Project Manager

Manifest Solutions is currently seeking a Utility Transmission Project Manager for an onsite position in New Albany, OH. Experience in managing utilities or commercial construction is required.

• Manage one or more intermediate and/or complex projects within a matrix team environment.
• Coordinate and communicate with JV partners as necessary for project updates and business report outs.
• Provide leadership, direction, coordination, and effective communication to initiate, plan, execute, monitor/control, and close projects using a safe, efficient, economical, and risk balanced approach.
• Drive both short and long term project goals and ensure maximum customer satisfaction.
• Build strong relationships and communicate effectively with internal stakeholders, external customers, team members, suppliers, contractors, vendors, and industry partners.
• Perform supervisory duties when direct reports are assigned.
• Plan, organize, direct, coordinate, and manage assigned project activities with proficiency across all project phases.
• Lead planning meetings, external affairs/ public engagement planning, coordinate with interconnecting utilities, construction and contract strategies, outage updates, and deliver detailed, complex stakeholder presentations.
• Provide clear, concise written and verbal reports, documentation, and communication to senior leadership.
• Hold employees and contractors accountable to safety standards and expectations.
• Develop, review, and manage project plans, schedules, budgets, tools, and staffing plans.
• Effectively manage cost, track variances, and reallocate funding as needed to maintain project health.
• Challenge assumptions and decisions using informed understanding of design, systems, procedures, schedules, and cost factors.
• Build and manage working relationships with project teams, plant and operating company staff, internal/external customers, contractors, vendors, and suppliers.
• Foster teamwork and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction across all project interactions.
• Demonstrate effective and efficient execution on complex projects.
• Ensure successful project outcomes through strong decision making, risk management, and business acumen.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or related discipline with seven (7) years of qualified experience OR Associate degree in the same required fields with nine (9) years of qualified experience.
• Experience in managing utilities or commercial construction is required.
• Joint venture development is a plus.
• Project management, Major construction field experience, Project controls, Project engineering.
• Comparable internal/external experience in a production environment
• Project Management Professional (PMP) – Strongly preferred