PM - Major Construction
Avangrid

Title: PM - Major Construction

Location: Augusta ME

SALARY RANGE: The salary range for this position is dependent on experience level and location, ranging from $101,000 to $139,000.

Worktype: Office

Job Summary:
Scope of Work - Main duties, settings, geography, reporting relationships, and other relationships:
The Project Manager is responsible for coordinating activities for the NECEC DC Line, located in Maine, by managing resource requirements, priorities, investment plans, project execution strategy and internal/external resource requirements. Projects may originate due to reliability, asset health, system capacity customer or other project need.
Responsibility includes meeting corporate goals for capital investment, managing Construction Work in Progress, and energization of projects. Must manage team performance to maximize the effectiveness of capital budget delivery considering the environment, operating efficiency, regulatory, CWIP and operational needs.
Represents the company in regulatory and public forums.
Coordinate activities of project team members including engineers, construction managers, and external contractors. Facilitates the work of external contractors and other internal business areas. Holds contractors accountable for performance. Holds project team members accountable for results. Provides technical advice to senior management when required. Responsible for the overall project control and reporting, providing leadership and coordination of the scheduling, cost controlling and reporting processes and functions. Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within budget and in conformance to quality and engineering standards.
Major Roles and Responsibilities (Scope of work - range of responsibilities):
•Interfacing with municipal stakeholders and local permitting agencies
•program and project management skills
•leadership skills
•document control
•Participates in project team scheduling and budgetary planning processes
•Works within the project unit, managing internal and external project resources . Sets unit goals and direction to align and undertakes action plans, program management to accomplish goals.
•Oversees project budgets. Analyzes project unit performance and initiates actions to control scope, schedule and cost performance. Proactive approach to overseeing work measures progress and takes actions to ensure budgets and deadlines are achieved. Approves project plans, executes contract strategies to undertake work and controls and authorizes expenditures. Initiates actions to ensure compliance with a project management and quality management processes and procedures. Assures that projects are completed within the approved scope, schedule and budget
•Coordinates with other departments, consultants, attorneys, utilities, regulatory agencies, government agencies, and major customers. May represent the company and testify in regulatory hearings or at Federal, State or local agency or municipal meetings.
•Considers innovative ways to undertake work, promoting automation and efficiencies in day to day work streams
•Provides recommendations on policies and goals desired and implements new/revised processes and procedures according to established guidelines
•Responsible for the overall management and control of project unit budgets including O&M and Capital
•Informs management and project teams regarding cost and schedule performance variances and corrective action required.
•Responsible for ensuring the risk control system is utilized.
•Continually monitors individual progress to insure meeting of specific deadlines.
•Responsible for Project accountability overview, making sure that it complies with FERC, NERC and any other applicable regulation.
•Attendance to Cost & Schedule Meetings
•Works with Coordinator on the Risk definition, cost, and the Mitigation Action analysis.
•Attendance to Executive management meetings, providing and presenting reports and cost-schedule-risk views as required.
Job Requirements:

Skills/Abilities:
•Ability to mobilize team members to deliver projects on time and under budget
•Expert in integrating Scheduling IT tools and software: MS Project with costs and resource requirements.
•Expert in risk management and mitigation plans
•Expert in utilizing MSExcel for data analysis, budgeting and planning and optimizing schedules.
•Ability to use and query SAP
•Excellent oral and written communication skills
•Public presentation skills and ability to summarize concepts utilizing Microsoft Project
•Results oriented
•Understanding of quality assurance processes and implement with project structure.
•Knowledge of main configuration and general arrangements of networks (substations, overhead lines and cable) infrastructures
•Supervision of field personnel and construction contractors
•Proven ability to lead teams and work in a team environment
•Team oriented

Experience/Training:
•Experienced in contract negotiations and supplier management
•Proven experience obtaining siting permits
•Project Management Professional Certification

Required Education:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or relevant experience in the energy industry with 5 -7 years relevant project management or engineering experience
Engineering Degree Preferred
MBA Preferred

Competency Requirements:
It is preferred that for this job, the candidate fulfills the requirements in terms of levels indicated below.
1. Delivering for the Business:
• Global view of the Business - Advanced
• Achieving Results and continuous improvements - Advanced
• Initiative - Advanced
• Innovation & Creativity - Advanced
2. Global Relationships:
• Flexibility & Globalization - Competent
• Customer Focus - Advanced
• Communicating & Influencing - Advanced
• Team Work - Advanced
3. Global Leadership:
• Team management - Advanced
• Developing Others - Advanced

Mobility Information

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country

AVANGRID's employment practices and policies are geared to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. At AVANGRID we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at careers@avangrid.com

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within AVANGRD Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Renewables

Job Posting End Date:
November-22-2024