Utility Investment Planning Project Manager - 1898 & Co. (Multiple Locations)

Responsibilities

• Develop new, and manage existing, client relationships through client marketing and project interactions;
• Identify new sales opportunities with clients;
• Lead all aspects of proposal development and submission including project planning, budgeting, and scheduling;
• Establish critical project objectives and performances with the client;
• Lead contract preparation and negotiations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, accounting, finance, or related degree from an accredited program;
• Minimum 5 years related experience; working for, or providing consulting services to, electric utilities, including 3 or more years managing engineering or consulting projects;
• Deep and broad base of knowledge regarding electric transmission and distribution systems;
• Extensive project experience working with large data sets and data analytical tools, consisting of both engineering and financial information;
• Extensive knowledge of utility electric distribution system planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance of distribution facilities;
• Proven ability to lead, educate, and train a team of engineers and analysts regarding power generation studies;
• Proven ability to lead multi-discipline teams of engineers and analysts;
• General business and financial calculation knowledge;
• Effective Project Management skills;
• Ability to work with existing and new clients to identify new projects, articulate to the clients our ability to perform those projects, and translate that into the sale of consulting services;
• Ability to communicate with various business contacts to understand their needs and translate them into a scope of work that meets their desired outcomes;
• Ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines and to be effective in on-site work environments;
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, including identification of critical path items to ensure deliverable deadlines are met;
• Ability to focus on the big picture to effectively and efficiently provide services that meet client needs, while also having the ability to identify and analyze details that are critical to project outcomes;
• Willingness to learn new service offerings as client needs and the market requires changes to the service offerings provided by our group;
• Willingness and ability to develop a broad set of service offering types to allow for flexibility to go where the work is;
• Willingness to cross-sell other services offered by Burns & McDonnell outside the project manager’s core set of services;
• Willingness to negotiate with clients for new service agreements;
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PPT).