Project Manager 1, Black & Veatch Corporation, Walnut Creek, CA

Duties

Serve as the execution hub for clients and project teams, providing leadership and alignment for successful electric grid projects. Oversee collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work. Actively coordinate with all other internal/external team members on projects. Communicate client interests and drivers to project team members and develop approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on projects. Typically provide support to business development or pursuit activities. Actively foster knowledge management and provides mentoring. Serve as the key resource for executive management advisory on overall project health. Oversee planning, developing, issuing, and progress tracking of all assigned projects from contract execution through commercial operation. Work with Engineering, Procurement, and Construction to identify and resolve problems or issues related to design information, schedule, material deliveries, change management, safety, and quality. Manage escalated problems or issues. Own commercial recovery process and close-out. Manage the application of quality and control procedures. Direct complex projects requiring global resources and multiple partners. Manage multiple clients and/or accountable for implementing expanded new business objectives. Oversee and deliver opportunities for new/repeat business, finalizing key contract negotiations with client executives. Manage broad and varied complex risk profile. Responsible for the day-to-day successful execution of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC)/engineering services scopes in the areas of performance, financial metrics, planning, schedule, quality, contractual compliance, safety, and client satisfaction. Function in a lead role. Manage and lead larger production teams of multi-discipline professionals; coordinate multiple discipline activity; and serve as the responsible charge for a project. May provide technical guidance over a group on projects. Provide input for the successful staffing of the project. Provide recommendations on aspects of hiring and firing. Applicants for this position must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (i.e., H-1B visa, TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Electrical Engineering, or related degree and 8 years of relevant industry experience. Must hold a Professional Engineering license. Experience managing engineering services and EPC projects focused on at least one of the following technologies: Substation or overhead or underground Transmission. Must have experience with negotiating contracts with clients in the energy utility industry. Must have experience with managing construction teams directly in both a direct-hire or subcontract construction environment. Must have experience with managing risk for EPC Transmission & Distribution or Substation projects. Must have experience with utility-scale Transmission & Distribution or Substation market. Must have experience with leading larger production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for a project. National travel required up to 50% travel to project and client sites. Telecommuting is permissible within a reasonable commuting distance from Walnut Creek BV office. Must have good written and verbal communications skills in English. All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.