Project Manager 2

Everest Consultants, Inc.; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 76,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental

Vision insurance

Short-term disability

Life and AD&D insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Referral bonus

Paid sick/vacation/holidays

Health and welfare fringe benefits

Job summary

Everest Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager to lead medium-sized initiatives from initiation through completion, aligning with PM methodologies and approved scopes.

The role coordinates teams, budgets, and schedules while managing risks and issues and supporting change management. The candidate will maintain project artifacts, ensure compliance, and communicate progress to sponsors and stakeholders, with a 12-month contract and potential extensions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or closely related field preferred.
• 5 years of project management experience with standard methods and tools.
• Experience coordinating multiple projects simultaneously and managing schedules, dependencies, and resources.
• Strong familiarity with System Life Cycle (SLC) principles.
• Experience with Visio or similar flowchart software; Microsoft Project experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead medium-sized projects from initiation to completion following PM methodologies.
• Develop project plans, schedules, and funding estimates; assess dependencies and requirements.
• Manage scope changes and obtain authorization for changes to cost, schedule, or performance.
• Forecast resource needs and coordinate team assignments; elevate allocation concerns.
• Serve as liaison between business and technical teams to clarify needs and support deployment.
• Schedule and facilitate meetings, track actions, and ensure timely follow-up.
• Monitor budgets, milestones, and risks; communicate status to sponsors and stakeholders.
• Maintain project documentation in the PM system; ensure security and compliance.

Skills

PM experience

Multi-project coordination

SLC knowledge

Requirements tracking

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration

Tools

Microsoft Project

Visio

Job description

Duration: 12-month Contract (with possible extensions up to 5 years)

Pay Range: $55.38 – $58.60 per hour

The Project Manager will lead medium sized projects from initiation through completion, ensuring work is delivered in accordance with established project management methodologies, industry standards, approved scope, schedules, and funding parameters. The role will coordinate project teams and resources, monitor budgets and schedules, manage risks and issues, maintain project documentation, and communicate progress to sponsors and stakeholders. The Project Manager will also support change management and business analysis activities as needed.

Position Responsibilities

• Facilitate assigned medium sized proposals and projects from inception through completion, following established project management methodologies, industry standards, best practices, and applicable internal development practices.
• Develop project plans, resource strategies, funding estimates, and schedules; plan project phases and assess business implications, dependencies, and requirements for each stage.
• Establish and manage project scope, obtain authorization for changes to cost, schedule, or performance, and coordinate project activities to achieve approved objectives within established time and funding parameters.
• Forecast project resource needs, recommend appropriate staffing, coordinate team assignments and task allocation, and identify and elevate resource allocation concerns with recommended solutions.
• Provide guidance to technical staff and serve as a liaison between business and technical teams to clarify business needs, coordinate dependencies, and support solution deployment.
• Schedule and facilitate project meetings, coordinate sub-team activities, review meeting minutes and action items, and follow up on outstanding tasks, including those from missed meetings.
• Monitor project schedules, milestones, workflows, and deliverables; identify changes or delays and promptly communicate schedule concerns to project leadership.
• Review and monitor project budgets and funding, identify financial concerns, and elevate issues that may affect project delivery or approved funding parameters.
• Maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, workflows, and related documentation in the designated project management system of record.
• Proactively identify, assess, and manage project risks and issues; maintain risk, issue, and action logs, seek appropriate guidance, and develop contingency plans and mitigation recommendations.
• Prepare regular status reports, final reports, and project deliverables; communicate project progress against the plan to sponsors, resource managers, and stakeholders; and document lessons learned with appropriate approval.
• Maintain project records in accordance with applicable information security, records management, and compliance requirements; ensure documentation is accurately maintained and shared only with authorized personnel, and support change management and business analysis activities as needed.

Position Requirements

Education & Corresponding Experience

• A bachelor's degree in business administration (or closely related field) is preferred.
• 5 years of experience is required with an applicable bachelor's degree.
• 10 years of experience is required without a degree or an applicable degree.
• Experience direct work experience in project management field, including all aspects of process development and execution including strong familiarity with project management software.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• 5 years of demonstrated project management experience on projects using industry standard methods and tools for managing schedules, dependencies, resources, funding, and developing technical specifications and project plans.
• 5 years of demonstrated experience successfully coordinating or running multiple projects simultaneously.
• 5 years of demonstrated working knowledge of System Life Cycle (SLC) principles.
• Demonstrated experience in project planning for assigned work streams, managing priorities, deliverables and milestones, identifying and tracking project issues, risks, management decisions, and action items.
• Demonstrated experience with Visio flowcharts or similar software.
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Project or similar project management software, including familiarity with the fundamental operation, function, and workflow of Microsoft Project timelines, dependencies, deliverables, milestones, and resources

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Change Management
• Business Analysis
• Experience in a government/utility organization
• Working knowledge of software testing from test plan development to reliable and verifiable test case development and results.
• Ability to facilitate story development with product owner, manage project backlog, facilitate sprint planning sessions, and manage task burndown.

Everest Consultants offers the following benefits for this position:

• medical
• dental
• vision insurance
• short-term disability
• life and AD&D insurance
• a 401(k) retirement plan
• a referral bonus program
• paid sick/vacation/holidays
• a health and welfare fringe benefit