Senior Project Manager

About NAES At NAES, you’ll find engaging and challenging career opportunities in the power generation, renewable energy and industrial construction industry. At every level of the company, we share a common goal:
To instill confidence in our clients through our steadfast commitment to safety, integrity and quality of work. NAES is the largest independent operator of power facilities in the industry, operating more than 190 power plants throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the UK spanning all technologies and providing over 49 GW of capacity. With the strength of 4000 people, our growing family of companies now addresses the entire life cycle of power generation and other industrial plants.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing multiple projects across a portfolio including associated vendor communications, project reviews, cost/schedule tracking, planning, scheduling of resources, and all other implementation activities. Be the main contact in the Engineered Performance Team and have the responsibility to execute a portfolio of projects to ensure that the project scope and objectives are accomplished within the agreed‑upon budget cost while adhering to project management best practices.

• Partner with multiple teams across our company to prioritize major power projects by understanding scope, requirements, level of effort, and state of our pipeline, and clarifying trade‑offs when changes are made to that plan.
• Build and manage project schedules in Microsoft Project or similar.
• Provide adequate schedule updates per NAES client/internal agreements.
• Set realistic timelines and consistently meet the benchmarks within it.
• Readjust and communicate the schedule as necessary to ensure timely delivery of the final project.
• Manage the financial plan and consistently evaluate the project budget.
• Manage day‑to‑day interaction with the Engineered Performance Team, Vendors and Business Process Owners, build relationships and achieve a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Identify and respond to potential issues throughout the life of the project to minimize potential negative impacts.
• Perform proactive Risk Management – Assess the project/solution risk, communicate and administer mitigation plans.
• Review and manage Statement of Work, Change Requests, and follow internal approval business processes.
• Project status reporting with stakeholders including Actions and Decisions.
• Establish and maintain the project communication plan providing updates to the project team as well as the internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage the quality of deliverables.
• Mentor more junior project managers supporting them with small to medium sized projects.

Works with the Engineered Performance team and reports up to the Fleet Services or Engineered Performance Management. Does not have any direct reports.

The initial compensation is $137,500 to $158,100.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business or related field from an accredited college or university recognized by the United States Department of Education or equivalent. Relevant work experience may be substituted for education on a year‑for‑year basis.
• Years of
  
  Experience:
  • Eight years of experience as a PM/Operations focused on working with major power generation projects.
  • Experience project managing large power generation projects both new construction and/or major maintenance.
  • Licenses/Certification: PM certification (PMP)
• Software/Equipment Knowledge:
  • Microsoft Project or Primavera
  • Power Generation EPC Projects or Power Generation Major Maintenance Projects (preferred)
• Other Considerations:
  • Able to handle stressful deadlines and situations
  • Responsible, self‑motivated, self‑starter, personable and well‑organized
  • Superior customer service skills
  • Able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work with diverse groups.
  • Able to demonstrate planning, organizing, and implementing skills that allow the successful completion of a project by a specific due date.

Physical Requirements – The employee may sit at a desk and…