Primary Talent Partners · 7 hours ago
Project Manager, Utilities & Siting
Primary Talent Partners has a new contract opening for a Project Manager, Utilities & Siting with a large power and utilities client. The role involves providing guidance in siting and routing transmission facilities, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, and acting as a subject matter expert in siting issues.
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Responsibilities
This position provides guidance to ensure consistent practices in siting and routing transmission facilities and also ensures consistent filings for these facilities
Acts as a siting and routing subject matter expert and provides technical expertise and judgment to resolve siting issues
Ability to potentially works independently under consultative direction
Works with wide latitude to plan, conduct and direct work on projects necessitating the origination and application of new and unique approaches
Exercises independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
Assignments can be self-initiated
Provides leadership in developing and maintaining procedures and programs to ensure new facilities comply with applicable laws and regulations
Strives to continually develop and improve technical knowledge and skill to ensure that department expectations are met
Supports the Company in public meetings required for a wide range of regulatory entitlements, local land use approvals and other presentation opportunities including project workshops and open houses
Applies knowledge of multiple disciplines while working across a number of functional areas to obtain results on major projects
Participates as a recognized subject matter expert in Siting issues
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Geography, Planning or other related field of study
Minimum of 8 years of job-related experience
Expertise required in the areas of land planning, linear infrastructure routing, and regulatory approval processes
Ability to facilitate a diverse team of internal and external subject matter experts through decision making processes in order to drive consensus
Serves as a subject matter expert and provides technical expertise and judgment to resolve issues
Evaluates and reviews basic proposed and existing codes, standards, regulations and guidelines to determine the impact on company programs and facility operations and assists in comments to the project team
Maintains comprehensive knowledge on land use, siting, permitting, and environmental laws and regulations and a working knowledge of technical aspects of siting requirements
Collaborates with Siting team members on workload to help determine, develop and/or improve approaches to solutions procedures
Responsible for serving as the expert for complex projects to ensure that siting transmission facilities are meeting federal, state and local laws and regulations in addition to corporate and departmental policies and procedures
Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management
Provides technical guidance to less experienced personnel
Preferred
Eight (8) years of experience siting/routing infrastructure projects or supporting land development permitting within multiple regulatory jurisdictions
Demonstrates ability to successfully influence outcome with a high level of collaboration
Demonstrates ability to manage/lead personnel from diverse groups working toward a common goal or objective
Advanced degree in a related field
Program/project management process understanding and project task coordination experience especially in the areas of scope development, schedule adherence and budget oversight
Experience in public speaking, especially presentations supporting zoning applications, state/federal permits or project open houses; other related examples of effective communication
Training and/or work experience in design/analytic software a plus (CAD, GIS)
Experience in technical and comprehensive report writing
Benefits
No PTO
No Benefits
ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment
Company
Primary Talent Partners
Primary Talent Partners is a staffing agency that provides recruiting and employment services for IT, engineering, and corporate sectors.