About the position
The Distribution Planning Project Manager will utilize extensive knowledge in electrical distribution planning and the application of grid technologies to improve grid performance and ready the grid for future challenges represented by distributed generation and electrification. The project manager will support a broad range of studies and other consulting services to support electricity distribution utilities to make decisions backed by business and engineering analysis, such as load flow, transfer capability, system impact studies, generation interconnection, reliability planning, DER, and electrification impact consulting, and hosting capacity studies. The project manager will be required to work with numerous entities in the industry, including investor-owned electric utilities, municipal electric utilities, and electric cooperatives. This project manager will be a seller-doer, conducting sales and marketing activities and executing projects. The project manager will spend time directly engaged with clients to identify new work, prepare proposals, establish study objectives, formulate project approaches, and manage/oversee a team of consultants/engineers to meet the study objectives and provide the client with useful and actionable deliverables.
Responsibilities
- Develop new, and manage existing, client relationships through client marketing and project interactions.
- Identify new sales opportunities with clients.
- Lead all aspects of proposal development and submission including project planning, budgeting, and scheduling.
- Establish critical project objectives and performances with clients.
- Lead contract preparation and negotiations.
- Lead all aspects of project execution including scope, schedule, and budget.
- Ensure quality control of deliverables.
- Analyze and communicate project status, risks, schedule, and costs to all internal and external stakeholders.
- Lead multi-discipline teams of engineers and analysts.
- Plan, organize, and communicate project personnel needs to department management.
- Mentor and train less experienced staff on technical and business aspects of projects and the industry.
- Serve as a recognized industry leader in power delivery planning and evaluation.
- Support company initiatives.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in engineering or related field from an ABET accredited program.
- Minimum 5 years of related experience with a broad and deep understanding of renewable generation, specifically wind and/or solar.
- 3 or more years managing engineering or architectural projects.
- Deep and broad base of knowledge of the electric utility industry, specifically regarding the development, design, and construction of renewable generation facilities.
- Extensive experience with the development, design, and construction of wind/solar generation projects.
- Proven ability to lead, educate, and train a team of engineers and analysts.
- General business and financial calculation knowledge.
- Effective Project Management skills.
- Ability to work with existing and new clients to identify new projects.
- Ability to communicate with various business contacts to understand their needs.
- Ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines.
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
- Willingness to learn new service offerings as client needs change.
- Willingness to negotiate with clients for new service agreements.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PPT).
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Professional Registration is preferred.
- Ability to travel.
Nice-to-haves
- Advanced degree such as an MBA or Engineering Management.
- Experience with energy storage.
