EV on Poles Project Manager II

Job Description

PSE’s Pole Services team is part of the New Product Development department which develops new energy products and services to meet customer needs. The Pole Services group specifically engages with PSE’s municipal, telecommunications, and construction development customers interested in street and area lighting, communication joint use, wireless collocation, and other pole-related services.

 
This Project Manager II role will oversee the project management of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations that will be collocated on PSE’s Wood Distribution, Transmission and Stand-Alone Street Light Poles throughout PSE's territory in Washington State. This individual ensures customer requirements are met, and work is completed to support PSE business, energy savings, green power, financial goals, and is responsible for ensuring consistent application of PSE standards, processes, and proactively driving continuous improvement activities. He/she will also participate in cross-functional teams internally and with our customers in both leadership and participant roles to develop appropriate solutions for PSE and customer needs.

This Project Manager II will be responsible for managing material resources for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, with the ability to make sure that sites are ready for collocation, construction and updating new and existing job aids, workflows and SAP task protocol. The candidate will also need to have extensive knowledge identifying PSE’s Distribution and Transmission assets and calling out any make-ready work in order to install EV Charging Stations on poles. 

Upholds the safety compliance standards inherent in PSE’s operating and/or field procedures related to work responsibilities. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety. Demonstrates commitment to conduct business honestly, ethically and consistent with our core values and Code of Conduct. Ensure duties are performed in accordance with all regulatory compliance obligations. 

This job is considered "safety sensitive" as defined in RCW 49.44.240 and is subject to pre-employment drug screening that includes screening for the presence of marijuana and marijuana metabolites. 

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinates resources, provides oversight and direction to team members.
• Identifies the scope of an assigned project and decides logical action to meet project requirements and deadlines.
• Communicate and manage the customer relationship as the primary point of contact. 
• Accurately identify customer needs, set reasonable expectations, identify potential issues and share alternatives.
• Facilitates communication between service providers and internal customers, which may include technical support at the direction of a senior project manager.
• Responds to customer concerns and works with appropriate parties for resolution.
• Facilitates technical assistance to internal and external customers.
• Applies general rules, standards and guidelines to specific technical problems.
• Reports on project and program progress as directed. 
• Gathers, consolidates and analyzes facts in relation to project requirements.
• Responsible for schedule and budget development, management and forecasting.
• Supports emergency response work as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and/or work experience.
• At least four years relevant work experience including managing simple projects.
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communications skills and ability to work as part of a team.
• Basic knowledge and experience in scheduling, estimating, accounting and finance principles.
• Basic knowledge in project management discipline to effectively arrange resources and manage multiple simple to medium complexity projects in a cross-functional environment.
• Customer-oriented, a positive, team-oriented and collaborative attitude, flexibility, an understanding of the business issues driving the need for the project, and solid work ethic are expected.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Project Management or related discipline.
• Experience managing small projects or programs.
• Strong communication and presentation skills and techniques to bring about agreement between divergent points of view. Ability to write clear, concise and direct narrative and reports.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and conceptual skills for single of multiple technical areas.
• Negotiating and critical thinking skills.
• Knowledge of utility methods, techniques and procedures involved in budgeting, procurement and contract administration.
• Advanced Project Management Training and Project Management or Construction Management Certification from an accredited institution (PMI or College).
• Experience in SAP

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