Technical Project Manager - Utility Consulting

Date: Oct 16, 2024

Location:

US

Company: Black Veatch Family of Companies

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Company : Black Veatch Corporation

Req Id : 105862

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : No

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Project Only Hire : Yes

Visa Sponsorship Available: No

Why Black and Veatch

Recognized by Glassdoor as a 2023 Top 100 place to work , Black Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1. Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life.

At Black Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.

The Opportunity

Black Veatch is growing and looking for the right team members to join our Digital Advisory Organization. The Technical Project Manager (PM) leads the delivery of Utility Transformational programs and projects in the areas of Grid Modernization, Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Customer Experience solutions, and Enterprise Work and Asset Management. This includes management of the project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and resources, with participation and consultation in technical solution delivery strategy, solutions architecture, business and systems integration, and organizational change management. This role will also work closely with the Project Director to manage and deliver on contractual obligations, client satisfaction, pull through business opportunities, and develop trusted, long-term client relationships.

The Technical PM brings practitioner-level experience delivering transformational-related projects for utilities, as a utility employee, working for utility infrastructure or software platform vendor, or in a consulting capacity for utilities. The preferred candidate will be conversant in the business, functional, and technical aspects of the utility, including bringing direct experience with utility construction and software systems delivery methodologies, power systems TD infrastructure, distributed energy resources, and OT/IT systems (e.g. EMS/SCADA, ADMS/OMS, DERMS, GIS).

This role will also be called on to support Black Veatch Federal Award project delivery, working under the Bi-partisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to support various federal award programs, e.g. Grid Reliability and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) grant project execution. These federal programs are funding utilities across the country to increase reliability and resiliency for disadvantaged communities, advance the rollout and demonstrate use cases for new technologies like Batter Energy Storage and Hydrogen, deliver increased transmission capacity to more effectively integrate renewables, enhance cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, expand EV charging infrastructure, and deliver improved situational awareness, asset management, and reliability through increased network telecommunications capacity across the power system.

Much of the project management and delivery work will be done remotely through online, virtual meetings with Black Veatch team members and our clients. Travel to the client site is on an as needed basis, but typically no more than 1-2 times per month for 2-3 days per trip.

The Team

Black Veatch’s Strategic Advisory Lifecycle Resiliency Services are an integrated portfolio of strategic consulting and operation resiliency services that apply across the client’s entire investment-to-operations lifecycle commitments. Included are Strategic Advisory, Industrial Cybersecurity, and Operating Assets.

Key Responsibilities

Align client technical needs with identified business objectives through the planning and execution of grid, asset, and customer solution projects.

Manage large, complex, multi-year technology infrastructure and systems projects involving multiple stakeholder organizations across the utility.

Bring strong verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to overcome obstacles and negotiate resolutions to complex problems.

Leverage your knowledge of the multiple delivery methodologies to integrate planning and scheduling across power systems infrastructure and OT/IT systems, including: utility engineering and construction, systems/software delivery lifecycle, and PMBOK PMI.

Support organizational planning, structured project planning and execution, finance and accounting, personnel administration, technology life cycle management, delegation, team building, conflict management, and problem solving.

Identify resource needs, interview for it, and build project teams, identify team roles and responsibilities and align team members, motivate and inspire consulting professionals to meet project objectives, influence cross-functional organizations and business partners.

Be a change advocate and overcoming barriers to change for our clients and team member, navigate/resolve unforeseen challenges, effectively balancing scope, schedule, resources, and quality.

Demonstrate effective business and technical writing and verbal communication skills; developing presentations for reporting to all levels of the client business, from technical practitioners, to management level leadership and sponsorship, to executives.

Manage meetings with defined agendas, effective group participation, time management, and action items tracking.

Develop professional quality work products at each stage of the project management lifecycle, leveraging, building on, and adding to existing Black Veatch delivery templates, processes, and artifacts for project management and solution delivery.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s Degree

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience

7+ years experience in a business/consulting environment

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.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Virtual position based in the United States with the ability to travel up to 50%

Salary Plan

CST: Consulting

Job Grade

004

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To support a healthy work-life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.

A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company-matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, ADD insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the BV Credit Union. Professionals may also be eligible for a performance-based bonus program.

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