Project Manager - Engineering

Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc.; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee benefits

Job summary

Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc. represents a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider seeking a Project Manager for Vancouver, WA. The role oversees Transmission Lines, Substation, and Telecom & Facilities projects from inception through completion, ensuring goals align with time and budget constraints.

The one-year renewable contract includes employee benefits. Candidates should have 5+ years of PM experience and a relevant engineering or management degree, with strong MS Project and

Qualifications

• PM experience with projects from inception to completion.
• Ability to prepare and present sponsor communications.
• Experience with KPI development and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project activities from start to finish with management and stakeholders.
• Prepare regular status and sponsor communications.
• Manage project documents, meetings, and postmortems.
• Support decision-making with technical input and options.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

SharePoint

MS Office

Microsoft Project

Job description

Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Project Manager for their Vancouver, Washington location. This position will facilitate Transmission Lines, Substation, or Telecom & Facilities type infrastructure type projects from inception to conclusion. The Project Manager plans, facilitates, and coordinates activities for a designated project to verify that goals or objectives of the project are accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters. Transmission Line projects may include taps and switches, insulator replacements, integration of small customer projects, replacing aging wood poles or small wood pole line rebuilds, structure re-location projects, access roads, fiber and more. Substation projects may include equipment replacements, additions, expansions, or retirements. Telecom & Facilities projects may include new or modified radio sites, relaying, or other telecommunications infrastructure projects.

This position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If you think you’d be a good fit, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities for Project Manager - Engineering:

• Support and facilitate assigned project or multiple projects, from beginning to end in collaboration with senior management, external industry entities and stakeholders, providing expert guidance on the PMI-based project management methodology, best practices, and internal skill development as requested by and with guidance from the manager, team lead or other personnel with the authority to do so,
• Support and facilitate the following functions:
• Written and verbal sponsor communication.
• Project team communications and coordination.
• Inter-project team communications and coordination.
• Team meeting and sponsor meeting management.
• Issue project status reports on a regular or as requested basis.
• Maintain consistent communication with project sponsors, performance managers, and stakeholders on the progress of the project compared to the work plan.
• With the review and approval from the manager, define project success criteria – Key Performance Indicator (KPI) - and disseminate status reports of key deliverables to all involved teams throughout the project life cycle.
• Facilitate project postmortems and create a recommendations report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements.
• Provide background information, technical input, options, and recommendations that facilitate project decision-making. This may include, at management request, arranging, attending, and facilitating decision‑making sessions/meetings with management, executives, and key stakeholders, including drafting agendas, answering technical questions, and presenting information, options, and recommendations for decision‑maker consideration

Requirements for Project Manager - Engineering:

• U.S. Citizenship and valid U.S. Driver’s License required.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration or Management, Organizational Development, Computer Science or other directly related technical disciplines is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience is required with an applicable Bachelor’s degree.
• 7+ years of experience is required without a Bachelor’s degree in the applicable field.
• 10+ years of experience is required without a degree.
• Experience should include project management experience, including all aspects of process development and execution.
• Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft SharePoint or similar system to store, analyze, and manipulate information.
• Demonstrated proficiency using MS Office Suite to store, analyze and manipulate information.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project or similar program.

**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status