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Southern Company Gas · 2 days ago

Manager, Project Management

Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

15+ years exp

Southern Company Gas is a subsidiary of Southern Company, serving millions of natural gas utility customers. The Manager within the Project Management Organization is responsible for overseeing project and program management within the capital portfolio, ensuring projects meet business objectives and are executed according to standards and budgets.

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Responsibilities

Oversee team of 6 internal and 3 contract project and program management staff

Nicor QIP Reconciliation and Rate Case support

AGL i-CDP support

VNG SAVE, Rate Case, and CPCN filing support

Asset Development Process (ADP) and Unifier champion

Department of Energy (DOE) Loan coordination

Midstream pipeline investment due diligence coordination

Development and management of 10-year capital plan for assigned projects and programs

Ensure the Company’s safety philosophy is engrained in all aspects of the business and within each project and program

Implement project management strategies to successfully manage high risk, complex, and high-cost asset development projects, programs, and strategic opportunities

Establish, promote, and maintain best-in-class PMO department for execution of assigned projects, programs, and processes

Manage selection, development, and retention of team members, and enhance performance of staff through mentoring, training, motivation, and performance coaching

Establish and monitor team goals and objectives, measure employee performance, Coach staff, provide feedback, and evaluate performance

Develop and maintain appropriate Company and contract resources to deliver high quality project management services with a measurable, consistent, and value-focused approach to project/program management

Champion the Company’s stage-gated Asset Development Process (ADP) ensuring that projects and programs are executed accordingly, and provide input for ADP updates, revisions, and improvements

Ensure compliance with Company policies, procedures, and processes to support the asset development in a safe, cost effective, and timely manner

Establish and manage budgets for assigned projects and programs, monitor and report on portfolio performance, clearly articulate status updates to senior leadership, take action where appropriate

Ensure projects and programs are managed to scope, budget, schedule

Ensure contractors and suppliers adhere to commercial and technical contract requirements through strong contract management and execute deviations through proper change management

Champion Risk Management on projects and programs including identification, management, and mitigation throughout the life of the project or program

Engage various Stakeholders, including Gatekeepers, Sponsors, Track Leads, Functional Leads, and Subject Matter Experts to ensure communication levels are appropriate, financial information is accurate, and written communication plans are complete and up to date

Drive change and champion Continuous Improvement and Lessons Learned principles

Establish and maintain excellent working relationships and partnerships with peers, senior leadership, external contractors and vendors

Participate in business, industry, and community associations as appropriate to advocate company values and interests while demonstrating industry leadership

Support Regulatory initiatives as needed including preparation of filings, testimony review, and support of data requests responses

Participate in Nicor Field Operations (FO) Duty Roster program

Qualification

Capital Project ManagementEngineering KnowledgeProject ManagementFinancial BudgetingContract ManagementAsset Development ProcessMS Office SuiteStakeholder EngagementContinuous ImprovementCommunication SkillsTeam Leadership

Required

BS in Engineering (Civil, Electrical or Mechanical preferred)

15+ years in engineering, construction, or operations in natural gas distribution, transmission, storage or related energy field

5+ years supervisory experience

Equivalent experience

Strong experience managing capital projects over $5 million and managing multi-project programs within a regulated utility

Strong engineering, construction, and contract management knowledge with natural gas distribution, transmission, and plant capital projects

Extensive financial budgeting and forecasting experience with a focus on project cost estimating, monthly and annual variance analysis, contingency utilization and overhead allocation

MS Office Suite including SharePoint

Highly skilled working across functional organization for group coordination

Ability to communicate with all levels in the organization

Ability to use project management tools and methods