Land Survey Project Manager

SRP • Tempe, AZ

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for managing generation, transmission, substation, and/or distribution base mapping projects for power and water infrastructure construction projects with budgets as large as $500M that span multiple years and have visibility across SRP’s service territory and the entire State of Arizona. The Project Manager organizes and leads mapping teams representing five to ten contract mapping firms, while gathering, analyzing, and compiling information from multiple departments and collaborating with other project managers, subject matter experts, designers, and staff across the company. This involves creating and executing project plans that include schedules, activities, resources, estimates, contracts, risk assessments, and communications to ensure that milestones are achieved so SRP can meet its strategic objectives.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience required. In lieu of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience totaling 9 years may be considered.
• Proven experience in applying and understanding existing survey processes, systems, and software.
• Experience in land survey project management, real estate transactions, acquisitions due diligence, real property law, business analysis, financial analysis, regulatory analysis, environmental science, contract management, customer services, or any field that prepares the candidate for the assignment preferred.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and on projects with incomplete and evolving requirements in a high‑visibility, fast‑paced, team environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively interact with departments across the company; including their leaders, project managers, and designers, as well as contingent and/or external mapping company leaders, project managers, land surveyors, and draftsmen.
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills necessary to communicate, negotiate, collaborate, and manage change across multiple stakeholder departments within SRP to achieve strategic goals.
• Critical‑thinking capability and familiarity with analytical approaches to resolve issues associated with the base mapping of complex utility acquisition projects.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, analyze, plan for, and respond to potential risks, and to make informed decisions under conditions of uncertainty.
• Willingness and ability to continuously pursue academic, professional development, and training opportunities to enhance adaptability and develop the broad skillset required for success in this role.
• Experience using Project Management Information Systems and Business Intelligence Systems for portfolio, program, and project‑related reporting.
• Registration as an Arizona Registered Land Surveyor required.

Nice To Haves

• Certification as a Federal Surveyor (CFedS) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Utilize project management principles, experience, knowledge, and skillsets to assist leadership and staff in prioritizing work, communicating effectively, and balancing competing interests to achieve success on complex, long‑duration infrastructure projects
• Assist leadership, department managers, project managers, and staff to lead mapping teams. Utilize project management systems to improve communications with key stakeholders, and support achievement of SRP’s strategic and company objectives.
• Contribute to the development of project base mapping cost estimates to ensure the competitiveness of the contract base mapping function. Assist with forecasting and reporting efforts; ensure compliance with accuracy, format, and mapping standards.
• Identify issues related to scope, cost, schedule, resources, quality, benefits, communications, procurement, stakeholders, and risks across base mapping projects, providing analysis to decision‑makers to resolve tradeoffs and meet project requirements
• Facilitate the generation of timely communications regarding base mapping projects, including progress, costs, risks, and significant changes, by collecting, interpreting, and synthesizing data for internal stakeholders.
• Perform other job-related functions as assigned.

Benefits

• Pension Plan (at no cost to the employee)
• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
• Over 200+ hours of PTO (includes vacation days, holidays, floating holidays, and sick leave)
• Parental leave (up to 4 weeks) and adoption assistance
• Wellness programs (including access to a recreation and fitness facility)
• Short and long-term disability plans
• Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs
• 10 Employee Resource Groups for career development, community service, and networking

What This Job Offers

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