Assoc. PM​/Project Leader​/Project Manager

Company Summary Statement

PPL Electric Utilities delivers safe, reliable and affordable electricity to more than 1.4 million homes and businesses throughout its 29-county service territory in eastern and central Pennsylvania. Through smart investments and innovation, it has built one of the most advanced electric grids in the United States. And, with over a century of expertise, PPL Electric remains focused on continuing to build the utility of the future, today.

Regularly ranking among the country's best utility companies for reliability and customer satisfaction, PPL Electric has won numerous awards, including 30 J.D. Power Awards for providing top-quality service to residential and business customers. PPL Electric is a major employer and an active supporter of the communities it serves. Empowering employees, community members and initiatives across its service territory through volunteerism and investments in organizations that support education, sustainability, and wellbeing.

Overview

The Associate Project Manager is the single point of accountability for small to routine medium projects supporting capital and maintenance projects (Transmission, Distribution and Substation). Responsible for the successful delivery of assigned project portfolio. Responsible for supporting for individual program projects or support roles for project managers.

Assignment may also include support of project leaders, project managers, senior project managers in support role to facilitate successful completion of projects.

The Project Leader is the single point of accountability for medium size PPL Electric Utilities transmission and distribution projects and is responsible for planning and managing all aspects of these projects, from development through close out. This position identifies risks and develops mitigation plans to deal with risks should they occur. This position is required to integrate information from various sources into a cohesive, comprehensive and logical project plan.

The Project Leader must be capable of managing and influencing a range of subject matter experts and leading teams in executing project plans. Guidance from Senior Project Managers or Project Managers would typically be sought by the Project Leader for complicated projects.

The Project and Contract Manager position is the single point of accountability for large PPL Electric Utilities capital projects. Responsible for the successful delivery of assigned project portfolio. Responsible for all project and contract management activities throughout the project life cycle including planning, detailed design, construction, close out and turnover to operations on assigned project portfolio. Manages contractor commitments to ensure all deliverables are met to scope, schedule, and budget.

Team player capable of working with management, project controls, and contractors. Must be capable of coordinating and influencing a wide range of functional organizational leads and subject matter experts across the lifecycle process to accomplish the goals and objectives of the organization. Must be goal oriented, action-focused, pragmatic and self-disciplined. In addition, she/he must excel at project planning, organizing, communication, team motivation and delegation.

Responsibilities

APM:

* Manage a portfolio of projects that include:

* Small maintenance activities (Including but not limited to relay maintenance or equipment upgrades)

* Repetitive routine program type projects (i.e small pole replacement, insulator replacements, equipment monitoring, or similar)

* Complexity from low to medium (degree of difficulty, level of risk, contracting strategy, stakeholder engagement) duration from several months to several years.

* Assists project leaders and project managers in tasks such as project forecasting, budget analysis, scheduling tracking of project activities, material management, outage coordinate, project meeting minutes.

* Plans, directs, and ensures the successful management of assigned project portfolio utilizing the resources provided based on project requirements.

* Maintains communication with management to escalate risk and ensure smooth running of all assigned tasks and projects. Advise leadership about the project portfolio, status, budget, and resource planning for delivering strategic business projects. Establish and nurture positive relationships with and customer organizations.

* Responsible for the development, execution, and ongoing maintenance of the project management plan for each assigned project. This includes scope, schedule, cost, quality, communication, resource, issues, risks, change control and contractor management plans. Level of detail is driven by project size and complexity.

* Responsible for all project management activities for assigned portfolio throughout the project life cycle (planning, detailed design, construction bidding, construction execution, close out and turnover to operations) on assigned project portfolio, which include:

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