Senior Project Manager Information Technology -Chattanooga

RSI provides full-service environmental solutions supporting clients through all phases of cleanup, with expertise in regulatory compliance, characterization, monitoring, renewable energy, and project management. Built on a strong foundation of collaboration and a people-first culture, RSI is known for being easy to work with and delivering results through long-term partnerships.

RSI is part of a family of companies unified by purpose to deliver safe, reliable solutions to our clients’ unique challenges. We are committed to providing technically superior service, adding value at every stage, and leaving things better than we found them.

RSI is currently recruiting a Senior Project Manager Information Technology Delivery for our client in Chattanooga. This role will integrate directly with TVA technology teams, the Enterprise Project Management Office, and business unit stakeholders to lead Joint Project Teams (JPTs), driving technology solutions from concept and business case development through deployment, hypercare, and operational handover. This position will lead project activities from charter development, business and technical requirements intake, and business case development through solution design, development or configuration, testing, deployment, post-go-live stabilization, and transition to operations.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for overall planning, direction, management, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects according to specifications, within budget cost from initiation through completion. The Senior Project Manager leads Joint Project Teams (JPTs), applies professional principles, practices and techniques to lead project teams and control project schedule, cost and performance risk to ensure project is completed within a certain set of restraints (e.g., time, budget, people, quality, materials) and a high level of quality.

This role is generally assigned large multifaceted projects. The Senior Project Manager is the single point of contact regarding a specific project and assumes the leadership role in safely managing the project.

Work and results primarily achieved through the work of others and typically depend on the incumbent’s ability to influence and negotiate with parts of the organization where formal authority is not held. Decisions are guided by resource availability and project objectives. This is a hybrid role and candidates should be in or around Chattanooga, TN.

• Leads, directs and manages projects from initial planning stages to completion, including post-project analysis in compliance with all TVA processes and procedures.
• Actively manages multi-disciplined teams including internal and external resources to define and achieve project performance goals, schedule and budget performance.
• Develop full-scale project plans including project scope, accurate and reliable cost estimates, goals and deliverables, and effectively communicates project expectations to management, end users and stakeholders in a timely and clear manner. Proactively communicates project status, issues and risks to management.
• Defines, estimates and secures resources needed to achieve project goals. Integrates sound cost estimating practices into project plans.
• Prepare budget proposals and recommends subsequent budget changes to meet changing requirements, where necessary.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using formal processes and appropriate tools, such as project management software.
• Tracks project progress, milestones and deliverables to ensure deadlines are met appropriately.
• Assesses project issues and identifies solutions to meet project goals.
• Proactively manage…