Project Manager; Utilities

STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS (S3) HAS AN OPENING!

Roanoke, VA (Local/Onsite)
W2 contract role
12 Months with opportunity to extend or convert

* Travel (25%) consists of day trips or multiple overnight stays to visit sites in West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. Estimated one week a month for travel.

We are looking for a Project Manager with a background in Electric utility, Trans Line, Forestry, Environmental and Regulatory. This is a long term project, potentially 5+ years.

• Conduct planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating assigned project activities.
• Support and hold employees and contractors accountable for the client System Safety Process, ensuring a safe working environment focused on Zero Harm.
• Develop, review and coordinate the project plan, schedule, budget, tools, and staff.
• Perform coordination role as assigned to increase awareness in all knowledge areas of project plans.
• Communicate project details and status updates. Lead planning meetings and project/outage updates with supportive role in stakeholder presentations. Provide written and oral reports and other communication.
• Develop working relationships with the project team, plant and operating company staff, internal and external customers or partners, contractors, vendors, and suppliers. Foster teamwork and seek customer satisfaction.
• Provide guidance and feedback, to improve design, systems, procedures, schedules, and costs.
• Provide specific guidance in these areas and begins to challenge others at an apprentice level of informed understanding in all project work.
• Ensure, or assist the lead PM in ensuring, efficient and timely performance of project work activities. Proficient and effective in assisting the lead PM and/or delivers similarly when leading intermediate projects on their own.
• Develop and manage procurement plans for necessary outside resources.
• Conduct or assist in closeout processes, including an analysis of the success of the project with respect to accomplishing the project objectives and realizing project benefits.

• Qualified experience includes outage management activities, business administration, major construction field experience, project estimating, controls, and engineering, and/or comparable experience in a competitive production environment.
• Knowledge in construction safety, negotiations, scope development/control, cost estimating, construction contracting, project controls/reporting, and quality control are beneficial.
• Experience in utilities or power systems.

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, business, project management, or related field of study with 3 years qualified experience, or two-year Associate's degree in the same disciplines with 5 years of qualified experience.

• PMP certification is preferred.
• Knowledge of P6 and PMBOK
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Multi level collaboration.