Power Delivery Project Management Area Lead - Remote

Job Description

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Power Delivery Project Management Area Lead. The successful candidate may work from a mutually acceptable location within the United States and must have the ability to travel to a WSP and/or client office for periodic face‑to‑face meetings.

The Project Management Area Lead (PMAL) is responsible for managing the day‑to‑day activities of the local and/or regional project management team to produce a product consistent with WSP's mission statement and culture. The PMAL leads by example, adheres to WSP’s culture and defined project management and business practices, and achieves the goals of the business plan while maintaining high‑quality standards, promoting internal teamwork, and meeting client needs.

Provides project management for the development, execution, management, control, and monitoring of high voltage and EHV projects in support of company, regional, and national business line goals. Ensures responsibilities throughout the project lifecycle (proposal, planning, project startup, execution, reporting, and 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.

• Provide PM leadership for small/medium/large scale/more complex high voltage and EHV projects 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 contractual obligations to deliver the project or assigned portfolio as defined in the contract and client expectations.
• Support the development of and execution of the BU and department recruiting plans. Monitor and address retention.
• Oversee the employee review process for all staff. Perform reviews for all direct reports. Summarize recommendations for position and salary adjustments for all direct reports.
• Support the preparation, monitoring and execution of PE to PM plans for internal transfers and new external hires. Ensure a strong mentoring relationship is established with all new PM’s.
• 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 at times, lead contract negotiations and client presentations.
• 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.
• Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff.
• 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.
• Complete formal project closeout activities, along with facilitating and documenting a…