Senior Manager EPC Management

About the role

This position is responsible for overseeing a team of project managers and acting as a liaison between the team, functional business partners, and upper management. The role manages a very large portfolio of projects and works closely with departments such as engineering and operations to ensure project management team meets business needs, support development and implementation of new cross-functional processes and procedures, communicate and resolve issues, and develop and enforce project management standards. The manager ensures staff goals are developed, reviewed, and professional development occurs for staff in their span of control.

Responsibilities

• Leading the HVD EPC Program Management organization, overseeing scope, schedule, and budget along with execution readiness of capital programs supporting Substations, Metro, Lines, and Interconnection projects across the business unit
• Builds, develops, and leads a high-performing Program Management team responsible for program planning, risk management, schedule integration, cross-functional coordination, and executive reporting to ensure successful delivery of HVD capital investment objectives
• Establishes program management standards, processes, and performance expectations across multiple capital programs, driving alignment among Engineering, Construction, Operations, Supply Chain, Real Estate, Environmental and external stakeholders to achieve safe, reliable, and cost-effective outcomes
• Validates team has overall project execution plans and metric tracking including material procurement, milestone payment schedules, cash flow planning, communications, risk analysis and mitigation, resource management, and manages multiple complex projects in various stages of the project lifecycle
• Confirms project schedules are with EPM Project Scheduling group in Primavera 6, ensuring Project Manager team has proper training to develop schedule concepts, constraints, integrate risks and risk mitigations, track schedule process, and communicate schedule to project team
• Leads project managers to prepare financial forecasts and provide on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures
• Provides clear and accurate communications, discussions, negotiations with stakeholders including preparing and performing presentations for CE leadership and external stakeholders and outside agencies
• Coaches project manager team to identify and manage risks, issues and constraints impacting project execution, develop contingency plans and mitigation strategies; assists with complex contracting strategies and approval of contracts
• Facilitates and encourages team to identify and recommend new processes (including cross functional across departments), techniques and standards that drive performance and process improvement and problem solving on existing, complex projects
• Actively works with the EPM project management office to improve processes to be more efficient and continuously improve project outcomes
• Provides ethical leadership within the Consumers Energy 3rd Party Code of Conduct; works closely with Compliance as needed if issues arise
• Leads the development of execution plans on Corporate directed goals (Safety, Waste Elimination, DE&I, Cost Competitiveness, Cost Predictability, Culture Index improvements, Environmental Compliance)
• Serves in a managerial capacity over a group of Project Managers and technical employees to execute complex projects in accordance with project management practices and Enterprise Project Management (EPM) processes; leads all aspects of projects from initiation through execution, ensuring adherence to scope, budget, and schedule
• Ensures project planning and execution according to the EPM Project Lifecycle Process (PLP) including preparation of Project Charter documents, Project Management Plans, Scoping Documents, Risk Registers, financial forecast and tracking, Schedule planning and adherence and other standardized project management deliverables while meeting agreed upon scope, cost, schedule and quality objectives
• Serves as reviewer, recommender and approver in the EPM project lifecycle Stage Gate Process; actively aligns project with business needs and goals
• Leads team in individual goal development, training opportunities, career growth opportunities and resource support of team projects
• Responsible for assessing, training and motivating staff; provides extensive leadership to mentor staff in project management techniques and processes to generate successful project outcomes
• Provides leadership to project teams, both internal and external to Consumers Energy, in the planning, design, execution, commissioning and closeout for utility projects/programs, integrating all applicable regulatory and environmental standards and procedures
• Other duties as assigned or may be necessary

Qualifications

• Must have excellent communication skills to assess, train, and motivate staff
• Performance management, coaching, supervision, fostering teamwork, handling pressure, and giving feedback
• Project Management proficiency: Experienced in the Project Management
• Critical Thinking: decision-making, strategic thinking, trade-offs analysis, engineering/technical acumen, business acumen
• Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology including applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the production and delivery of energy
• Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
• Critical thinking and Problem-solving: Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of tactical and strategic problems; ability to resolve complex project issues without assistance; ability to solve range of problems quickly utilizing project manag
• Work Management: Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines and constraints
• Enterprise Leadership: Ability to connect and work cross-functionally to support strategy and align resources to execute plans
• Communications Sophistication: Ability to appropriately communicate, negotiate, influence internally, externally, and up and down through organization
• Relating: Influencing, engaging, conflict management, affinity and interdependence
• Self-Learning and Self-Management: Self-awareness, courage, resiliency

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Applied Engineering or Relevant Field with 7 years of experience in applied engineering or equivalent working experience, including project management experience
• OR Associate's Degree in Applied Engineering or Relevant Field with 9 years of experience in applied engineering or equivalent working experience, including project management experience
• OR High School Diploma with 11 years of experience in applied engineering or equivalent working experience, including project management experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required

Schedule & Location

This is a hybrid (virtual/onsite) position with required onsite days on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and may be assigned to any Consumers Energy Service Center located throughout Michigan's lower Peninsula. The selected candidate must be within a commutable distance or willing to relocate (relocation package is available for those that qualify).