Project Specialist 3

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The Client is a leading electric utility in the United States serving millions of customers across central coastal and Southern California. The Company provides electricity transmission and distribution services supporting residential commercial and industrial customers across the region. It focuses on grid modernization energy management and infrastructure reliability to ensure consistent power delivery. The Client also drives clean energy adoption electrification initiatives and wildfire mitigation efforts serving customers across its service territory.

Description:

• Responsible for user liaison system specifications systems design analysis and project control.
• May also interact with Analysts and Programmers through implementation phases and occasionally assist in programming effort.
• Provide key link between ultimate user and computing resource.
• Typically possess eight or more years experience.
• Plans organizes coordinates promotes facilitates and executes all events sponsored by the Vice Presidents Office.
• Coordinates and effectively oversees multiple assignments; prioritizes and meets deadlines set by managers; anticipates the needs of each event/project and completes event/project on schedule as assigned.
• Coordinates and participates in the planning of campus-wide events held on campus and other locations in the community.
• Coordinates with vendors campus community and key stakeholders regarding all logistical needs for events.
• Trains assigns duties and provides lead oversight for special projects under the direction of the Associate Director of Talent Acquisition and COO.
• Performs administrative and technical support responsibilities for the Vice Presidents Office encompassing full range of complex specialized sensitive and highly confidential responsibilities.
• Prepare reports memorandum and correspondence and files confidential documentation.
• Leads and oversees training for temporary staff and student assistants. Other duties as assigned.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities/Workload:

• Position is for 18MO.
• Scheduling Substation Programs projects (100 150) projects each under $25M) with some level of complexity Able to document delays in order to provide time impact analysis
• Required to develop schedules and incorporate schedules already in use for some parts of each project
• Expert at master integrated schedules work breakdown structures (WBS) and calculating earned values
• Direct involvement in tasks necessary for successful project execution. Identifies problems and solutions. Collaborates to establish project objectives timelines risk analysis milestones and deliverables.
• Utilizes project controls in exercising schedule management forecasting performance monitoring such as variance analysis maintaining schedules and project plans identifying trends and assessing performance against schedule targets.
• Organized and drives actions to resolve issues immediately or bring them to PM for action.
• Effective communicator is essential; data gathering will include many groups and contractors
• Able to travel to job sites on a necessary basis (generally less than once per month)

Required Skills/Attributes:

• Proficient in Primavera P6
• 7 years experience in scheduling and capital projects/construction
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (e.g. Word Excel PowerPoint Teams SharePoint Visio) and SAP

Education:

Bachelors degree in engineering data science construction management business finance or project management or a combination of education training and experience equivalent to a 4-year college.

Desired Skills/Attributes:

• Utility experience Substation utility experience a plus.
• Preferred: Construction management experience

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.