Senior Engineer - Program Management (Ohio)

Description

• Manage projects for financial adherence maintaining an accurate cost forecast reflecting committed and uncommitted costs for an estimate-at-completion
• Oversee 5-20 projects concurrently of varying sizes ($100k-$50M ) and voltages (4kV-765kV)
• Conduct site walkdowns and project calls with project team as necessary to establish an achievable construction sequence with attainable outages
• Manage projects for schedule adherence identifying risks and requirements to successfully achieve a project’s in-service date
• Coordinate craft labor resources with client approved vendors for construction, testing and other field activities
• Analyze scoping and project documents to determine boundaries of required construction within substation and within electric grid
• Coordinate with drafting resources to create engineering-caliber drawings that document the evolution of a project from present conditions to final state and all needed incremental steps
• Ensure synergies across projects are incorporated into the portfolio of work to prevent scope from being duplicated or performed inefficiently
• Create analyses & reports to assist the client in tracking, coordination, and execution of projects
• Develop a multi-year capital expenditure plan to support client’s replacement and betterment of electric transmission and distribution assets
• Regular interface and coordination with project sponsor organizations to determine details of proposed plans and business justification
• Lead a cross-functional team to execute substation, transmission line, and telecommunication projects from inception through design and construction to closeout
• Navigate projects through client gate approval processes including presentations to senior and executive management as required by each client
• Lead project meetings with cost, schedule, real estate, environmental, construction and engineering resources to facilitate project execution
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting specified deliverable dates and expectations
• Interface with client’s accounting group to establish financial setup for projects
• Create initial outage sequence to communicate proposed construction lifecycle to project team
• Review tabletop engineering estimates for accuracy and scope
• Engage with project sponsors to evaluate need-by date for realistic schedules and budgets
• Analyze needed outages against adjacent outages scheduled in the area
• Review project change requests (scope, In-service date, etc.) and reconcile with the existing and long-range portfolio of work
• Assist with creation and compilation of rate filing support for federal and state filings
• Build baseline scopes, schedules, and budgets to be released to multiple client’s stakeholders
• Provide regular status updates on projects by maintaining project data and routine reporting as well as meeting updates for clients
• Monitor composition of client’s capital investment allocation to align with stated subsidiary investment targets for optimal rate of return
• Responsible for development of substation and transmission project construction lifecycles with focus on outage efficiency and constructability

Requirements

• Must demonstrate superb oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients
• Excellent facilitation, collaboration, organization, and problem solving skills
• E.I.T. or PE license preferred
• Minimum of seven years of experience in engineering design, project management or a relevant role
• Ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead and manage
• Strong planning and analytical skills
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited program required
• Travel 10-20% depending on project assignment and client needs

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance