**Duration: 36 Months** **Note: Hybrid, 2-3 days in office per week.** **Reporting locations: Asheville, Marion, Hickory, and Lewisville.** **The manager is primarily looking for experience in power distribution project construction and management.** **Job Description:** + “Projects will be based in the Mountains and Triad regions of North Carolina.” + Substation Optimization enables Client Energy to build a better energy future for our customers by making smart investments to strengthen the distribution electrical grid. + The company is a leader in building a carbon free future having announced zero net carbon emissions by 2050. + The grid is a vital part of this, providing the platform to deliver and operate in the cleaner, greener, carbon free future. + Project Manager II (PM-II) position has single point accountability or can be under general direction of a Project Director or Senior PM. + PM-II position is responsible for management, or assisting management, of all phases of project planning and execution to ensure project success factors are met. + These include but are not limited to scope, schedule, cost, quality, environmental, safety, communications, security, and integration. + The position is typically assigned a portfolio of “White” or “Green” ranked projects per the Project Management Center of Excellence Risk-Informed Project Ranking Process. + Higher ranked projects with greater risk may also be assigned when accompanied with an Enhanced Support and Oversight Plan (ESOP). + The position is accountable for a portfolio of assigned projects with Low to Moderate levels of risk that impact various levels of the Company, Senior Management or External Agencies. + PM-II’s may be assigned projects with specific risk-informed requirements based on specific experience and skill sets. + PM-II’s serve as unifying agents providing leadership, decision making, management, guidance, coordination, and control of overall projects in accordance with established policies, procedures, systems, and requirements of the Company. + Progression to this level is based on experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, and should align with business unit personnel needs to manage the portfolio. **Responsibilities** + Create / Staff / Lead Project Team () PM-II’s provide leadership, oversight, direction, delegation, and coordination with various internal and external organizations providing services to the project (Development, Engineering, Project Controls, Estimating, Construction Management, Supply Chain, Legal, EHS, QA/QC, Operations, Communications, Stakeholder Engagement, Regulatory, Security, Fuels, Transmission, etc.). PM-II’s guide matrixed members of the team daily. They interface with functional leaders of matrixed team members regarding placement, development, and conflict resolution. + Establish and maintain communications among project/programs stakeholders. Structure, lead, or assist in project related meetings to ensure open communication between team members, key stakeholders, and management. Prepare, communicate, or report monthly project status, kick off meetings, weekly and monthly required communication. Assure Project Plans, appropriate reporting means are developed and communicated according to PMCoE Standards and Business Unit implementing procedures. Effectively communicate with appropriate management/governance team. + Plan assigned project(s) including scope, schedule, cost, safety, and quality aspects. Champion the process of project planning including scope and work definition, estimating, schedule formation, monitoring, cost control measures, procurement/contracting strategies, equipment selection, vendor selection, start-up and commissioning plans, and integration processes as applicable. + Execute projects according to plans within approved scope, cost, and schedule constraints. Includes objectives, stakeholders, scope, roles and responsibilities, assumptions and constraints, deliverables, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), schedule, external communication, regulatory strategy, procurement strategy, contractor and supplier strategy, resource plans, budget, lessons learned, risk plan, quality plan, safety plan, environmental plan, security plan, integration plan, data management plan, communications and reporting plan, change management, and project close out. **Required Skills:** + Distribution Engineering Experience + Distribution Construction Experience + EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) Experience + Maximo or Primavera (P6) **Education:** + 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree OR 9 years of experience in lieu of a degree. **About US Tech Solutions:** US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. 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