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    Principal Program Manager, Project Management - Albany, United States - National Grid

    National Grid
    National Grid Albany, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    About us


    National Grid is seeing a Principal Program Manager for our Program Management and Construction division working out of Syracuse, NY

    Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.

    To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

    Job Purpose


    To be a liaison between National Grid and a selected contractor to support program development activities. This role will be managing oversight of multiple projects at once preparing them for successful execution. Facilitating successful interactions and coordination between all internal and external support functions will be required to deliver mega-projects in multiple contract styles. This position will also require participation in bid events, negotiations and other pre-contract activities described below.

    Key Accountabilities

    • Employee Management
    • Employee performance, development, and organization
    • External position management, including hiring and termination
    • Facilitating successful internal and external business relationships
    • Work-plan Delivery
    • Pre-contract management for items such as permitting, real estate, comms, outage planning and all other necessary duties to ensure the bids, contracts and work packages can be successfully delivered by the project construction staff.
    • Ensure constructors have contractual obligations that ensure timely and budget conscious delivery of the Megaprojects portfolio including stakeholder management and cadenced reporting.
    • Establish and maintain baseline schedules, resource loading, risk registers, estimates and spend profiles until transferring work packages to the PM team.
    • Build and deliver sanction papers and any other associated funding documentation.
    • Find and implement continuous improvement in the project delivery to create a more efficient operation in future projects.
    • Develop relationships with stakeholders regarding program delivery including project management, operations, resource planning, design/engineering, and customers.
    • Foster relationships with contractors for efficient construction and service to the company.
    • Contractor Management
    • Ensure team has a cadenced, metric-based approach to contractor and contract performance evaluation and reporting to stakeholders and vendors.
    • Establish business relationships with contractors that demonstrate superior capabilities in Mega Projects delivery
    • Work with Procurement and selected contractor on create new or updating existing high capital dollar contract strategies
    • Coordinate with project teams and EPC management contractor to support the mega project portfolio, Reporting / Audits
    • Ensure contract is being administered properly and delivering to the companies benefit.
    • Review reporting to aid in consistent management of contracts
    • Internal and external communications plan management

    Supervisory/Interpersonal- Experience Required

    • Engage stakeholders and have effective collaboration and partnership capabilities.
    • Excellent written/oral communication skills, follow-up, and negotiation skills.
    • Good project management skills.

    Qualifications

    • Strong background or certification in Construction Management, Contract Management or Work Planning/Project Management
    • Polished presentation ability for executive teams and large groups
    • Stakeholder Management – The Program Manager will be expected to maintain a relationship with all National Grid & Contractor stakeholders. This individual should expect to check in with all stakeholders and periodically meet face to face with key players.
    • Oversee preliminary project budgets and financial controls, project management systems and processes
    • Strong negotiation skills
    • Project/portfolio work management in a dynamically changing environment
    • Ability to prioritize and execute based on information at hand without direction when necessary
    • Demonstrated ability to operate independently
    • Bachelor's degree or demonstrated contract, construction management, or project management equivalent experience. Experience within the electric utility industry is greatly preferred.
    • Ability to travel as required
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite of applications with a focus on excel and PowerPoint
    • Experience with construction management software, such as Procore is preferred

    More Information


    Salary

    $121,000 - $142,000 a year

    This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

    National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.

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