeting with project stakeholders to capture and record all Lessons Learned
Support the development and implementation of client’s project engineering/management tools, standards, and processes to support successful project engineering implementation