Project Manager III

Puget Sound Energy•Bellevue, WA

1d•$94,300 - $156,900

About The Position

Puget Sound Energy’s Customer & System Projects team is hiring a Project Manager III. The position manages scope, schedule, and budget for medium-risk projects or portfolios with medium financial impact and minimal supervision. Projects may involve multiple agencies, private-sector businesses, and special-interest groups. The Project Manager initiates projects by securing internal and external stakeholder commitments, establishing business need and feasibility, and leading teams to determine timelines, methods, and resource allocations. The role also works with stakeholders on contractor statements of work, bid documents, and estimates. The role assembles and leads multidisciplinary teams, serves as the primary customer contact, plans and advocates for PSE’s operational objectives, and identifies and addresses project risks and technical issues. It manages project schedules, budgets, forecasting, compliance with applicable codes and requirements, and communication of technical information to nontechnical audiences, including in public settings. The role may support emergency-response work as requested. This position is considered safety-sensitive under RCW 49.44.240 and is subject to pre-employment drug screening, including screening for marijuana and marijuana metabolites. Project work may include construction, upgrades, uprates, or modifications to electric distribution and transmission systems, substations, gas pipelines, district regulators and other gas facilities, as well as new generation facilities and modifications or upgrades to existing facilities. Specific work arrangements will be discussed during the interview process.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and/or work experience.
At least six years of relevant work experience, including managing simple- to medium-complexity projects.
Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to build agreement between divergent points of view and write clear, concise reports and narratives.
General knowledge and experience in scheduling, estimating, accounting, and finance principles.
Experience with budgeting, procurement, and contract-administration methods, techniques, and procedures.
Strong project-management knowledge to arrange resources effectively and manage multiple simple- to medium-complexity projects in a cross-functional environment.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills for one or more technical areas.
Strong negotiation and critical-thinking skills.
Customer-oriented, positive and team-oriented attitude, flexibility, understanding of the business issues driving projects, and solid work ethic.
Leadership skills to energize a multidisciplinary team in response to business needs.
Ability to speak effectively in public to communicate technical information.
General knowledge of team-management and communication techniques to build agreement between divergent points of view; ability to write clear, concise, and direct narratives and reports.

Nice To Haves

General knowledge of project-management principles, processes, and techniques applied in a utility setting.
Experience with utility budgeting, procurement, and contract-administration methods, techniques, and procedures.
Advanced project-management training and project-management or construction-management certification from an accredited institution, such as PMI or a college.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to express complex technical concepts in business terms.
Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Civil Engineering.
General knowledge of techniques used to involve community members in developing projects that affect their community.

Responsibilities

Assemble and lead multidisciplinary project teams; identify project scope and determine logical actions to meet requirements and deadlines.
Communicate with and manage the customer relationship as the primary point of contact.
Identify customer needs, set reasonable expectations, identify potential issues, and share alternatives.
Plan projects upfront and advocate for PSE’s operational objectives to minimize costs and change orders, identify risks, and maximize efficiency through negotiation and conflict resolution.
Validate and refine project scope and determine actions to meet project requirements and deadlines.
Recognize technical issues affecting projects and obtain resources to mitigate project risks.
Ensure compliance with codes, standards, and design, operation, and maintenance requirements.
Apply general rules, standards, and guidelines to specific technical problems.
Communicate technical information clearly and concisely to nontechnical audiences, sometimes in public settings.
Gather, consolidate, and analyze facts in relation to project requirements.
Develop, manage, and forecast project schedules and budgets.
Support emergency-response work as requested.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Initiate projects by establishing stakeholder commitments, business need, and project feasibility; lead teams in determining timelines, project methods, and resource allocations.
Work with stakeholders to develop contractor statements of work, bid documents, and estimates.