Electrical Substation Project Manager

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Mesa seeks a motivated Electrical Substation Project Manager to manage P&C and Physical Design teams who are working on a growing customer's project portfolio. Responsibilities include communicating with our client's project managers and working with Mesa's project team to deliver outstanding customer service and high-quality substation designs.

Required abilities for Electrical Substation Project Manager:

• Mature knowledge of medium through extra high voltage substations' protection & control systems and physical design layout requirements.
• Demonstrate leadership in developing and supporting Mesa's and our customers' safety programs.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills and the ability to coordinate with and interface with clients, vendors, engineers, colleagues, and other electric utilities personnel.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and work effectively with clients, peers, and affiliates.
• Capable of understanding and implementing new processes/procedures with regards to Project and Program management.
• Knowledgeable on the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s) standard for Organizational Project Management (OPM).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, scheduling software and the ability to work with corporate accounting practices and business operations.
• Experience with electrical utility equipment, systems, and project/programs IS required.

Responsibilities of Electrical Substation Project Manager:

• Manage electrical substation projects throughout their design lifecycle
• Manage multiple projects of various complexity concurrently
• Conduct meetings/calls with project stakeholders, build consensus and resolution to challenges discussed, manage the assignment, follow-up, and completion, of meeting action items
• Manage the project planning process to ensure each project’s outcome meets customer’s objectives
• Communicate project milestone requirements with all key stakeholders upon receipt of customer’s approval to proceed
• Attend customer job walks and provide technical/project support to customer’s Responsible Engineer
• Complete job walk checklist and review/contribute to meeting minutes. Review project SOW and identify any site constraints/conditions which may impact project feasibility. Provide recommendations to customer project team where reduction in costs or schedule length may be achieved
• Identify project risks, create a project risk register and apply project risk management and mitigation techniques
• Develop and submit a project estimate to customer within timeframe allotted by customer
• Develop a project execution plan and determine the resources necessary to ensure successful project completion
• Work with group leads to manage design and engineering resources
• Conduct Project Kick-off meetings with all project stakeholders and share project baselines which will be used to monitor and control the project’s KPI’s
• Maintain a project log and project status reporting system database to capture communications, milestone reviews, key project data, and change orders
• Monitor and control projects to ensure project meets customer’s SOW and prevent scope creep
• Monitor project execution for changes that may impact schedule and budget performance of project
• Communicate all project changes with customer and project team in a timely fashion to permit evaluation of alternatives to minimize schedule and budget impacts and update project execution plan
• Monitor and control Project Quality. Ensure QAQC activities are completed on time and all deliverables meet customer’s requirements at each milestone/stage gate
• Monitor project metrics and provide appropriate feedback to stakeholders to maintain project performance per the project plan
• Manage internal change order processes to meet Mesa’s and our customer’s requirements
• Monitor project budgets and financial reports on a weekly/bi-weekly basis analyzing Planned Value, Earned Value, and Schedule/Cost Variance. Provide team with Schedule Performance Index (SPI) and Cost Performance Index (CPI) data on a regular basis
• Respond to RFI’s and ensure customer receives accurate and timely information regarding project inquires
• Initiate RFI’s and facilitate necessary discussions to resolve any gaps in knowledge
• Close out projects in a timely fashion, complete all necessary customer reports/documentation
• Conduct a project close-out meeting with project stakeholders to capture and record all Lessons Learned
• Support the development and implementation of client’s project engineering/management tools, standards, and processes to support successful project engineering implementation

Highly Preferred: Experience with Southern California Edison engineering standards and project management requirements

BENEFITS:

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay – 10 Annually

Group Medical/Dental Insurance

Life Insurance (Company Paid)

Disability Insurance (Company Paid)

401(K) Retirement Savings Plan

401(K) Matching Contribution

Section 125 / Cafeteria Plan

Long Term Care Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Fitness Center Reimbursement

Annual Performance Bonus

9/80 Work Schedule

ANNUAL SALARY RANGE: $120,000 to $155,000.

The expected compensation is a range determined by factors including but not limited to education, experience, and qualifications of the candidate, internal equity, work location, and hiring department’s fiscal resources.

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Experience

Required

• 2 year(s): REQUIRED: 4 years of relevant electrical substation project experience with at least 3 years of experience as a design engineer

Preferred

• 2 year(s): Experience as a Substation Project Engineer
• 2 - 4 years: Experience with Southern California Edison engineering standards and project management requirements

Education

Required

• Bachelors or better in Electrical Engineering or related field

Licenses & Certifications

Preferred

• Project Mgmt Prof (PMP)
• Prof Engineering (PE)

Skills

Required

• Project Management
• Decision Making
• Substation Engineering
• Collaboration

Behaviors

Required

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them

Preferred

• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

Preferred

• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
• Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe
• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help

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