Transmission Project Manager 2

GAI Consultants, Inc.•Orlando, FL

9d•Remote

About The Position

GAI is seeking a Transmission Project Manager 2 to join our Power Delivery team in the role of Program Manager. This position will report to the Transmission Line Group Manager in our Power Delivery Engineering Business Sector in GAI’s Power Business Unit. Required skills include transmission line design experience, critical thinking, problem solving, organization, team-focus, and eagerness to apply learned engineering and project management principles to solve real life problems. Qualified candidates are eligible for remote work. This position will be responsible for the coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of projects in alignment with the strategy, commitments, and goals of the company. This individual should be client-focused and a leader with highly developed communication, project management, and presentation skills. The successful candidate will facilitate client teams and assist with leading teams in developing scope of work bid documents, project schedules, and facilitate meetings for utility projects. This position will work collaboratively with the Manager of Engineering for this program. The Project Manager 2 will have 2+ reports and be responsible for a program of 100+ projects and $5,000,000+ annual revenue.

Requirements

Knowledge of electric utility transmission line engineering and design.
Knowledge of project management skills and uses of intermediate practices to increase productivity, efficiency, and accuracy. May serve as PM Coach to Task Managers and other PMs.
Effective communication with clients, management, peers, and subordinates. Strong verbal and written communication and organization skills are required.
Expertise in developing project schedules, cost budgets, and understanding and analysis of the financial data.
Mastery of intermediate to advanced project management financial concepts, including developing pricing, cost budget monitoring, and calculating profit. Experience with Deltek required.
Understanding of software needed to perform the duties described here, including Primavera P6, and Microsoft Office Suite applications and software. Experience with Primavera P6 scheduling software required.
12+ Years of Experience
B.S. or M.S. Engineering
Applies thorough knowledge of current principles and practices of engineering related to the variety of aspects affecting their organization.
Applies progressively acquired expertise to resolve crucial issues and/or unique conditions.
Keeps informed of new methods and developments affecting their practice and recommends new practices or changes in emphasis of projects.
Leads projects of moderate complexity and scope or leads a major project.
Analyzes complex problems across specialty areas appropriate to the practice of engineering.
Analyzes ethical dilemmas to determine appropriate courses of action.
Frequently serves as the technical advisor in the application of advanced concepts and methods in an assigned area.
Keeps informed of new developments and requirements affecting the practice for the purpose of recommending changes in projects or applications.
Frequently develops new techniques and/or improved processes, materials, or products.
Values and analyzes sustainable performance of complex engineering projects from a systems perspective.
Oversees a project team of engineers and technicians.
Plans, schedules, and coordinates the preparation of documents or activities for multiple major projects.
Analyzes project management plans for complex engineering projects.
Understands project delivery uncertainties and uses risk management principles to address them.
Reviews operational procedures to ensure compliance with applicable policies and performance measures.
Supervises a staff of engineers and technicians.
Receives administrative supervision with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.
Mentors senior staff.
Integrates professional attitudes relevant to the practice of engineering and fosters creativity, curiosity, flexibility, and dependability in staff.
Applies principles of formal strategic and persuasive communications.
Represents their area of specialty within the organization and liaises with related individuals and organizations.
Routinely interacts with organizational leaders, clients, officials, contractors, and others.
Integrates concepts of effective teamwork and leadership

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, reciprocity in multiple states.
Project Management Professional (PMP).

Responsibilities

Facilitate client team meetings, including recording and publishing meeting notes.
Assist teams of engineers in developing the project-specific scope of work documents.
Assist with and coordinate teams of engineers reviewing design submittals.
Apply thorough broad-based knowledge of electric utility projects.
Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Collaborate with internal and client subject matter experts to continuously improve the documents.
Keep informed of new methods and developments affecting the organization and recommend new practices or changes in emphasis of programs.
Assist in quality control and quality assurance of active projects, providing peer reviews and training of engineers and designers in quality control processes.
Demonstrate strong organizational skills, and can develop, implement, and maintain processes for document control.
Mentor engineers and staff providing training assistance.
Manage assigned projects, including responsibility for delivering scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and profitability.
Coordinate and develop proposed scope, schedule, and fee for projects managed.
Demonstrate proficiency of fundamental project management skills and use of project management techniques and practices to increase productivity, efficiency, and accuracy.
Work closely with Project Controls/Accounting staff to monitor and control project cost and billings to meet budget profit, analyze project performance data on an ongoing basis, and develop recovery plans as needed.
Serve as primary client contact for projects managed and actively win new work from both new and existing clients by building and maintaining customer relationships, monitoring future work opportunities, and communicating regularly.
Establish and refine engineering processes and standard operating procedures that enhance team performance, alignment, and delivery predictability.