Project Manager – Engineering (Hybrid)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Project Manager for their Vancouver, Washington location. This position will facilitate Transmission Lines, Substation, or Telecom & Facilities type infrastructure type projects from inception to conclusion. The Project Manager plans, facilitates, and coordinates activities for a designated project to verify that goals or objectives of the project are accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters. Transmission Line projects may include taps and switches, insulator replacements, integration of small customer projects, replacing aging wood poles or small wood pole line rebuilds, structure re-location projects, access roads, fiber and more. Substation projects may include equipment replacements, additions, expansions, or retirements. Telecom & Facilities projects may include new or modified radio sites, relaying, or other telecommunications infrastructure projects.
This position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If you think you’d be a good fit, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities for Project Manager – Engineering:
- Support and facilitate assigned project or multiple projects, from beginning to end in collaboration with senior management, external industry entities and stakeholders, providing expert guidance on the PMI-based project management methodology, best practices, and internal skill development as requested by and with guidance from the manager, team lead or other personnel with the authority to do so,
- Support and facilitate the following functions:
- Written and verbal sponsor communication.
- Project team communications and coordination.
- Inter-project team communications and coordination.
- Team meeting and sponsor meeting management.
- Issue project status reports on a regular or as requested basis.
- Maintain consistent communication with project sponsors, performance managers, and stakeholders on the progress of the project compared to the work plan.
- With the review and approval from the manager, define project success criteria – Key Performance Indicator (KPI) – and disseminate status reports of key deliverables to all involved teams throughout the project life cycle.
- Facilitate project postmortems and create a recommendations report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
- Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements.
- Provide background information, technical input, options, and recommendations that facilitate project decision-making. This may include, at management request, arranging, attending, and facilitating decision-making sessions/meetings with management, executives, and key stakeholders, including drafting agendas, answering technical questions, and presenting information, options, and recommendations for decision-maker consideration
Requirements for Project Manager – Engineering:
- U.S. Citizenship and valid U.S. Driver’s License required.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration or Management, Organizational Development, Computer Science or other directly related technical disciplines is preferred.
- 5+ years of experience is required with an applicable Bachelor’s degree.
- 7+ years of experience is required without a Bachelor’s degree in the applicable field.
- 10+ years of experience is required without a degree.
- Experience should include project management experience, including all aspects of process development and execution.
- Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft SharePoint or similar system to store, analyze, and manipulate information.
- Demonstrated proficiency using MS Office Suite to store, analyze and manipulate information.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Project or similar program.
**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**
About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.
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