This PM will take the lead on the engineering and be heavily involved in the ROW acquisition and permitting for a large Utilities/Transmission endeavor.
Key Responsibilities
Specialization in Transmission and Substation: This position requires a detailed knowledge of large transmission and substation project construction. Most of the work will be focused on a 100-mile transmission line.
Project Development and Planning: Serves as project manager (PM) for large, complex substation and transmission strategic projects often larger than $100 million.
Project Management: You will focus on managing the scope, schedule, risks, and resources while making sure the needs of the stakeholders are being met. A detailed approach to planning out and documenting each phase of the project with a focus on strategy and coordinating will be necessary. Strengths in scheduling, forecasting, risk management, and status reporting will be key.
Team Leadership: Leads a multidisciplined matrix team in a safe, cost-effective and responsible manner. Ensures effective coordination and collaboration among team members and between stakeholder organizations, outside consultants and vendors. Facilitates team meetings; provides guidance and motivation to team on performance and productivity issues; ensures compliance with established project management methodologies and standards; takes corrective action as needed.
Safety: You will need to work with the team to develop a safety plan for each stage of the project and work with everyone, contractors and the public included.
Required
Education: Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, business or a related field or equivalent experience.
Typically, 8 or more years of experience in project management, construction management or engineering. Experience successfully managing at least one large, complex transmission and substation construction project of over $30 million in value highly preferred.
Valid Driver's License Required
PMP certification preferred
Preferred:
Understanding of the engineering, permitting and construction of large transmission and substation projects.
Advanced knowledge of schedule management, forecasting, construction, project risk management, project scope control and project communication management.
MBA or Master's degree in construction management or other related field.
Advanced communications skills for managing project meetings, communicating with Senior Management and external organizations.
Advanced knowledge of software tools such as P6 schedules, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Tableau, and Oracle ERP.
Physical Environment
70% Office (in office and work from home) and 30% Field or Other Offices
Driving/travel: Frequently within service territory (at least once a week or more). As needed, travel (1-2 times monthly) to the project site between Madras and Salem.
Lifting/pushing/pulling/carrying: Up to 50 lbs.
Pre-Employment Requirement
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment screening that may include drug testing, background/criminal check, and if applicable, must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
APR Staffing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
About APR Staffing
APR Staffing was born from the merger of two well-respected technical staffing firms in Portland. ieSolutions and Professional Resource Group. Both companies have been recent award winners for the Portland Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The two firms, now as APR Staffing, make for one of the fastest-growing and most-respected professional and technical staffing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Collaborating with our customers, we augment their workforce with technical and administrative professionals. We provide only high-caliber, professional-grade resources throughout the Pacific Northwest.