# Senior Project Manager - Power Delivery **Company**: WSP **Location**: New Orleans, LA **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Consulting **Apply**: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/93297?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_5aead111-89a ## Description The Senior Power Delivery Project Manager provides technical, administrative, and commercial project management leadership for the development, execution, delivery, and monitoring of Power Delivery projects. Key Responsibilities: - Provide Power Delivery project management leadership for large-scale and complex utility infrastructure projects. - Develop and execute stakeholder engagement and communication strategies for utility clients, internal leadership, engineering teams, contractors, and regulators. - Provide guidance during pursuit, initiation, and project startup phases, supporting Go/No-Go decisions, contract and commercial reviews, pricing strategies, delivery risk assessments, and mitigation planning. - Participate in and support the technical and commercial aspects of contract negotiations, client presentations, scope alignment discussions, and project execution meetings. - Actively lead and enforce appropriate technical and constructability reviews, ensuring selection of qualified engineering and discipline leads, adherence to QA/QC programs, and compliance with utility standards and WSP project quality plans. - Provide written and verbal technical input to multi-disciplinary Power Delivery project teams and contribute strategic, risk-informed advisory guidance to clients. - Mentor and coach project managers, engineers, and support staff, supporting career development, performance improvement, and leadership growth. - Manage, evaluate, and provide performance leadership to assigned staff, ensuring alignment with project objectives, safety expectations, and delivery standards. - Ensure timely updates and governance compliance for project management systems and documentation. - Facilitate and lead project kick-off, safety, and execution alignment meetings with key internal and external stakeholders. - Coordinate with area managers, technical leads, and resource managers to address staffing, subcontracting, and specialty support needs. - Maintain regular client communications, including monthly progress reporting, safety performance, major risks/issues, and scope or budget impacts. - Participate in and lead problem project and recovery reviews, conducting root-cause analysis, identifying corrective actions, and developing project recovery and mitigation plans. - Ensure consistent project reporting and governance updates to clients, technical leadership, and business unit managers. - Monitor and manage accounts receivable, unbilled revenue, cash flow, and invoicing. - Complete formal project closeout activities, including financial closeout, documentation archiving, client acceptance, and lessons-learned workshops. - Remain current on project management best practices, PMAP methodologies, utility delivery trends, and Power Delivery industry standards. - Collaborate with cross-disciplinary professionals to deliver integrated, future-ready power delivery solutions. - Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, client commitments, project risks, and professional conduct. Requirements: - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Physical Sciences, or a related technical discipline. - 15+ years of progressive post-education experience in a project management or senior technical leadership role. - Highly proficient understanding of the project delivery lifecycle within the A/E/C and utility industries. - Advanced analytical and organizational skills with demonstrated business and commercial acumen. - Advanced proficiency in critical thinking, risk-based decision-making, and problem-solving. - Advanced interpersonal and communication skills. - Demonstrated self-leadership and accountability, with strong attention to detail, quality, multitasking, and adaptability. - Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while providing technical guidance, mentoring, and leadership to mid-level and senior project staff. - Advanced proficiency in technical writing, project documentation, office automation, and project management software. - Strong experience managing the review, approval, and coordination of discipline-specific deliverables, technical reports, scopes of work, and execution plans. - Demonstrated ability to influence and gain cooperation from a broad range of stakeholders. - Proven commitment to workplace health, safety, and environmental performance. - Strong ability to adapt to changing project demands. - Willingness to support occasional travel to client sites, regional offices, and project locations. ## Skills ### Required - Power Delivery - Project Management - Engineering - Communication - Leadership - Risk Management - Problem-solving - Technical Writing - Microsoft Office ### Nice to have - Master's Degree in Engineering - Essential project management certification (e.g., PMP, CAP-M) - Registered Professional Engineer (PE License) --- Source: [Apply at emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com](https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/93297?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)