Project Manager

Ameren; Collinsville (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage on date of hire

Pension plan - 100% employer paid cash

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Ameren Illinois is seeking a Project Manager to oversee large engineering and construction programs. You will guide project plans, coordinate a cross-functional team, and ensure successful delivery of multi-million dollar initiatives.

Reporting location depends on candidate and site availability within the Ameren Illinois Operating Area. The role requires strong leadership, risk and cost management, and effective stakeholder collaboration across internal teams and external vendors.

Qualifications

• Experience managing large engineering and construction projects.
• Background in utility or energy infrastructure is preferred.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of large projects across initiation to closeout.
• Direct project teams and coordinate resources and vendors.
• Monitor scope, cost, schedule, and risk; report to stakeholders.
• Ensure outage coordination for electric and natural gas facilities.
• Maintain performance metrics and adhere to procedures.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Cost management

Schedule development

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Vendor/contract management

Job description

About Ameren Illinois

Ameren Illinois provides electric transmission and distribution service and natural gas distribution service. Every day, we deliver electricity to 1.2 million electric and 816,000 natural gas customers in central and southern Illinois. We deliver safe, reliable energy to more than 1,200 communities.

Our benefits include:

• Medical coverage on date of hire
• 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan
• 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire
• Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave and family caregiver leave
• Visit our Benefits and Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees.

About The Position

The Project Manager manages large engineering & construction projects for Ameren Illinois. The Project Manager is responsible for the development, integration, and implementation of project plans for assigned projects and is responsible for the successful completion and operational integration of large-scale, multi-million dollar projects.

Reporting location is dependent on Successful Candidate (must be within the Ameren Illinois Operating Area and is dependent upon site availability)

Key responsibilities include:

• Directly manage assigned CPOC, SLPOC, and mid-tier projects following Ameren and AIC Project Management and other applicable corporate and function procedures and policies.
• Responsible and accountable for overall project performance.
• Identify and direct project team and integrate all assigned resources. Ensure project team members understand their respective responsibilities and lead team to completion of assigned tasks.
• Lead the project delivery process including initiation, authorization, planning, design, engineering, material procurement, construction, commissioning, and close out.
• Provide leadership, guidance and support in the area of scope definition, cost management, schedule development, change management, meeting design basis criteria, risk identification and risk management.
• Develop effective working relationships among all project team members, stakeholders, and the project resources including managing external vendors, consultants, and contractors as appropriate.
• Responsible for project updates and metrics tracking, associated reporting to stakeholders, and compliance with corporate and function procedures.
• Provide project updates to the Capital Project Oversight Committee (CPOC), Senior Leadership Project Oversight Committee (SLPOC), AIC Mid-Tier Project Oversight Board, and other project stakeholders as appropriate.
• Ensure outage coordination of all electric and natural gas facilities that are affected by the assigned projects.
• Ensure budget forecasting accuracy.