Senior GIS Project Manager

About the Role

TRC, Member of WSP, is a global consulting environmental and engineering firm and one of the top design firms in the energy sector. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Project Manager with experience in electric utility operations implementing and integrating COTS solutions such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Outage Management Systems (OMS), SCADA, Distribution Management Systems (DMS), Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI), etc.

The Intelligent Grid Solutions Team helps our clients deploy a range of geographical information systems (GIS), operational technologies (OT) and information technologies (IT), assess and integrate emerging digital technologies, leverage their information assets to manage their business, uncover new insights, determine opportunities for process improvement and change management, enable enhanced situational awareness for utility transmission and distribution operators, fully leverage their technology investments, and identify and prioritize security and data protection risks.

Responsibilities

The Senior Project Manager will own the scope and have responsibility for the leadership, management, and overall success of the GIS Implementation Program. They will bring a high-energy attitude with excellent project management and communication skills, working with our technical specialists and various client stakeholders to deliver technology projects with the highest confidence, on time and on budget.

• Project plan development – waterfall, agile, or hybrid.
• Project scope of work (SOW) creation and negotiation.
• Project communication and stakeholder management.
• Project financial and schedule tracking and management.
• Executive sponsorship engagement and presentation.
• Effective client side and TRC internal reporting.
• Business development initiation and support.
• Leading the team to accomplish all the project objectives on time and on budget.
• Managing executive level communications with the System Integrator and Client.
• Overseeing a team of offshore and onshore technical project resources.
• Controlling project schedule, resourcing, and financial reporting.
• Executing change management process in line with delivery contract and communication plan.
• Utilizing project management methodologies and practices such as task and quality management, project estimation, manpower and budget planning, modeling techniques and attendant tools.
• Maintaining project plans, documents and timelines.
• Governing the Risk, Assumptions, Issues, Decisions (RAID) log.
• Developing and reporting project status and analyzing progress relative to project milestones.
• Developing the workflow plans to manage the project from request through systems analysis, technical design, implementation, procurement, testing, turnover to production and client migration.
• Planning, preparing and tracking project schedules and budgets to assure controlled completion of each project step.
• Gathering and analyzing status for project deliverables.
• Developing and maintaining project status reporting.
• Leading project meetings and workshops.
• Creating presentations for all levels of organizations.
• Leading projects close out process.
• Maintaining forecasts to assure that schedule compliance and desired results are achieved.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of Project Management experience in the utility domain, with previous experience leading and managing large-scale, multifaceted enterprise-wide Operational Technologies projects in an electric utility environment.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• Fully knowledgeable and proficient in all aspects of the Project Management Body of Knowledge.
• Strong judgement, leadership, organization, and communication skills.
• Excellent organizational, decision making and presentation skills.
• Excellent communication skills ranging from addressing C-Level to multiple technical teams.
• Ability to self-direct and work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Excellent team building and motivational skills.
• Excellent budgeting and financial skills.
• Proficiency with MS-Project and with MS Office Suite: Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
• Ability to travel to client location(s) up to 50%.

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Previous experience implementing large GIS programs (ESRI, Small world, Hexagon).
• PMP Certification.
• Scaled Agile Framework (Safe).

Benefits

TRC offers a competitive benefit package consisting of:

• Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.
• 401k package that includes both traditional and Roth IRA options and Company match.
• Paid time off contingent upon full time or part time status and level of seniority (ranging from 15 to 25 days per year).
• All full-time employees enjoy a minimum of 8 Paid Holidays per year.
• TRC ensures that all employees, including those that work part-time, receive paid sick, family, and disability leave in accordance with the laws of their state of residence.

Pay

Salary Range: USD $160,014.00 - USD $178,942.00 /Yr.

Other Compensation: Employee may be eligible for participation in the Company’s annual Discretionary Bonus Program which is contingent on Company, Business Segment, and Individual performance against Key Performance Indicators which vary by year and employee.