Position: Project Manager
Job ID: CAL-PM-001
West Power Energy is a leading multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm, with a primary specialization in power generation, transmission, and distribution. West Power Energy strives to provide engineering services to public and private utility companies, consultants, as well as contractors taking part in the design and construction of power generation facilities, transmission lines, and substations, across the United States and Canada. We offer solutions from pre-feasibility studies, full engineering design services to the preparation of as-built recordings.
West Power Energy is looking for a Project Manager to join the overhead transmission and distribution team in our Los Angeles area office in Arcadia, CA or greater San Diego area office in La Jolla, CA. The successful candidate will manage and coordinate the overall delivery of our services with further description and responsibilities below.
Job Description
The preferred candidate should be able to manage Transmission and Distribution related projects or programs. The successful candidate should be able to provide project management services to manage and monitor the engineering design, quality of deliverables, procurement, schedule and budget of engineering design projects.
Project Management Responsibilities:
- Promotes a safety first culture.
- Oversight of planning, design, engineering, and execution of all project deliverables across multiple simultaneous workstreams in support of Project(s) or Program(s).
- Coordinate work effort between all dependent departments, groups, teams, and tasks.
- Manage design requests, drawing progress, environmental, jurisdictional, regulatory, and other support tasks to ensure timely execution of activities through solution acceptance by stakeholders.
- Execute planning, status, and ad-hoc meetings as required; supply meeting minutes and track and communicate risks and issues and execute mitigating steps, as necessary.
- Provide advice and recommendations on the following: the effective execution of the teams to meet project scope requirements while considering budget requirements, recommendations regarding various delivery methods suitable for the project or program, optimal project scheduling options, enhanced design, and construction quality, and optimum flexibility in contracting and procurement options.
- Work closely with the team leads and department managers to utilize existing resources to minimize project labor costs.
- Analyzes data and user needs to determine functional and cross-functional requirements.
- Provides management oversight across multiple simultaneous projects or project tracts within a Project or Program.
- Operates in a business or technical environment, using analytical and evaluative techniques.
- Conducts operational effectiveness reviews. Develops or updates functional or operational manuals outlining established procedures in accordance with organizational policy.
- Performs scenario development, feasibility studies and cost-benefit analyses.
- Monitor and coordinate the schedule, technical accuracy, efficiency, coordination, and constructability of the program and cost-effectiveness of all designs, drawings, reports, estimates and other work as required.
- Manages and builds client relationships and trust thru effective project execution and interaction.
- Administer and manage contracts, purchase orders and sub-contract agreements with oversight from internal executive leadership.
- Provide detailed communication and reporting based on internal and client expectations with weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting within an agreed-upon format.
- Develop detailed budgets and tracking against company financial systems, process & procedures, scope and change management, as deemed necessary.
- Manage monthly cash flows, vendor and internal spend, including internal labor.
- Update financial reporting and forecasts as requested and update near and long-term forecasts, as necessary.
- Track line-item details and ensure erroneous charges are migrated to appropriate work order, internal orders or projects as appropriate, communicating all changes to the appropriate Project Manager or Business Owner/Spokesperson for their approval.
- Support Project Managers and Business Owner/Spokesperson for financial reporting uploads, forecasting, and budget requests, as deemed necessary.
Qualifications
Experience
Required
- Minimum of 10 years of specialized experience in Utility and related disciplines, including 3 or more years managing Transmission and Distribution projects.
- Proven aptitude and demonstrated experience for high volume, complex projects.
- Must be capable of exercising discretion and independent judgment in the application of Transmission and Substation Engineering.
- Proven leader and coach in simultaneous projects and programs demonstrated communication skills - verbal, written and in presentation format with ability to motivate and lead a team to success.
- Demonstrated results in managing projects, which includes proposal development, contract negotiations, project planning, design team coordination & communication, budgeting, schedule management, and client coordination.
- Exemplary analytical cost management/cost control and risk management expertise including financial modelling, utilization of costing tools and risk management processes.
- Operates in a business or technical environment, using analytical and evaluative techniques.
- Regulated utility exposure preferred.
- Prior experience with Southern California utility companies.
- B.S. in Engineering, Business Management or equivalent field from an accredited curriculum.
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile or other Program Management certifications, training and/or demonstrated experience preferred.
- Advanced degree in Business or Engineering, preferred
- Professional Engineer licensure is desired.
- Experience with scheduling software such as Microsoft Project and/or Primavera P6 preferred.
We're always looking for exceptional people to bring new ideas, fresh thinking, and the motivation to help shape our growing company. It's an exciting time to be a part of our team as we invest in our team and prepare to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Our values guide our work. Want to join us? We are safe. We are one team. We act with integrity. We respect our staff and client. We are forward-thinking. West Power Energy is an equal opportunity employer.
