Senior Project Manager
Senior Project Manager
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$ 103821 - 129777
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Job Description
This posting will remain open until filled and the first review of applications will take place on Monday April 7.
The Eugene Water & Electric Board is seeking a selfmotivated Senior Project Manager with strong critical thinking skills and experience managing projects in utilities or closely related industries. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for developing business cases preparing detailed cost estimates and managing multiple projects simultaneously ensuring that key project performance metrics and expected business benefits are achieved and the overall project delivery is to the highest standard.
The Senior Project Manager reports to the Project Management Office (PMO) Manager and will be part of a project management team with the focus on delivering strategic crossdepartmental projects. Project drivers may vary including technological advancement organizational change resilience and reliability improvement infrastructure upgrade regulatory requirement market demand and others. Projects usually involve both internal teams and contractors performing the scope of work.
The person in this seniorlevel role is expected to work under minimum supervision leading projects across strategic tactical and operational initiatives. We are hoping to hire a candidate who demonstrates the ability to collaborate with leadership ensuring alignment between business initiatives and the PMO portfolio and optimizing project management processes to continually improve project delivery across people process and technology.
The successful candidate will have the ability to collaborate foster and maintain relationships with stakeholders businesses teams crossfunctional technical teams and external service partners. The Senior Project Manager must have the business confidence to communicate strategic positions and directives in relation to expected organizational project management priorities and outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Define project scope from technical or industry knowledge level working with subjectmatter experts when applicable. Manage and execute major project initiatives from initiation planning and of long life cycle. Define success criteria constraints and lead project to closure within budget and target date. Control and manage project scope to prevent scope creep and avoid gold plating.
- Identify and engage appropriate resources. Obtain external resources and independently manage vendors and hours. Manage resource hours on a granular level to control project cost.
- Prepare business and cost analysis. Work with subject matter experts to create business case with technical and / or industry specific knowledge. Control cost overrun and through contract amendments if necessary. Develop acceptance criteria based on performance and deliverables manage and audit hours invoices and control charges. Analyze product procurement with appropriate resources as required.
- Create communication plan based on roles and responsibilities and revise as appropriate. Communicate to appropriate audience of project status changes and updates. Manage contents of communication to targeted and appropriate audience. Level set appropriate expectations and escalate as necessary.
- Create quality controls & assurances procedures and processes. Apply and quantify performance variances creates graphic presentations of quality controls used to monitor performance.
- Exercise technical oversight over designated staff. Communicate project plans and expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion. Identifies and resolves issues and conflicts. Inform project team members and contractors and influence them to take positive action for assigned work. Participate in regular project team meetings agenda development and time and event schedules.
- Plan and manage all aspects of the project: stakeholders scope cost risk communication cost resources quality procurement and integration.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Note: This posting includes supplemental questions. Your responses will be scored and used to determine if you will proceed to the next step of the selection process. Provide detailed answers to each question. Please do not reference your resume or application in your responses.
Minimum Training and Experience Required:
Minimum Experience: 6 years of professional project management experience.
Education: Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering Project Management Business Information Systems Computer Science Computer Information Systems Business Administration Management Public Administration or a closely related field.
Desirable certifications:Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or Program Management Professional (PgMP).
Equivalency:An equivalent combination of education and experience aligned to successfully perform the essential duties of this job may qualify.
Postoffer background check required:Yes.
Compensation and Benefits:
Thestartingannual salary for this position is$103821 $129777commensuratewith knowledge skills education andexperience as it relates to the position.
EWEB values total worker health both at work and at home and provides a robust compensation & benefits package Read more about our benefits.
Work Location: This position is based inEugene Oregon and has been approved for hybrid work arrangement involving a combination of telecommuting and working onsite. The selected candidate must live in the state of Oregon.
WHY EWEB
EWEB offers employees a progressive work culture devoted to providing excellent public service. Our employees work in a fastpaced environment where creativity innovation involvement teamwork and professional development are supported and encouraged. We are committed to providing a work environment conducive to the safety health and wellbeing of our workforce and offer great benefits including health care vacation and sick leave pension holidays an employee credit union and more. We consistently rank as one of the healthiest employers in Oregon!
EWEB is Oregons largest customerowned utility. We provide water and electricity to the Eugene community as well as parts of east Springfield and the McKenzie River valley area.As a public utility we do not operate to earn a profit or to serve the investment needs of stockholders. Instead EWEB is chartered by the City of Eugene to serve the interests of its citizens. We are owned by the people of Eugene and its our job to provide reliable affordable water and electricity for our customers.
Our core values:
- SAFE: We value the safety physical and psychological wellness of our workforce and the public the security and integrity of cyber assets and data and the protection of our customers assets.
- RELIABLE: We value the ongoing continuous ondemand delivery of drinking water and electricity and the dependability of our response to our customers.
- AFFORDABLE: We value and respect our customerowners financial resources by making wise investments and controlling costs and rates.
- ENVIRONMENTAL: We value the prudent and sustainable stewardship of the environment and natural resources including preserving our watershed and our role in reducing the greenhouse gases (GHGs) contributing to Climate Change.
- COMMUNITY/CULTURE: We value a culture of intentional actions and outcomes continuous improvement diverse perspectives that is trustworthy respectful equitable and inclusive to employees and community members. We are dedicated to our public service professions local governance and commitment to serve our community honestly and with integrity.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
EWEB takes pride in our commitment to diversity and inclusion among our employees. We embrace and value differences of culture education experience physical ability and unique perspectives in our workplace. We invite applications from qualified candidates who share our commitment to diversity. Attracting retaining and advancing talent from all sources strengthens our bond with the multifaceted community we serve.
TOBACCO SMOKE AND VAPOR FREE CAMPUS POLICY
EWEB fosters an environment promoting good health for both employees and the public. We want to enhance the quality of air appearance and employee health in and around EWEB facilities and equipment. Employees contractors volunteers and visitors may not use distribute or sell tobacco while participating in EWEB functions on EWEB property or while performing rightofway tasks.
NOTE: This job posting is intended to represent key areas of responsibility. It is not meant to be all inclusive and does not prescribe or restrict the work that may be assigned.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
