Conventional Gen Sr Project Mgr

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JOB TITLE: Conventional Generation Project Sr Mgr
REQUISITION: DEV
000E
DEPARTMENT: Generation Development
LOCATION: Northwest Missouri
PAY GRADE: $126,200 - $168,200 - $210,300

Scheduled

Work Hours:

Monday
- Friday, 8:00 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m. (Other hours as required)

Reporting to the Senior Director Conventional Generation Projects, the candidate has overall responsibility for the management of projects to construct combined cycle and simple cycle conventional generation units. The projects will be complex, multi-billion-dollar capital projects with multi-year time frames that span diverse disciplines. The candidate will provide support and project management from project origination through commercial operation. The candidate will represent Evergy's and the project's interests by facilitating navigation through a matrixed stakeholder environment and regularly providing formal and informal project communications to numerous internal and external stakeholders.

• Project Management:
  Overseeing the entire lifecycle of complex, multi- billion-dollar capital projects, from origination to commercial operation.
• Stakeholder Coordination:
  Navigating a matrixed stakeholder environment, ensuring effective communication and collaboration among internal and external stakeholders.
• Technical Oversight:
  Managing the technical aspects of constructing combined cycle and simple cycle conventional generation units, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Budget Management:
  Developing and managing project budgets, ensuring financial targets are met and resources are allocated efficiently.
• Risk Management:
  
  Identifying and mitigating risks throughout the project lifecycle to ensure successful project delivery.
• Regulatory Compliance:
  Ensuring all projects comply with relevant local, state, and federal regulations.
• Reporting:
  Providing regular formal and informal project updates to stakeholders, including progress reports, financial status, and risk assessments.
• Team Leadership:
  Leading and mentoring project teams, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
• Contract Management:
  Overseeing contracts with vendors, suppliers, and contractors, ensuring all terms and conditions are met.
• Quality Assurance:
  Implementing quality control measures to ensure project deliverables meet the required standards.

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, business, finance or other related field is highly preferred for this position.
• At least five years dedicated large-scale project management experience working on projects that are several million in size and span several years is required.
• Project leaders that have a diverse background working with multiple vendors, internal stakeholders and counter parties are preferred.
• A PMP designation is encouraged but not required.
• Individuals with less than five years of dedicated project management experience may be considered if they possess experience and capability in related disciplines with a proven track record of success.

• Project tracking and controls including familiarity with project budgets, cost tracking systems and critical path, logic-linked project schedules.
• Creating business case justifications, procurement plans and write contract scopes of work for moderate scale material, equipment and labor procurements utilizing existing and new contracts and suppliers.
• Ability to work with limited oversight at times and create forward momentum on behalf of Evergy's renewables efforts.
• Understanding of the changing energy landscape and new conventional generation resources.
• Ability to influence others and to set clear expectations and hold others accountable.
• Ability to make decisions with limited information, non-routine or unexpected judgments and process information in an organized, timely and accurate manner.
• Ability to handle multiple…