Senior GIS Project Manager

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Project Manager (PM) with experience in electric utility operations implementing and integrating COTS solutions such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Outage Management Systems (OMS), SCADA, Distribution Management Systems (DMS), Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI), etc. Will consider candidates near other TRC offices ().

• Deploy a range of geographical information systems (GIS), operational technologies (OT) and information technologies (IT).
• Assess and integrate emerging digital technologies.
• Leverage their information assets to manage their business uncover new insights.
• Determine opportunities for process improvement and change management.
• Enable enhanced situational awareness for utility transmission and distribution operators.
• Fully leverage their technology investments.
• Identify and prioritize security and data protection risks.

Working closely with the end customer, vendors and project personnel, the Senior Project Manager is responsible for ensuring the proper implementation and delivery of a new GIS system throughout the different jurisdictions of our client’s territory.

The Senior Project Manager will own the scope and have responsibility for the leadership, management, and overall success of the GIS Implementation Program. Possessing strong team leadership and executive communication skills will be vital for success in this role to deliver a complex in-flight utility GIS upgrade project.

The Senior Project Manager will bring a high-energy attitude with excellent project management and communication skills. Additionally, they will work with our technical specialists and various client stakeholders to deliver technology projects with the highest confidence, on time and on budget. Key capabilities will include:

• Project plan development – waterfall, agile, or hybrid.
• Project scope of work (SOW) creation and negotiation.
• Project communication and stakeholder management.
• Project financial and schedule tracking and management.
• Executive sponsorship engagement and presentation.
• Effective client side and TRC internal reporting.
• Business development initiation and support.

• Acts as a champion to foster a positive project work environment; and successfully leads the team to accomplish all the project objectives on time and on budget.
• Manage executive level communications with the System Integrator and Client.
• Oversee a team of offshore and onshore technical project resources.
• Control project schedule, resourcing, and financial reporting.
• Execute change management process in line with delivery contract and communication plan.
• Utilizes project management methodologies and practices such as task and quality management, project estimation, manpower and budget planning, modeling techniques and attendant tools.
• Maintain project plans, documents and timelines.
• Govern the Risk, Assumptions, Issues, Decisions (RAID) log.
• Develops and reports project status and analyzes progress relative to project milestones.
• Develops the workflow plans to manage the project from request through systems analysis, technical design, implementation, procurement, testing, turnover to production and client migration.
• Plans, prepares and tracks project schedules and budgets to assure controlled completion of each project step.
• Gather and analyze status for project deliverables.
• Develop and maintain project status reporting.
• Lead project meetings and workshops.
• Create presentations for all levels of organizations.
• Lead projects close out process.
• Maintains forecasts to assure that schedule compliance and desired results are achieved.

In addition, the Senior Project Manager must have strong judgement, leadership, organization, and communication skills.

• Minimum of 10 years of Project Management experience in the utility domain.
• Previous experience leading and managing large-scale, multifaceted enterprise-wide Operational Technologies projects in an electric utility environment.
• The successful candidate will be fully knowledgeable and proficient in all aspects of the Project Management Body of Knowledge.
• Excellent organizational, decision making and presentation…