Engineering Project Manager 3

ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Engineering Project Manager 3 will lead complex engineering projects through all phases of the System Life Cycle, from planning and design to implementation and closeout. This Project Manager will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage project risks, schedules, and budgets, and serve as a key liaison between technical and business stakeholders. This role also includes facilitating meetings, ensuring resource alignment, and driving project success through expert guidance and collaboration. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA. Pay Rate: $57.47 - $82.11 Benefits: Paid holidays: 11 a PTO: Starting at 10 days Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date) EAP: Employee Assistance Program Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%) Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks Responsibilities: Utilizing industry best practices, consult with TTO and senior management to provide recommendations on all aspects of projects' System Life Cycle (SLC), including business case development, functional and non-functional requirements, risk identification and mitigation, schedule and budget, design, engineering, implementation, and transition to Operations and Maintenance (O&M). Review project proposals originating outside TT and identify projects' impacts on TTO; Review O&M processes and procedures and recommend revisions to improve efficiency and quality. Support and facilitate manager-assigned project or multiple projects, from beginning to end in collaboration with senior management, external industry entities and stakeholders, providing technical expertise on project management methodology, best practices, and internal skill development as requested by and with guidance from the manager, team lead or other personnel with the authority to do so, including: Actively engage with the business to properly understand the business needs, identify dependencies, project expectations, milestones, resources and other initiatives, and assist the manager in deploying the solution; In collaboration with manager, responsible for facilitating engineering projects from cradle to grave, including planning, design, construction and completion; Acts as a point of contact to engineers and Project Managers working on control center projects; Identify and request necessary subject matter experts (SME's) needed during the project; Forecast and request appropriate project resources to fulfill project needs; recommended resource requests must be submitted to, coordinated with and provided by appropriate performance managers; Collaborate with business units and performance managers to help resolve resource allocation issues; Facilitate kick-off meetings with sponsors, stakeholders, and partners and validate approval/buy in of project plans and commitment of resources; Schedule and facilitate project team meetings and coordinate activities of sub-teams; Provide technical guidance while building team consensus; Participate in group level project status meetings; Recommend an overall roadmap of efforts required to achieve program initiatives and project objectives; Provide manager a program level overview of all engineering projects and their interdependencies; Provide recommendations regarding project expectations, approach, roadmaps, work plans, deliverables and goals; Draft project plans, resource strategies and funding estimates required to advance each assigned project; Facilitate and monitor project budgets (project funding and overall budget); Monitor project team efforts to ensure technical accuracy and completeness, alerting the manager of any concerns; Coordinate with operations, maintenance, construction and material procurement groups on all project issues; Alert manager of and obtain appropriate authorization for any potential changes to project cost, schedule or performance; Organize, coordinate and facilitate the work of project team(s) and serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects, includes recommending project stages and assessing business implications for each stage; Monitor progress of assigned projects to track timelines, milestones, deadlines, standards and targets, alerting appropriate manager / personnel of any risks to project timelines, targets or success; provide corrective action recommendations; Coordinate activities for projects that enable goals or objectives to be accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters, escalating concerns to appropriate manager / personnel; Work with appropriate manager / personnel to facilitate resolution of conflicting priorities and requirements, as well as conflicting team positions in order to build consensus among stakeholders and project team members; Issue project status reports on a regular or as requested basis; Collaborate and work with project sponsors and performance managers to remove obstacles impacting timely project completion; Work with Program Managers to establish the most effective response to failing control center assets and construction of replacement systems, considering performance, cost, reliability impacts and problems related to grid operation issues; Draft a final project report, including project lessons-learned when required by manager. Take a pro-active stance on project risk management by: Anticipating and identifying potential areas of risk and obtaining guidance from appropriate manager or Contracting Officer; Tracking, monitoring and facilitating resolution of issues and risks identified within the projects; Maintaining issue, risk, and/or action logs; Developing, drafting and recommending contingency plans to manage risks on an ongoing basis for review by appropriate manager / personnel. Perform the following functions: Written and verbal sponsor communication; Project team communications and coordination; Inter-project team communications and coordination; Team meeting and sponsor meeting management. With review and approval from the manager, develop and recommend project success criteria and disseminate status reports of key deliverables to all involved teams throughout the project life cycle. For large projects, may coordinate and provide guidance to other Projects Managers that are managing sub-projects. Interact and collaborate with external stakeholders, often navigating complex business relationships. When necessary, facilitate the successful transition of a project or program of projects to another project manager including any training, documentation, or meeting coordination required to bring the new PM fully up to speed on all critical aspects of the work and introduce them to executive sponsors and key stakeholders. Provide background information, technical input, options and recommendations that facilitate project decision-making. This may include, at management request, arranging, attending and facilitating decision-making sessions/meetings with management, executives and key stakeholders, including, drafting agendas, answering technical questions, and presenting information, options and recommendations for decision-maker consideration. Organize site visits with the project team members, as necessary for the project. Most projects will require up to three site visits which may require overnight travel. Draft, submit for management approval, and track business cases for Control Center projects. Organize, coordinate and facilitate the work of project team(s) and serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects, includes recommending project stages and assessing business implications for each stage. Facilitate closeout accounting for the projects assigned by reviewing final costs and verifying the work order costs match the final invoice to the customer. This must be approved by TTO supervision prior to distribution. Draft project contracts for development and signature by management. Provide and coordinate internal and external reviews of project contracts. Verify internal project tracking is maintained as required within supporting databases. Requirements: Master's Degree is preferred. Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration or Management, Organizational Development, Computer Science or other related technical discipline is preferred. Bachelor's Degree in applicable fields: 10+ years' direct work experience in a project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution is required. Bachelor's Degree not in applicable fields: 12+ years direct work experience in a project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution is required. No Degree: 14+ years direct work experience in a project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution, is required. 8+ years' experience in system design or engineering Experience managing projects and specifying engineering solutions for: High availability computer systems High availability facilities, such as power systems, HVAC, security or lighting systems Physical Security Systems Experience as project engineer leading design teams to meet complex technical requirements. In depth knowledge of electrical utility operations including dispatch, transmission scheduling, and power scheduling sufficient to provide a common understanding between project team, project sponsors, and customers. Demonstrated ability to manage varied projects, meeting cost and schedule constraints. Experience specifying control center visualization systems Functional knowledge of NERC CIP standards, sufficient to develop processes and procedures compliant with NERC-CIP standards Familiarity with FISMA standards Valid U.S. Driver's License is required. Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position. Because we are a federal government contractor, we have special restrictions placed on us for hiring foreign nationals into certain key positions within the company. This particular position requires U.S. citizenship. ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant's race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. 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