- Company Name
- LaBella Associates
- Job Title
- Project Manager
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Project Manager
**Role Summary:**
Lead large‑scale utility projects within a matrix organization, ensuring delivery of scope, schedule, cost, and quality objectives while coordinating with contractors, third‑party owners, and regulatory stakeholders.
**Expectations:**
- Manage end‑to‑end project lifecycle (initiation, planning, execution, closing).
- Deliver projects on time, within budget, and meeting performance indicators (SPI, CPI < 1.0).
- Serve as primary liaison between client, contractors, and project teams.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Define WBS, cost baseline, and OBS; develop comprehensive work plans.
- Lead project teams, remove obstacles, and drive productivity.
- Monitor and control risks, scope changes, schedule, and budget.
- Implement and oversee quality, environmental, and safety processes.
- Manage construction and commissioning oversight.
- Resolve contract disputes related to cost, scope, or schedule.
- Maintain communication plans, change control, and stakeholder engagement.
- Coordinate with third‑party projects (transmission owners, interconnect customers).
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations.
**Required Skills:**
- Advanced project management methodology (PMBOK/PRINCE2).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Strong leadership, facilitation, and conflict resolution.
- Risk, change, and cost management expertise.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree (required).
- Professional Engineer License and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (Client approval required).
- Minimum 5–10 years of program/project management experience in large‑scale utility projects; at least 5 years in substation functional area.