# Project Management Area Lead - Power Delivery **Company**: WSP **Location**: New York, NY, NY **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $200,000 - $280,000 **Category**: Consulting **Industry**: Consulting **Apply**: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/94390?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_79351acc-066 ## Description WSP is seeking a Project Management Area Lead for our Power & Energy Management Team. The Project Management Area Lead (PMAL) is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the local and/or regional project management team to produce a product consistent with WSP's mission statement and culture. The PMAL is expected to lead by example in adhering to WSP's culture and defined project management and business practices and to achieve the goals of the business plan, maintain WSP's high-quality standards, promote internal teamwork, and meet the needs of clients. This position will be based out of New York, NY, Newark, NJ, Boston, MA, Philadelphia, PA with the ability to work remotely from any mutually acceptable location. **Responsibilities** - Provide PM leadership for small/medium/large scale/more complex Substation and/or Transmission Line throughout the Northeast Region ensuring support for preparing and overseeing project detailed design, budgets, forecasts, margins, and KPIs, monitoring external events and risk contingencies, ensuring satisfactory performance, and managing the contractual obligations to deliver the project or assigned portfolio of assigned project(s) as defined in the contract and client's expectations. - Serve as a Project Management subject matter expert and champion for ensuring corporate compliance with all internal project management standards and successfully addressing current and future project management challenges within a large-scale and multi-faceted business organization. - Support the development of and execution of the Business Unit (BU) and Regional Manager department recruiting plans by interviewing potential candidates and making final recommendations. - Oversee the employee review process for all staff. - Perform reviews for all direct reports. - Summarize recommendations for position and salary adjustments for all direct reports. - Supporting the mentoring of all project management staff for compliance with internal process and best practices, as well as earned value management and associated PMBOK standard practices. - Participate in company-wide training and in-person training events for Division development and growth. - Support the preparation, monitoring, and execution of PE to PM plans for internal transfers and new external hires. - Develop and foster effective strategies to engage project stakeholders at all levels, maintain effective relationships, and report on project progress. - Provide guidance with pursuit/initiation activities for projects meeting defined criteria or risk profile. - Participate, and many times, lead the contract T&Cs negotiations, rate schedule development, and client presentations. - Actively drive and coordinate the completion of appropriate levels of internal risk review required for all projects associated with your reporting staff. - Actively drive the appropriate levels of technical review required for the project. - Provide verbal and/or written inputs to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high-level strategic advice to clients. - Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff. - Ensure updates occur with system and process documentation. - Lead project kick-off meetings with key stakeholders. - Coordinate with area/technical managers to address project resource and subcontracting requirements in a timely manner. - Maintain regular communications with the client. - Participate in and oversee problem project reviews. - Ensure regular project reporting and updates are provided to clients, technical areas, and business unit managers. - Complete formal project closeout activities. - Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide 'trusted advisor' service and future-ready solutions for clients. - Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct. **Requirements** - Bachelor's in Engineering, Construction Management, or other related field within the Power & Energy Market, or equivalent experience in a technical or engineering firm. - 15+ years of relevant post-education experience in a project management role within the Power Delivery/Utility Industry. - Minimum of 5 years applicable industry experience working and/or providing engineering services for IOUs, IPPs, Co-Ops, Munis, etc. - Minimum of 5 years of experience leading engineering and/or construction teams on medium to large electrical utility scale clients for medium, high voltage, and/or extra-high voltage power delivery type projects. - Knowledge and experience with project management processes and tools required. - Advanced-level understanding of project delivery process within the Power Delivery/Utility industry and strong background and experience in project management. - Advanced proficiency with analytical and organizational skills, with business acumen to bridge the business and project management. - Advanced proficiency with critical thinking and problem-solving skills. - Advanced proficiency with interpersonal and communication skills. - Excellent self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and adjusting readily to the changing prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment. - Works independently and provides guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior-level team or project members. - Advanced proficiency with technical writing, office automation, relevant software, MS Office suite products, technology, spreadsheets, and PM tools. - Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources. - Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies. - Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet project-specific needs. **Benefits** - Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage - Retirement savings - Paid sick leave - Paid vacation - Paid parental leave - Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings **Compensation** - Expected Salary: $200,000 - $280,000 ## Skills ### Required - Contract Management - Earned Value Management - External and Internal Team Meeting Management - Change Management - Risk Management - Schedule Management - Financial Management - Primavera P6 ### Nice to have - PE License - MBA - PMP Certification --- Source: [Apply at emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com](https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/94390?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)