Project Manager, Capital Project Delivery (66913)

About us

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.

At National Grid Ventures we aim to create an environment where everyone is welcomed for who they are and where our differences are celebrated. We utilize the insights of our employees that come from all different cultures backgrounds and beliefs to better serve our customers and communities.

National Grid Ventures is hiring a Project Manager Competitive Transmission. The hybrid role can be located in our Brooklyn NY Boston MA or Waltham MA office.

Job Purpose

National Grid Ventures is hiring a strategic collaborative leader who will be a driver of success in its fast-growing competitive transmission business. At NGV you will be a part of a dynamic and expanding team where developing critical energy infrastructure solutions building strong working relationships and taking a hands-on approach to problem solving and decision making are an integral part of your daily work.

In this mission-critical role you will manage a team working cross-functionally to develop comprehensive bids competing on cost technical viability and development feasibility among other factors to secure awards for competitive transmission projects across the US. Your team will work with Development and Technical teams to design winning bid solutions and orchestrate the project team to successfully deliver bids. Following award your team will take the lead on the delivery of these major projects.

You will apply your leadership management commercial and technical expertise and harness the expertise of the project team and global functions. The ideal candidate will have exceptional project management skills a refined strategy toolkit a track record of collaborating across functions and borders strong commercial acumen leadership and experience communicating with senior executives.

Key Accountabilities

Coordinate preparation of bid deliverables and technical designs to quality standards in response to Requests for Proposals (RFP) for competitive electric transmission and power infrastructure across multiple ISOs.
Manage workstreams consultants contractors and team resources to deliver projects on time and within budget with an emphasis on team integration that brings internal and external resources together under a single team dynamic and environment.
Lead the integration and interfacing of cross-functional teams and processes to ensure collaboration and alignment across all project phases; Support effective communication and coordination among technical and commercial workstreams to achieve project objectives and deliverables while optimizing resource utilization and budgets
Identify areas for further improvement
Maintain strong relationships with internal and external parties

Qualifications

Minimum: Bachelors degree and advanced post-graduate degree (M. Eng MSE MBA) preferred and 5-7 years of relevant work experience in transmission infrastructure developments policies and/or energy industry leading large complex projects
Project Management and certifications in Project Management (i.e. PMP) preferred.
Engineering experience and a relevant certification (e.g. PE) a strong plus
Experience developing and/or constructing electric transmission projects
Detail-oriented quantitative & analytical skills team-player with solid communication skills
Advanced writing/power point story-telling skills highly desirable

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