IT Project Manager -Energy

MARS Solutions Group; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

MARS Solutions Group is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to direct day-to-day Energy Delivery Projects, coordinating from intake through closure. You will manage scope, schedule, and budget while escalating risks to the PMO and reporting on status to stakeholders.

The role requires strong communication, cross-team collaboration, and adherence to PMO standards. Responsibilities include coordinating resources, managing dependencies, and ensuring governance, quality, and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional Project Management experience, preferably within the utility industry.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey concepts professionally to diverse audiences (Steering Committees, project teams).
• Demonstrated understanding and experience with SDLC/Project methodologies and frameworks, including Waterfall, Agile, and Scrum, alongside working familiarity with PMI foundational standards (PMBOK).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project and Project Web App (PWA).
• Strong proficiency across the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Intake & Initiation: Navigate the project lifecycle from idea through initial approval.
• Overall Management: Oversee design, build, test, change management, deployment, and support transitions.
• Scope & Deliverables: Define project scope, deliverables, and constraints.
• Risk & Issue Resolution: Identify and escalate risks and issues; escalate to PMO when needed.
• Governance & Standards: Ensure PMO standards and approaches are followed.
• Cost, Schedule & Quality: Monitor budget, schedule, and quality with leads.
• Work Plans & Execution: Create and track work plans, milestones, and checkpoints.
• Coordination & Meetings: Schedule activities, assign work, report status, and run team meetings.
• Resource & Dependency Management: Manage resources, dependencies, and deadlines.
• Vision & Team Engagement: Communicate project goals and foster teamwork.
• Scope Change Management: Vet and implement scope changes per PMO rules.
• Cross-Team Integration: Collaborate on cross-project dependencies.
• Financial Governance & Approvals: Align with program leadership on resource and financials.
• Status Reporting & Stakeholder Management: Produce weekly status reports and manage expectations.
• Operational Transition & Closure: Plan and execute transitions into normal operations and capture lessons learned.

Skills

Clear communication

Stakeholder management

SDLC/PM methodologies

PMBOK familiarity

Tools

Microsoft Project

Project Web App (PWA)

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Position Summary: Responsible for the day-to-day direction and coordination of

Description

Position Summary

Responsible for the day-to-day direction and coordination of Energy Delivery Projects to achieve approved scope, schedule, budget, change-management, and quality objectives. This role will oversee a portfolio of smaller-scale, active projects (typically managing 2 to 3 concurrent fresh projects at a given time) all the way from the planning phase through full execution, change management, and project closure. Accountable to the PMO, Project Sponsor, and Steering Committee, the Project Manager is responsible for providing effective project-status reporting, identifying and escalating significant issues and risks, presenting decision options through established governance, coordinating resources, and maintaining visibility of project decisions and their scope and budget impacts.

Key Responsibilities & Project Lifecycle Workflow

• Intake & Initiation: Navigate the project lifecycle starting from idea generation collaborating on intake forms and vetting ideas through the Solution Architecture team before formally establishing and launching projects upon approval.
• Overall Management: Oversee the design, build, test, change management, deployment, and support transition for assigned Energy Delivery projects.
• Scope & Deliverables: Manage the definition of project scope, deliverables, and any impacts to core constraints.
• Risk & Issue Resolution: Resolve or coordinate the resolution of project-level risks and issues; escalte program-level risks to the PMO with a proper sense of urgency.
• Governance & Standards: Ensure projects utilize PMO-defined standards, methods, and approaches to manage and deliver work.
• Cost, Schedule & Quality: Monitor cost, schedule, and quality alongside project leads to ensure ultimate project success.
• Work Plans & Execution: Work with the project team (process owners, business & technical leads, Subject Matter Experts) to create, maintain, and track work plans, interim milestones, and major project checkpoints.
• Coordination & Meetings: Schedule and coordinate activities, work assignments, status reporting, and team meetings.
• Resource & Dependency Management: Manage day-to-day project resource commitments, dependencies, and deadlines via a comprehensive work plan.
• Vision & Team Engagement: Work with business and technical leads to communicate a compelling vision of project goals and foster teamwork among project members.
• Scope Change Management: Manage Scope Change Requests (ensuring they are vetted, documented, dispositioned, and implemented) per defined PMO standards and program governance.
• Cross-Team Integration: Manage cross-team integration topics (issues, risks, actions, decisions) and collaborate with other Project Managers/Delivery Leads on cross-project dependencies and milestones.
• Financial Governance & Approvals: Coordinate with program leadership and the PMO to obtain approval on resource requirements, team expectations, engagement, and financial impacts.
• Status Reporting & Stakeholder Management: Produce weekly project status reports, meet regularly with the PMO, project-specific stakeholders, and sponsors, and actively manage key stakeholder expectations.
• Operational Transition & Closure: Ensure a plan is in place and properly rehearsed for the integration, transition, and conversion of business and system changes into normal operations. Perform project closure activities, including capturing lessons learned and electronically archiving project artifacts.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: At least 5 years of professional Project Management experience, preferably within the utility industry (aligned with standard utility project management practices).
• Core Skills: Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey concepts professionally to diverse audiences (Steering Committees, project teams, etc.).
• Methodologies: Demonstrated understanding and experience with applicable SDLC/Project methodologies and frameworks, including Waterfall, Agile, and Scrum, alongside working familiarity with PMI foundational standards (PMBOK).
• Tools & Technologies:
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Project and Project Web App (PWA).
  • Strong proficiency across the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Preferred Skills

• Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is strongly preferred, though not strictly required.
• Financial Governance: Understands and executes required financial governance processes for gaining approval, initiating, and managing projects through the full project lifecycle.
• Systems Familiarity: Experience with SAP for financial analysis (Note: training on SAP can be provided for the right candidate).