Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, Operations Manager

Project Manager

Location: Augusta, ME.

Work type: Office (on-site).

Salary range:  94,490 to  118,113 (dependent on experience).

This position requires a highly skilled and experienced Project Manager to lead and manage large-scale projects within the utility business. The ideal candidate will demonstrate effective leadership in a matrix organization, ensuring the successful initiation, planning, execution, and closing of projects. This role demands a strong focus on managing teams, quality and environmental processes, and third‑party projects, while maintaining performance indicators and stakeholder satisfaction.

• Effective leadership in a matrix organization.
• Initiation, Planning, Executing, and Closing Projects – defining the project WBS, cost baseline and OBS structure, initiating the project, building a comprehensive work plan, controlling and managing risks, scope, schedule and budget.
• Managing Teams – facilitating commitment and productivity, removing obstacles, and managing teams.
• Implementation and Management of Quality and Environmental Process and procedures on all projects focusing on meeting SPI and CPI performance indicators less than 1.0.
• Management of third‑party projects including other transmission customers and interconnecting customers.
• Accountable and responsible for cost/budgeting and management; communication management; change management; schedule management; construction management oversight; commissioning management oversight; risk management and regulatory and stakeholder management.
• Responsible for the execution and successful completion of the project. The PM is the main point of contact between contractors and the client on all project matters, monitoring and measuring project performance and resolving contractual disputes related to costs, scope, and schedule.

• Bachelor’s degree and 5‑10 years in large‑scale projects program management for the utility business.
• Minimum five (5) years’ experience in the functional area under which it will be contracted: substations, T&D, gas‑hydro and OSG.
• Professional Engineer license and/or Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Certification (under Avangrid approval).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Project Management Professional or Program Management Professional.

• Develop self & others
• Empower to grow
• Collaborate and share
• Be a role model
• Focus to achieve results
• Be agile

CENTRAL MAINE POWER CO

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule or job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those who will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.

January‑18‑2026

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Project Management and Information Technology

Utilities