Senior Project Manager, Transmission (Hybrid Schedule)

Eversource Energy•Westwood, MA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Eversource is seeking a Senior Project Manager, Transmission in Westwood, MA. This role involves independently managing high-risk, high-profile transmission projects in Massachusetts, ensuring all phases are completed efficiently, within scope, on schedule, and within budget. The position requires close collaboration with various management personnel across departments such as Transmission Asset Management, Transmission Planning, Design, Land Planning, Construction and Test, Finance, Regulatory Relations, Legal, and Purchasing. Key responsibilities include managing regulatory approvals, interfacing with regulators and local officials, overseeing the development and evaluation of bid documents for engineering, design, construction, and procurement, and ensuring project compliance with company policies, regulations, and laws. The role also supports the development of junior project managers and may involve providing expert witness testimony.

Requirements

Demonstrated ability to investigate and solve problems, analyze data, write reports and make presentations.
Possesses the ability to cope with deadlines, manage time, set priorities, define roles and responsibilities, and make decisions.
Ability to run meetings, motivate others, and interact with others at all levels of the organization.
The ability to schedule, plan and manage numerous complex transmission projects concurrently.
Self-starter with strong communication skills, including listening, speaking and writing skills.
Individual leadership abilities, planning skills, decisiveness and customer focus.
Knowledge of Project Management principles and practices.
Excellent leadership, teambuilding, coaching, problem solving, interpersonal and motivational skills required.
Ability to develop skills to prepare presentations and expert witness testimony for local and state regulatory presentations.
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (preferred) or bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business or the equivalent degree will be considered or equivalent experience.
Ten (10) years of related experience; to include at least five (5) years of Project Management experience.
Valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s License is required.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree is preferred.
Project Management class work is desirable.
Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute (PMI) is preferred.

Responsibilities

Independently manage high-risk, high-profile transmission projects in Massachusetts.
Ensure all phases of approved projects are completed efficiently and within scope, on schedule, and within budget.
Coordinate regulatory approvals and interface with regulators and local elected officials and town department managers.
Manage the development and process for evaluation of bid documents for engineering, design, and construction, as well as for the procurement of material and support systems.
Ensure that all aspects of the projects are documented and completed in accordance with company policies and all regulations and laws.
Has overall responsibility and ownership of the Project scope, schedule and budget.
Integrate and manage a cross-functional project team to develop appropriate project roles and responsibilities.
Support development of APM or PM I peers by assigning project tasks for completion and providing guidance and feedback.
Manage the planning, engineering, siting/permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning and close out project phases.
Manage the team’s development of a comprehensive project plan, schedule, communications plan and establishes the change control methodology.
Manage execution of the project plan and project change control management process.
Coordinate the development of a detailed project budget and cash flow.
Manage the monthly maintenance and reporting of project scope, budgets and schedules.
Manage the development of a comprehensive siting and permitting needs assessment.
Manage the development of and participates in the required regulatory siting, permit filings and other regulatory filings.
Coordinate environmental assessment and the necessary regulatory approvals (federal, state and local) needed to begin construction.
Ensure the timely preparation ISO-NE project submittals.
Manage the development and evaluation of bid documents for engineering, design, construction and test procurement of material and support systems.
Manage the development of required outage and energization plans.
Manage the timely preparation of the long-term outage plan project submittals.
Manage project close out in a timely manner to support corporate business goals.
Provide clear concise and comprehensive reports for management.
Provide guidance to less experienced project management personnel.
Take a leadership role within the organization on group initiatives and process development.
Provide expert witness testimony for assigned projects at ISO-NE, CSC and other regulatory preceding.