Project Manager – Transmission, ERCOT
American Electric Power
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Tulsa • Oklahoma, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $88,000 - $124,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
PMP
About the role
- Manage, or assist in the management of, base, intermediate, and/or complex projects and progressively develop to managing intermediate projects in a matrix team environment.
- Provide leadership, direction, coordination, and effective communication to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close projects in a safe, efficient, economical, risk-balanced approach to achieve short and long range goals and to obtain maximum customer satisfaction.
- Provide project transparency and develop relationships and effectively communicate with all stakeholders including internal customers, external customers, team members, suppliers, contractors, vendors, and industry peers, enabling them to make sound business decisions.
- Enable and promote team level continuous improvement activities that increase quality and optimize delivery of value.
- Conduct or assist in planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating assigned project activities.
- Perform coordination and administrative tasks as delegated by the lead project manager or supervisor.
- Act on behalf of the lead project manager or supervisor during times the project manager or supervisor is unavailable.
- Develop an understanding of various project management principles and techniques (Waterfall, Agile) and successfully implement these techniques in project management for the organization.
- Support and hold employees and contractors accountable for the AEP System Safety Process, ensuring a safe working environment focused on Zero Harm.
- Develop, review and coordinate the project plan, schedule, budget, tools, and staff.
- Perform coordination role as assigned to increase awareness in all knowledge areas of project plans.
- Perform Lead Project Manager role as assigned to increase awareness and build proficiency in all knowledge areas of project plans.
- Effectively communicate project details and status updates.
- Lead planning meetings and project/outage updates with supportive role in stakeholder presentations.
- Provide clear and concise written and oral reports and other communication.
- Develop working relationships with the project team, plant and operating company staff, internal and external customers or partners, contractors, vendors, and suppliers.
- Foster teamwork and seek customer satisfaction.
- Provide guidance and feedback, to improve design, systems, procedures, schedules, and costs.
- Conduct or assist in closeout processes, including an analysis of the success of the project with respect to accomplishing the project objectives and realizing project benefits.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Project Management, Computer Science, or related field of study dependent upon business unit requirements with three (3) years qualified experience or two (2) year associate’s degree in the same required disciplines with five (5) years of qualified experience.
- Three (3) years of qualified experience as a PROJECT MANAGER ASSOCIATE (Grade 6) as applicable is preferred, OR demonstrated competencies, knowledge, and skillset through achieved results in a shorter timeline.
- Qualified experience includes: outage management activities, business/financial administration, major construction field experience, project estimating, project controls, project engineering, and/or comparable internal or external experience in a competitive production environment.
- Knowledge in construction safety, negotiations, scope development and control, cost estimating, construction contracting, project controls and reporting, and quality control would be beneficial.
- Experience in utilities, commercial nuclear power, and/or IT systems is favorable.
- PMP certification is preferred but not required. Certification is required for advancement to the Project Manager Principal level (grade 009) of this job family.
- Valid state driver's license is required.
Benefits
- discretionary short-/long-term incentives
- 401(k)
- pension
- health insurance
- vacation
- educational assistance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project managementoutage managementbusiness administrationproject estimatingproject controlsproject engineeringcost estimatingquality controlAgileWaterfall
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationteamworkcustomer satisfactioncontinuous improvementrelationship buildingguidancefeedbackcoordinationplanning
Certifications
PMP certificationBachelor's degree in Construction ManagementBachelor's degree in EngineeringBachelor's degree in BusinessBachelor's degree in Project ManagementBachelor's degree in Computer ScienceAssociate's degree in related fieldvalid state driver's license