Project Manager 2 (Engineering)

Job Title: Project Manager 2
Job Number: 12141
Location: Hybrid - Vancouver, WA
Travel: Up to 15% to field and site locations, including some overnight travel
OT: 10% anticipated
Length: 1+ yrs, up to 5 years

MUST be US Citizen to be eligible to apply for Federal Background Check
Real ID or Passport REQUIRED for in-person interviews and onboarding
 
OVERVIEW
This contract Project Manager 2 - Engineering assignment is in the Transmission Project Portfolio Management organization. The division supports capital project execution across Transmission Services and participates in the development of plans-of-service, new facility siting, and is responsible for process management of the design/build process. This assignment will facilitate Transmission Lines, Substation, or Telecom & Facilities type infrastructure type projects from inception to conclusion. The Project Manager plans, facilitates, and coordinates activities for a designated project to verify that goals or objectives of the project are accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters. Transmission Line projects may include taps and switches, insulator replacements, integration of small customer projects, replacing aging wood poles or small wood pole line rebuilds, structure re-location projects, access roads, fiber and more. Substation projects may include equipment replacements, additions, expansions, or retirements. Telecom & Facilities projects may include new or modified radio sites, relaying, or other telecommunications infrastructure projects. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support and facilitate assigned project or multiple projects, from beginning to end in collaboration with senior management, external industry entities and stakeholders, providing expert guidance on the PMI-based project management methodology, best practices, and internal skill development as requested by and with guidance from the corporate manager, team lead or other personnel with the authority to do so, including:
  • Actively engage with the business to properly understand the business needs, identify dependencies, project expectations, milestones, resources and other initiatives, and assist the corporate manager in deploying the solution.
  • Identify and request necessary subject matter experts needed during the project.
  • Forecast and recommend / request appropriate project resources to fulfill project needs; recommended resource requests must be submitted to, coordinated with and provided by appropriate corporate performance managers.
  • Collaborate with business units and corporate performance managers to resolve resource allocation issues.
  • Facilitate “kick-off” meetings with sponsors, stakeholders, and partners and validate approval/buy in of project plans and commitment of resources.
  • Schedule and facilitate project team meetings and coordinate activities of sub-teams.
  • Participate in group level project manager meetings.
  • Recommend an overall roadmap of efforts required to achieve program initiatives and project objectives; provide recommendations regarding project expectations, approach, roadmaps, work plans, deliverables and goals.
  • Draft project plans, resource strategies and funding estimates required to advance each assigned project / defined effort.
  • Administer project tasks daily (may include multiple projects) about time, budget, schedule and quality.  Provide updates and findings to corporate manager.
  • Facilitate and monitor/track project budgets (project funding and overall budget).
  • Alert corporate manager of, and obtain appropriate authorization for, any potential changes to project cost, schedule or performance.
  • Organize, coordinate and facilitate the work of project team(s) and serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects, includes recommending project stages and assessing business implications for each stage; review and analyze results, troubleshooting concerns or problem areas and provide mitigation options and weighted recommendations.
  • Monitor progress of assigned projects to track timelines, milestones, deadlines, standards and targets, alerting appropriate corporate manager or other federal personnel of any obstacles or potential delays to project timelines, targets or success; provide corrective action recommendations.
  • Coordinate activities for assigned projects that enable goals or objectives to be accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters, escalating concerns to appropriate corporate manager / personnel.
  • Collaborate with corporate manager and internal stakeholders to facilitate the tasks and activities of project team(s) and to properly understand related business needs, dependencies on other initiatives, and how best to effectively deploy end products.
  • Work with appropriate corporate managers / personnel to facilitate resolution of conflicting priorities and requirements, as well as conflicting team positions in order to build consensus among stakeholders and project team members.
  • Collaborate and work with project sponsors and corporate performance managers to remove obstacles impacting timely project completion.
  • Draft a final project report, including project “lessons-learned”.
  • Anticipate and identify potential areas of risk and obtain guidance from appropriate corporate manager, Contracting Officer (CO), or Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).
  • Track, monitor and facilitate the resolution of issues and risks identified within the projects, as well as compliance related dependencies.
  • Maintain issue, risk, and/or action logs.
  • Draft and recommend contingency plans to minimize / eliminate risks on an ongoing basis for review and approval / acceptance by appropriate corporate manager / personnel.
• Support and facilitate the following functions:
  • Written and verbal sponsor communication.
  • Project team communications and coordination.
  • Inter-project team communications and coordination.
  • Team meeting and sponsor meeting management.
  • Issue project status reports on a regular or as requested basis.
  • Maintain consistent communication with project sponsors, performance managers, and stakeholders on the progress of the project compared to the work plan.
  • Collaborate with the corporate manager (or assigned designee) to define the frequency and content of status reports from the project team; review and analyze results, troubleshooting concerns or problem areas and provide mitigation options and weighted recommendations.
• With the review and approval from the corporate manager, define project success criteria – Key Performance Indicator (KPI) - and disseminate status reports of key deliverables to all involved teams throughout the project life cycle.
• Facilitate project postmortems and create a recommendations report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails and records in accordance with compliance requirements. Share and disperse documents only to appropriate personnel (those with a Lawful Government Purpose (LGP) to know). Mark and maintain all official records in accordance with the Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards and procedures. Validate official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes.
• When necessary, facilitate the transition of a project or program to another project manager including any training, documentation, or meeting coordination required to bring the new PM fully up to speed on all critical aspects of the work and introduce them to executive sponsors and key stakeholders.
• Provide background information, technical input, options and recommendations that facilitate project decision-making. This may include, at management request, arranging, attending and facilitating decision-making sessions/meetings with corporate management, executives and key stakeholders, including drafting agendas, answering technical questions, and presenting information, options and recommendations for decision-maker consideration

REQUIREMENTS
Education & Corresponding Experience 

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration or Management, Organizational Development, Computer Science or other directly related technical disciplines is preferred.
  • 5 years of experience is required with an applicable Bachelor’s degree.
  • 7 years of experience is required without a Bachelor’s degree in the applicable field.
  • 10 years of experience is required without a degree.
• Experience should include project coordination/ management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution. Note: Level 2 is typically responsible for medium-sized projects (less than 25M cost) or portions of larger projects

Required Technical Skills & Experience 

• Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft SharePoint or similar system to store, analyze, and manipulate information.
• Demonstrated proficiency using MS Office Suite to store, analyze and manipulate information.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project or similar program

Preferred Skills & Experience  

• PMI or PMP certification.
• Demonstrated proficiency with ArcMap or similar GIS program
• Experience with electric utility industry data.
• Working knowledge of the Electrical Substation environment, functional and technical specifications, and life-cycle management.

Additional Requirements  

• Valid U.S. Driver’s License is required.
• First Aid/AED/CPR Certification required within 30 days of assignment start.  Worker/Employer is responsible for maintaining current certification.

 
Pre-Employment Requirement
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment screening that may include drug testing, background/criminal check, and if applicable, must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
 
APR Staffing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
 
About APR Staffing
APR Staffing was born from the merger of two well-respected technical staffing firms in Portland. ieSolutions and Data Resource Group. Both companies have been recent award winners for the Portland Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The two firms, now as APR Staffing, make for one of the fastest-growing and most-respected professional and technical staffing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
 
Collaborating with our customers, we augment their workforce with technical and administrative professionals. We provide only high-caliber, professional-grade resources throughout the Pacific Northwest.