Project Manager
Avangrid

Purpose

Business Area: Projects
Department: Resiliency-Lines Projects
Job Title: Project Manager
Reports to: Shannon K. FitzGerald-Unit Manager Distribution Lines Projects
Location: Binghamton, NY (NYSEG-NY-Kirkwood JACC); any division with the stipulation willing to travel
Salary Grade: G
Cross Company Responsibility: Yes

Responsibilities

The Project Manager is responsible for coordinating capital vegetation management activities between several
line projects, located in Maine and New York, by managing resource requirements, priorities, investment plans,
project execution strategy and internal/external resource requirements. Projects will be focus primarily on trimming
needs for resiliency distribution lines project with a particular focus on ground-to-sky trimming.

Responsibility includes meeting corporate goals for capital investment, managing Work in Progress, and coordinating
with lines projects ahead of construction to ensure maximation of workflow. Must manage team performance to ensure the
effectiveness of capital budget delivery considering the environment, operating efficiency, regulatory, CWIP and operational needs.

Represents the company in regulatory and public forums.
Coordinate activities of project team members including arborists, construction managers, and external contractors.
Facilitates the work of external contractors and other internal business areas. Holds contractors accountable for performance.
Holds project team members accountable for results. Provides technical advice to senior management when required. Responsible
for the overall project control and reporting, providing leadership and coordination of the scheduling, cost controlling and
reporting processes and functions surrounding resiliency vegetation initiatives. Ensure projects are delivered on schedule,
within budget and in conformance to quality and company easements.

Major Roles and Responsibilities

• Interfacing with municipal stakeholders and local permitting agencies
• Program and project management skills
• Leadership skills
• Document control
• Participates in project team scheduling and budgetary planning processes
• Works within the project unit, managing internal and external project resources. Sets unit goals and direction to align and undertakes action plans, program management to accomplish goals.
• Oversees project budgets. Analyzes project unit performance and initiates actions to control scope, schedule and cost performance. Proactive approach to overseeing work measures progress and takes actions to ensure budgets and deadlines are achieved. Approves project plans, executes contract strategies to undertake work and controls and authorizes expenditures. Initiates actions to ensure compliance with a project management and quality management processes and procedures. Assures that projects are completed within the approved scope, schedule and budget
• Coordinates with other departments, consultants, attorneys, utilities, regulatory agencies, government agencies, and major customers. May represent the company and testify in regulatory hearings or at Federal, State or local agency or municipal meetings.
• Considers innovative ways to undertake work, promoting automation and efficiencies in day-to-day work streams
• Provides recommendations on policies and goals desired and implements new/revised processes and procedures according to established guidelines
• Responsible for the overall management and control of project unit budgets including O&M and Capital
• Informs management and project teams regarding cost and schedule performance variances and corrective action required.
• Responsible for ensuring the risk control system is utilized.
• Continually monitors individual progress to insure meeting of specific deadlines.
• Responsible for Project accountability overview, making sure that it complies with all applicable utility commission guidance.
• Attendance to Cost & Schedule Meetings
• Attendance to Executive management meetings, providing and presenting reports and cost-schedule-risk views as required.
• Storm assignment as required

Skills and Requirements

• Ability to mobilize team members to deliver projects on time and under budget
• Ability to integrate schedules utilizing software with PMO support: Primavera (P6)
• Expert in risk management and mitigation plans
• Expert in utilizing MS Excel for data analysis, budgeting and planning and optimizing schedules.
• Ability to use and query SAP
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Public presentation skills and ability to summarize concepts utilizing Microsoft Office tools
• Results oriented
• Understanding of quality assurance processes and implement with project structure.
• Knowledge of existing vegetation trimming specifications approved with utility commissions by state;
and ability to work with customers and contractor to obtain new easements for additional trimming rights by permission
• Supervision of field personnel and construction contractors
• Proven ability to lead teams and work in a team environment
• Team oriented

Experience/Training:
• Experienced in contract negotiations and supplier management
• Proven experience in bid management
• Project Management Professional Certification preferred, or the ability to obtain within 12 months

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Forestry, or relevant experience in the energy industry with 5 -7 years of relevant vegetation or project management or engineering experience

Competencies

• Be a role model
• Be agile
• Collaborate and Share
• Develop Self & Others
• Empower to grow
• Focus to achieve results
• Technical Skills

Mobility Information

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within AVANGRD Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Renewables

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