Senior Power Delivery Project Manager

WSP is seeking a Senior Power Delivery Project Manager for our Power & Energy Management Team.

The Senior Power Delivery Project Manager is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the project management team to produce a product consistent with WSP mission statement and our culture.  They are expected to lead by example in adhering to WSP's culture and defined project management and business practices and to achieve the goals of the business plan, maintain WSP's high-quality standards, promote internal teamwork and meet the needs of our clients.

The position requires a focus on division goals to enhance client connection, maintain uncompromising quality and build a better future together. Building a team atmosphere is critical to the success of our Department in the Northeast Region.

This position will be based out of Syracuse, NY, Buffalo, NY, Rochester, NY, Augusta, ME, Boston, MA, New York, NY, with the ability to work remotely from any mutually acceptable location. You must have the ability to travel to a WSP and/or Client office for periodic in-person meetings.

** This Opportunity*
* Provides leadership and project management oversight for the development, execution, management, control and monitoring of, depending on client/direct reports' needs, Substation, and/or Transmission Line throughout the Northeast Region projects in support of company, regional, and national business line goals. Ensures responsibilities throughout the project lifecycle (proposal phase, planning and project startup, project execution, reporting, and project closeout) are adhered to, delivered, and audited with a level of quality that meets or exceeds corporate and client project excellence and delivery standards.  

Provides innovation, administration, and pragmatic direction to address current and future project management challenges in a rapidly changing and complex business and operations climate.

** Your Impact*
* + Provide Project Management, including pursuit and development of opportunities, initiation, planning, execution, controlling, and closing, for small/medium/large scale/more complex Substation, and/or Transmission Line throughout the Northeast Region ensuring support for  preparing and overseeing  project detailed design, budgets, forecasts, margins and KPIs, monitoring external events and risk contingencies,  ensuring satisfactory performance, and managing the contractual obligations to deliver the project or assigned portfolio of assigned project(s) as defined in the contract and client's expectations.

+ Supporting the mentoring of all project management staff for compliance with internal process and best practices, as well as earned value management and associated PMBOK standard practices.

+ Participate in company-wide training and in-person training events for Division development and growth.

+ Develop and foster effective strategies to engage project stakeholders at all levels, maintain effective relationships, and report on project progress.

+ Provide guidance with pursuit/initiation activities for projects meeting defined criteria or risk profile; including "Go / No-Go" decisions, contract reviews, risk mitigation strategies, pricing reviews, etc.

+ May participate, and many times, lead the contract T&Cs negotiations, rate schedule development, and client presentations.

+ Actively drive and coordinate the completion of appropriate levels of internal risk review required for all projects associated with your reporting staff, adhering to company RDOA requirements and procedures.

+ Actively drive the appropriate levels of technical review required for the project, selecting appropriately qualified staff to perform the required reviews, and adherence to the QA/QC plan.

+ Provide verbal and/or written inputs to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high level strategic advice to clients.

+ Ensure updates occur with system and process documentation including:
Risk (/RMP), Project Management Plan (PMP), Project Quality Plan (QP), Project Safety (PSP), and Communications Plan where applicable.

+ Lead project kick-off meetings with key stakeholders.

+ Coordinate with area/technical managers to address project resource and subcontracting requirements in a timely manner.

+ Maintain regular communications with the client including reporting on monthly status, safety incidents, and major issues together with scope and budget impacts.

+ Participate in and oversee problem project reviews, providing input about root cause issues and potential solutions.  Assist with developing project recovery plans.

+ Ensure regular project reporting and updates are provided to clients, technical areas, and business unit managers, identifying any emergent issues with scope, risk, and/or budget.

+ Develop new and existing clients and seek opportunities for Division growth.

+ Complete formal project closeout activities, along with facilitating and documenting a lessons-learned meeting with key project staff.

+ Collaborate…