Puget Sound Energy is hiring a Project Manager

Puget Sound Energy is hiring a Project Manager to manage electric capital projects that improve system reliability, increase capacity, or reduce wildfire risk. In this role, you'll manage scope, schedule, and budget for a project or portfolio of projects with minimal supervision, carrying medium risk and financial impact.

What You'll Do

• Assemble and lead multi-disciplinary project teams.
• 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.
• Perform effective upfront project planning and advocate for operational objectives to minimize costs and change orders.
• Validate and refine project scope and decide logical actions to meet requirements and deadlines.
• Recognize technical issues that impact projects and obtain resources to mitigate risks.
• Ensure compliance with codes, standards, and design, operation, and maintenance requirements.
• Apply general rules, standards, and guidelines to specific technical problems.
• Communicate technical information clearly and concisely to non-technical audiences, sometimes in public settings.
• Gather, consolidate, and analyze facts in relation to project requirements.
• Manage schedule and budget development, management, and forecasting.
• Support emergency response work as requested.

What We're Looking For

• A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and/or work experience.
• At least six years of relevant work experience, including managing simple to medium complexity projects.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to bring about agreement between divergent points of view.
• General knowledge and experience in scheduling, estimating, accounting, and finance principles.
• Experience with methods, techniques, and procedures involved in budgeting, procurement, and contract administration.
• Strong knowledge in project management discipline to arrange resources and manage multiple projects in a cross-functional environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills for single or multiple technical areas.
• Strong negotiating and critical thinking skills.
• A customer-oriented, positive, team-oriented attitude, flexibility, understanding of business drivers, and solid work ethic.
• Leadership skills that can energize a multidisciplinary team to respond to business needs.

Nice to Have

• General knowledge of project management principles, processes, and techniques, applied in a utility setting.
• Experience with utility-specific 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).
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, with an ability to express complex technical concepts in business terms.
• A Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering.
• General knowledge of techniques used to involve community members in development of projects affecting their community.

Benefits & Compensation

• Compensation range: $94,300.00 - $156,900.00.
• Medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Voluntary options of supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare.
• Employee assistance program (EAP).
• 401(k) investment option and a cash balance retirement plan.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Annual goals-based incentive bonuses.

Puget Sound Energy upholds safety compliance standards and promotes a culture of total safety. We demonstrate commitment to conduct business honestly, ethically, and consistent with our core values and Code of Conduct.

Puget Sound Energy is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, or presence of a disability.