Project Manager

GIG - South / GIG - Generation, Industrial & Govt

This position is not eligible for recruiting or sourcing by outside parties.

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Mesa is seeking a Project Manager to manage a multi-discipline projects for GIG South region working with technical teams located in Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Project Manager implements corporate mission and vision statements on a project level. They independently lead projects (up to $2M) of moderate complexity and risk. They provide project leadership to small groups of highly qualified professional personnel engaged in complex work and they are accountable for maintaining a solid customer relationship and ensuring the successful execution of the project.

Responsibilities

• Performs all field assignments following all customer, Mesa, and regulatory safety requirements
• Performs basic functions required to verify, check-out, and startup simple to complex electrical, instrumentation, and control equipment and systems
• Communication with personnel to update project status and scope, schedule, or budget changes
• Must understand general construction methods and electrical testing requirements
• Provides effective leadership by delegating specific responsibilities to immediate subordinates to ensure that Project Execution Plans are appropriately implemented
• Plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate detailed phases of engineering/design work for projects
• Work with the project team to minimize schedule and budget impacts resulting from changes
• Track design changes and communicate the impact of the change order to the client for approval
• Reviews monthly cost reports to ensure all projects operate within the approved budget guidelines
• Ensures that Mesa’s policies, systems, and procedures for technical work, management, and administration are implemented and reviewed regularly
• Ensures effective work planning and profit control systems are implemented
• Provides leadership for a project, including the work scope, work outline, budget, and schedule for completion
• Monitor and track project expenditures, earned value, cost, and schedule performance to satisfy corporate requirements and ensure satisfactory budget performance on all projects

Competencies

• Ability to perform a broad range of supervisory responsibilities over others
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate and interface with clients, vendors, engineers, colleagues, and electric utilities personnel
• Ability to identify, analyze, and solve complex technical and management problems related to engineering projects; facilitate change management
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships and work effectively in a team environment
• Possess a strong knowledge of power generation types – Coal, Gas, Hydro, and Nuclear

Education and Experience

• BS or MS Eng or BS/MS in Related Field + 6 years of Project Management experience
• PE or PMP Desired/ Contract may require PMP

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