Senior Project Manager - Transmission Routing and Siting

About the role

We are seeking transmission routing and siting professionals to support HDR’s expanding power practice. This is a great opportunity to join one of the top employee-owned companies in the US and work on exciting regional and national projects while developing skills, growing your career and playing a key role in a growing practice in a growing company and nationally ranked team of Environmental and Power Delivery professionals in our North Central Region.

Responsibilities

• Develop buildable routing and siting solutions to support utility and developer infrastructure
• Work with project teams including utility and developer staff and consultants
• Work with stakeholders including government agencies, regulators, communities and landowners
• Prepare testimony and technical documentation including studies to present defensible line route and facility site selection
• Prepare and monitor project scope, schedule, and budget
• Build key relationships with HDR and utility staff
• Strategic thinking, networking, client relations and lead development
• Travel on average 10-20% of the time expected

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in linear projects involving land acquisition, routing or environmental planning
• Minimum 8 years experience writing proposals, developing scopes of work, budget, and schedules for complex environmental projects with multi-disciplinary teams and multi-agency efforts with a strong focus on siting and routing studies
• Experience preparing applications for submittal to state utility regulatory agencies and system operators
• Experience preparing and providing expert witness testimony
• Experience and understanding of permit requirements
• Strong conceptual, organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and research abilities
• Able to support multiple complex and time sensitive projects effectively
• Identify and resolve issues effectively and efficiently
• Able to interact with design and construction teams in a positive and proactive manner

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• Minimum 10 years of related experience
• Minimum 5 years of project management experience
• Familiar with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software
• Ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills

Skills

• Strong conceptual, organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and research abilities
• Ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills

Benefits

We are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.