Transmission Project Manager

GAI is seeking a Transmission Project Manager 2 to join our Power Delivery team in the role of Program Manager. This position will report to the Transmission Line Group Manager in our Power Delivery Engineering Business Sector in GAI's Power Business Unit. Required skills include transmission line design experience, critical thinking, problem solving, organization, team-focus, and eagerness to apply learned engineering and project management principles to solve real life problems.

Qualified candidates are eligible for remote work.

This position will be responsible for the coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of projects in alignment with the strategy, commitments, and goals of the company. This individual should be client-focused and a leader with highly developed communication, project management, and presentation skills. The successful candidate will facilitate client teams and assist with leading teams in developing scope of work bid documents, project schedules, and facilitate meetings for utility projects.

This position will work collaboratively with the Manager of Engineering for this program. The Project Manager 2 will have 2+ reports and be responsible for a program of 100+ projects and $5,000,000+ annual revenue.

Competency

• Knowledge of electric utility transmission line engineering and design.
• Knowledge of project management skills and uses of intermediate practices to increase productivity, efficiency, and accuracy. May serve as PM Coach to Task Managers and other PMs.
• Effective communication with clients, management, peers, and subordinates. Strong verbal and written communication and organization skills are required.
• Expertise in developing project schedules, cost budgets, and understanding and analysis of the financial data.
• Mastery of intermediate to advanced project management financial concepts, including developing pricing, cost budget monitoring, and calculating profit. Experience with Deltek required.
• Understanding of software needed to perform the duties described here, including Primavera P6, and Microsoft Office Suite applications and software. Experience with Primavera P6 scheduling software required.

Job Responsibilities:

• Facilitate client team meetings, including recording and publishing meeting notes.
• Assist teams of engineers in developing the project-specific scope of work documents.
• Assist with and coordinate teams of engineers reviewing design submittals.
• Apply thorough broad-based knowledge of electric utility projects.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborate with internal and client subject matter experts to continuously improve the documents.
• Keep informed of new methods and developments affecting the organization and recommend new practices or changes in emphasis of programs.
• Assist in quality control and quality assurance of active projects, providing peer reviews and training of engineers and designers in quality control processes.
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills, and can develop, implement, and maintain processes for document control.
• Mentor engineers and staff providing training assistance.
• Manage assigned projects, including responsibility for delivering scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and profitability.
• Coordinate and develop proposed scope, schedule, and fee for projects managed.
• Demonstrate proficiency of fundamental project management skills and use of project management techniques and practices to increase productivity, efficiency, and accuracy.
• Work closely with Project Controls/Accounting staff to monitor and control project cost and billings to meet budget profit, analyze project performance data on an ongoing basis, and develop recovery plans as needed.
• Serve as primary client contact for projects managed and actively win new work from both new and existing clients by building and maintaining customer relationships, monitoring future work opportunities, and communicating regularly.
• Establish and refine engineering processes and standard operating procedures that enhance team performance, alignment, and delivery predictability.

General Characteristics

• Applies thorough knowledge…