Program Manager - Transmission Lines - LaBella Associates

We are currently hiring a Program Manager - Transmission Lines in LaBella’s Program Management Services Division at our client’s office.

The Program Management Services Division at LaBella provides comprehensive management services for complex projects and multi-year capital programs. Project teams are established to provide a customized mix of business consulting, project management, financial control and monitoring, administrative, and technical support services.

Salary Range: $105,000 - $145,000

The specific salary offered may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate's relevant experience, education, and work location.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-discipline team through the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction phases of different programs.
• Create and maintain an attitude of leadership towards the contractor's project team with respect to overall management activities (including quality assurance, engineering, procurement, planning and controls, construction management, commissioning, industrial labor relations and safety) to achieve quality programs, while respecting the established budget and schedule objectives.
• Responsible for planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing and delivering the overall program and its activities in accordance with the goals of the organization.
• Focus on SPI and CPI performance indicators as decision drivers.
• Oversight of scheduling/cost controllers and activities.
• Preparing and completing action plans; implementing and reporting on production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying risks, resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining improvements; implementing change.
• Meets objectives by preparing Program Initiation and Program Management Plan, executing plan requirements, analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Development of On Boarding, Training and Resource Retention Plan
• Achieve efficiencies by accepting responsibility and accountability for results, accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to the AVANGRID organization.
• Develop and execute a program evaluation framework to assess the strengths of the program and to identify areas to target for improvement.
• Responsible for planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing and delivering the overall program and its activities in accordance with the goals of the organization. In charge of handling all aspects of technical programs for their organization. - Interfaces with the Executive sponsors, business leaders and stakeholders to make sure all requirements captured. Program Management Services
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• Focus on SPI and CPI performance indicators as decision drivers.
• Oversight of scheduling/cost controllers and activities. This person will work with SMEs, estimators and procurement present accurate project budgets.
• Preparing and completing action plans; implementing and reporting on production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying risks, resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining improvements; implementing change.
• Meets AVANGRID objectives by preparing Program Initiation and Program Management Plan, executing plan requirements, analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Development of On Boarding, Training and Resource Retention Plan
• Achieve efficiencies by accepting responsibility and accountability for results, accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to the AVANGRID organization.
• Develop and execute a program evaluation framework to assess the strengths of the program and to identify areas to target for improvement.
• Coordinates Avangrid objectives across contractor's projects. Primary responsibility is to access overall priorities and define dependencies between the Physical Security and Smart Grid project.

Requirements

• 10 years or more in large scale projects Program Management for Utility business;
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, MBA preferred.
• Program Management Professional Certification (PgMP) or Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Proficient in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Minimum five (5) years experience in the functional area under which it will be contracted: Gas-Hydro and OSG.

Benefits

Body, mind, and wallet—LaBella’s benefits support a holistic approach to your health and wellness, creating the foundation for physical, mental, and financial well-being. Our benefit offerings cover the must-haves (healthcare and retirement), the just-in-cases (insurances and employee assistance programs), and the cherry-on-tops (fitness reimbursements, year-end incentive pay, and tuition assistance). Visit our website for more details on benefits listed below.

• Flexible Work Schedule
• Health/Dental Insurance
• 401k Plan with Employer Match
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Profit Sharing
• Paid Time Off
• Leadership Development Program
• Fitness Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Referral Bonus Program
• Wellness Program
• Team Building Events
• Community Service Events