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EPC Project Manager

Jackson, MI 49201

Posted: 08/30/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Project Management Job Number: 622255 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description


Pay: $35-40/hr

Overview:

The Energy Delivery Project Management organization is responsible for the planning, execution, and delivery of large projects for gas compression, gas transmission and gas distribution with a particular emphasis on those investments involving internal customers, reliability improvements and infrastructure modernization. The team also serves as a resource for providing key project management tools and practices for other Distribution Operations & Engineering and Transmission teams. The team's success is measured through making and meeting commitments, informing, and offering customer options while delivering safe, reliable service in support of the Company's overall business strategy.

The following key functions make up the Energy Delivery Project Management organization:
  • Gas Project Management
  • Major Projects
  • Project Control and Analysis
  • Special Programs

The EPC Project Manager will:
  • Plan and manage small-to medium sized projects of moderate-to high complexity
  • Ensure project results contribute positive business value
  • Meet agreed upon scope, cost, schedule, and quality objectives
  • Develop and maintain project plans that provide timely deliverables to achieve project objectives
  • Identify initial risks, issues and constraints impacting project execution
  • Work collaboratively with other functional areas in the development of project tasks and deliverables ensuring the successful execution of projects
  • Manage multiple projects at various stages of development concurrently
  • Facilitate the flow of work during a project to ensure that it conforms to the project plan covering forecasting, scoping, planning, scheduling, execution, and closeout
  • Ensure that team members understand their authority and responsibility regarding their portion of the project
  • Assume project communication lead role throughout the life cycle of the project
  • Perform presentations for the Client Company leadership team
  • Assist in the development of performance metrics and track performance of the projects executed
  • Identify and recommend new processes, techniques and standards that drive performance and process management
  • Identify, prioritize and drive the implementation of process enhancements
  • Validate financial forecasts and provides on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures

Skills:

The selected candidate must have:
  • 5 or more years of engineering/business experience with demonstrated capability to lead small to medium scale projects, simultaneously with multiple small scale projects
  • Project management skills, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
  • Planning, organizational and leadership skills
  • Communication skills including verbal, written, meeting facilitation and negotiation
  • Interpersonal skills, including the ability to make effective presentations and communicate technical concepts to non-technical clients
  • A proven ability to work across departments collaboratively to resolve issues, drive projects to closure, achieve desired results/goals, and/or implement change as needed
  • A proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; mobilize and motivate teams; set direction and approach; resolve conflict; deliver tough messages with grace; execute with limited information and ambiguity
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification (Required within 3 years of starting this position.)
  • Individuals must have a valid driver’s license.

The following qualifications are preferred, but not required:
  • Familiarity with gas compression, gas transmission or distribution infrastructure
  • Demonstrated success in identifying and managing risk
  • Communicating and reporting project status to senior leadership

Education:
  • A Bachelor of Science in engineering/business from an accredited college or university required

The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly, never provide banking information during the application process and always double check the email address of the recruiter to ensure it’s from @theplanetforward.com - and not a domain with an alternative extension like .net, .org or .jobs. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Forward.

Planet Forward and The Planet Group of Companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at The Planet Group, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at The Planet Group.