Principal Project Manager, Power Delivery

We are a highly innovative surveying and engineering company with over 60 years of industry experience serving clients throughout the US and Caribbean.

At Pickett, we use the acronym S.O.L.V.E. to define our core values that include: Safety first, Outstanding service, Lasting relationships, Valued teamwork and Engaged culture.

“We solve the problems that matter” and we are always looking to add passionate, motivated, and qualified individuals to our rapidly expanding team.

The Principal Project Manager serves as a strategic leader within the Project Management Office (PMO), providing leadership and subject matter expertise in project and portfolio management, PMO process development, and business analytics. This role partners with PMO, operational, financial, and executive leadership to strengthen project delivery, improve portfolio visibility, and develop scalable processes, standards, and analytical capabilities that support organizational growth and operational excellence.

The Principal Project Manager leverages project, financial, operational, and resource data to identify trends, anticipate risks and constraints, evaluate business performance, and translate complex information into actionable insights for leadership. In addition to leading or supporting strategic projects and initiatives, this position drives continuous improvement across the PMO, provides guidance and mentorship to project management personnel, and helps establish the governance, tools, processes, and performance measures necessary to enable informed decision-making and consistent project execution across the organization.

• Provide strategic leadership in the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of project management processes, standards, tools, and governance practices across the organization.
• Evaluate existing PMO processes, project performance, and business data to identify root causes of performance gaps and opportunities for operational and process improvement.
• Partner with PMO, operational, financial, and executive leadership to align project management practices with organizational objectives, business strategy, and client expectations.
• Establish and promote standardized methodologies for project execution, data collection, governance, performance measurement, and reporting to improve consistency and reliability across the organization.
• Support the development and improvement of project initiation, project setup, change management, documentation, configuration control, and project closeout processes.
• Partner with Accounting, Project Controls, Operations, and project leadership to strengthen financial management practices, including project forecasting, invoicing, cost management, and financial reporting.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate PMO processes and reporting to improve efficiency, scalability, and data quality.
• Support the development and implementation of PMO tools and systems that enhance project execution, portfolio visibility, and organizational decision-making.
• Lead the development and evolution of PMO business analytics, portfolio reporting, and performance measurement capabilities to support executive and operational decision-making.
• Establish and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs), metrics, and reporting standards that provide meaningful insight into project, program, and portfolio performance.
• Analyze project and portfolio data to identify trends, emerging risks, opportunities, and performance drivers, translating findings into actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Develop and maintain executive-level dashboards and management reporting that provide visibility into portfolio health, financial performance, schedule performance, resource utilization, risk, backlog, and delivery outcomes.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Project Controls, and business leaders to integrate financial, operational, resource, and project data into a comprehensive view of portfolio and business performance.
• Perform forecasting, trend analysis, scenario analysis, and variance analysis to support resource planning, financial planning, portfolio prioritization, and strategic decision-making.
• Develop analytical methods for evaluating project and portfolio performance, including budget and schedule performance, profitability, resource capacity, backlog, forecast accuracy, and other key business indicators.
• Develop forward-looking…