Project Development Project Manager

About the role

Welty Energy, an affiliate of Welty, is a professional services company specializing in program and project management, transmission line engineering, substation engineering, and construction oversight on transmission, substation, and distribution projects ranging in voltages from 4kV to 765kV. Headquartered in Akron, OH, and working nationally, Welty Energy currently manages approximately $500 million in construction projects for electric utilities in the Midwest and Northeast regions of the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Own, manage, monitor, and control electric substation and transmission projects on behalf of the utility through the Project Development Phase in a timely manner to ensure projects safely achieve project scope outlined by Sponsors.
• Update and maintain schedule and costs of a project as outlined by Portfolio Management and cost change control procedures.
• Review and analyze technical project documents and available information to develop a strategic project schedule, forecast, and scope to meet desired outcomes for projects requested by Project Sponsors.
• Evaluate the project scope with internal & external support teams to document and mitigate the risks associated with the project scope, schedule, and budget to promote advancement of the Project to execution within a timely manner.
• Develop, with input from Sponsors and Stakeholders, the project execution plan, and key deliverables for the project.
• Provide projected contractor resource levels and project durations for project schedules.
• Review Project estimates from supporting team members for adequacy and completeness.
• Acquire project update information and inform project team members of overall project goals, priorities, and decisions.
• Ensure adequacy of Project Team membership and participation.
• Coordinate project schedules to request system outages for the project with operations and submit outage requests per PJM/Internal timelines.
• Support the Portfolio Management Team on the development of a multiyear portfolio through ensuring accurate project schedules and forecasts.
• Communicate Project status to the Project Sponsor (Region and/or Corporate Teams) and other Stakeholders.
• Support Project challenge meetings, peer reviews, and assessments when performed.
• Ensure the Continuous Improvement in the Project Development team.
• Self-perform lessons learned audits of completed projects to evaluate gaps in tools or project techniques. Lessons learned will be led and communicated through the Project Development Project Manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Construction Management or related field is required.
• Minimum of 3 years’ related experience required. In lieu of degree, consideration will be given to applicants having 7 years related experience or 5 years transmission or distribution utility experience.
• Related experience includes project organization, engineering, finance, construction, project management, planning, or project controls.
• Strong project management abilities with exceptional time management skills are required.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication skills along with strong analytical ability are required.
• Experience with a project management tool such as Primavera, MS Project, etc. with related Scheduling / Resource Planning expertise is a plus.
• Detailed Project Controls experience is a plus.
• Understanding of construction timing and construction documentation.

Qualifications

None specified.

Skills

None specified.

Benefits

None specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Remote with 10-20% travel to client sites based in Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, or Pennsylvania.