Project Manager III

Campos•San Diego, CA

10d•$130,000 - $165,000

About The Position

The Project Manager III manages complex projects and serves as the primary interface between SDG&E and Campos EPC for an assigned wildfire mitigation support team. The role coordinates cross-functional stakeholders and project resources, oversees schedules, deliverables, risks, and quality, and leads complex Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) initiatives and regulatory deliverables. It also supports regulatory and compliance activities involving Energy Safety, the CPUC, independent evaluators, and interveners. The Project Manager communicates client requirements, regulatory obligations, assumptions, and delivery risks; establishes and maintains project scope, objectives, schedules, milestones, dependencies, responsibilities, decision points, deliverable requirements, and completion criteria; and prepares status updates, analyses, presentations, decision materials, and closeout documentation. Work must comply with Campos EPC standards, client procedures, applicable safety requirements, and confidentiality expectations. The position requires a B.S. in Engineering, Business Management, or an equivalent field, though equivalent experience may be considered with customer approval. Candidates need a PMP and at least 6 to 8+ years of direct project management experience supporting complex projects. PE certification is preferred, as is experience in utility, wildfire mitigation, regulatory compliance, audit, risk, asset management, or infrastructure programs. The stated salary range is $130,000K–$165,000K.

Requirements

B.S. in Engineering, Business Management, or an equivalent field; equivalent experience may be considered with customer approval.
Minimum 6 to 8+ years of direct project management experience supporting construction, utility, infrastructure, IT, civil, regulatory, or comparable complex projects.
PMP certification required; Agile or other project management certifications, training, or demonstrated experience may be considered with customer approval.
Demonstrated experience independently leading complex, cross-functional initiatives and coordinating multiple simultaneous resources and deliverables.

Nice To Haves

PE certification preferred.
Utility, wildfire mitigation, regulatory compliance, audit, risk, asset management, or infrastructure program experience preferred.
Agile or other project management certifications, training, or demonstrated experience may be considered with customer approval.

Responsibilities

Understand and communicate client requirements, applicable regulatory obligations, project assumptions, and delivery risks to project stakeholders.
Develop and maintain project scope, objectives, schedules, milestones, dependencies, stakeholder responsibilities, decision points, deliverable requirements, and completion criteria.
Coordinate cross-functional work among technical, operational, regulatory, legal, analytical, data, and management stakeholders.
Track deliverables, risks, issues, decisions, actions, and outstanding inputs; develop resolution plans and escalate matters when appropriate.
Facilitate working sessions, stakeholder reviews, and status meetings to resolve open items and advance deliverables.
Coordinate review and QA/QC of deliverables for completeness, consistency, factual accuracy, responsiveness, and alignment with source information and regulatory requirements.
Prepare status updates, decision materials, analyses, presentations, and closeout documentation for client and management stakeholders.
Perform work in accordance with Campos EPC standards, client procedures, applicable safety requirements, and confidentiality expectations.
Serve as the primary interface between SDG&E and Campos EPC for the assigned wildfire mitigation support team.
Coordinate work assignments and priorities across project managers and data analysts; monitor capacity, schedules, dependencies, deliverables, and quality.
Address resource, performance, coordination, and delivery issues and communicate timely resolution plans to SDG&E and Campos EPC leadership.
Ensure consultant work products are accurate, factual, responsive, and aligned with WMP objectives, regulatory requirements, source documentation, and client expectations.
Lead complex WMP initiatives and regulatory deliverables, including narratives, analyses, management presentations, regulatory responses, requirement crosswalks, gap assessments, action plans, and filing support.
Oversee coordination of Energy Safety, CPUC, independent evaluator, and intervener data requests and associated records, source data, reviews, and response development.
Provide leadership for AIR, QDR, WMP filing, independent evaluator, guideline review, corrective-action, workshop, audit, and other assigned compliance activities.
Provide senior review of project tracking, reported values, supporting evidence, assumptions, forecasts, metrics, and QA/QC results; resolve cross-workstream conflicts and gaps.
Lead or support meetings and workshops with regulators and executive or management stakeholders, as requested.