Project Manager

About the role

K&A Power Group is a privately held engineering firm dedicated to providing technical expertise and engineering excellence to power utility and industrial clients globally. We specialize in substation, transmission, distribution, and distributed energy resources, and we attract and develop top talent while fostering a culture of excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall management of the project with knowledge and experience in all segments (overhead, substation, and underground), including schedule and budget management.
• Initiate, plan, execute, and close projects — define the project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), cost baseline, and observation baseline structure.
• Build comprehensive work plans, control and manage risks, scope, schedule, and budget.
• Manage teams — facilitate commitment and productivity, remove obstacles, and manage teams.
• Oversee the Engineering team and provide support to field and design.
• Implement and manage quality and environmental processes and procedures on all projects.
• Manage third-party projects.
• Accountable and responsible for: cost/budgeting and management, communication management, change management, schedule management, construction management oversight, commissioning management oversight, risk management, regulatory and stakeholder management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering, Engineering Management, or Construction Management discipline preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred.
• 10-15 years' experience including 3 or more years managing major engineering/procurement/construction activities.
• Strong safety-first focus.
• Knowledge and experience with project management processes and tools.
• Proficiency with financial analysis tools in a utility setting.
• Excellent leadership and organizational skills.
• Able to work effectively with competing priorities and stressful situations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).

Qualifications

• Must be able to travel to office for meetings.

Skills

• Technical expertise in project management and engineering.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
• Experience with financial analysis tools in a utility setting.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package for eligible classified employees, including medical, dental, vision insurance, FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care Spending Account, 401K (Traditional and Roth with company match), Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA), paid parental leave, paid holidays, flexible PTO, tuition reimbursement, long-term disability, short-term disability, life insurance, EAP (Employee Assistance Program), parking and transit reimbursement, pet insurance.

Pay

$125,000—$145,000/year

Schedule

Full-time