NERC CIP Project Manager

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$61.00/hr - $62.00/hr

Title: NERC CIP Project Manager

Location:
Locations include Newark and other locations in Central NJ (Hybrid 3 days onsite)

Duration: 6+ Months (with extension)

This project is to prepare and oversee a NERC CIP audit for the client. This person will track CIP evidence responses, and ensure the team is ready for audit.

• Direct project team personnel, manage cost and schedule, ensure contract compliance, and serve as customer interface.
• Track CIP evidence responses, and ensure the team is ready for audit.
• Manage technical scope, cost, and schedule of assigned tasks or functions of the project.
• Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership skills that engage multidiscipline work teams to respond to business needs for assigned projects.
• Lead project team members such as executives, line of business subject matter experts, controllers, and schedulers through the lifecycle of a project.
• Manage project teams that typically include multiple vendors with onshore and offshore resources.
• Create project management plans, set expectations, execute governance reviews and ensure the project plans are driven by organizational procedures.
• Coordinate with cross‑functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables.
• Ensure that requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed and approved per organizational/PMO standards.
• Work with assigned scheduler to create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables.
• Manage project budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly accruals.
• Establish and provide high‑quality, informative written and verbal project communications, including weekly status, dashboards, and project updates.
• Actively monitor, track, and manage project tasks, timelines, attainment of established milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Technology, Computer Science or related degree with 8+ years of experience as an IT Project Manager. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• 3+ years experience managing security projects.
• Previous experience with NERC CIP projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with senior to executive level management.
• Ability to manage schedule and costs, and ability to provide written status reports and craft materials.
• Solid understanding and previous experience of Project Management and Project Management Office processes and procedures.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet or similar project management tool.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships, partnerships, and external networks.
• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision and work effectively in a collaborative team environment while keeping the team informed.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent decision‑making and organizational skills are required.
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem‑solving abilities.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data protection and other security guidelines where appropriate.

Mid‑Senior level

Contract

Project Management

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting, Services for Renewable Energy, and Electric Power Generation

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