Project ManagerUtility Experience

Terravanta Inc; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Training & development

Job summary

Terravanta Inc is seeking a Project Manager in Bakersfield, California. The ideal candidate will manage complex projects in electric utility, ensuring timely completion while collaborating with various stakeholders.

A Bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of relevant experience is required, along with a Project Management Professional certification. The company promotes a socially responsible environment, valuing innovative and open-minded thinkers.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of project management experience with projects in the field.
• Electric utility experience.
• Construction management experience.
• Project Management Professional certification.

Responsibilities

• Manages multiple moderately complex projects using project management principles.
• Responsible for directing project initiation, planning, execution, and closure.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to drive projects forward.
• Drives milestones and manages project documentation and compliance.
• Facilitates development plans, testing procedures, and issue resolution.

Skills

Strong Communication Skills

Adaptable

Proactive

Critical Thinking

Strong judgement and decision skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in applicable profession, business, or technical discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Job description

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development

About Us

Terravanta is a certified woman minority-owned business that provides Project/Program Management, Engineering, and Sustainable Solutions primarily in the energy, utility, and transportation sectors. If you like to innovate, are open-minded, self-reliant with strategic mind thinking, and interested in giving your full potential to this small business, this position may be for you. We are a socially and environmentally responsible company.

Responsibilities

Manages multiple moderately complex projects effectively using project management principles, tools, and techniques under time constraints, shifting priorities, and making critical decisions with minimal supervision.

Responsible for directing project initiation, planning, execution, control, and closure for core disciplines of project management (scope, schedule, and budget) independently.

Collaborates with peer Project Managers, department/division senior leadership, and other stakeholders’ departments as a key consultant to provide recommendations to drive projects forward.

Manages planning, development, and/or execution of electric transmission/distribution projects, which may include wildfire, infrastructure replacement, load growth, poles, line upgrades, maintenance, installations, etc.

Drives milestones and report on medium to large transmission and/or distribution projects which may include designs, schedules, projects applications, compliance and safety documentation, regulatory filings, and local and state agency coordination.

Facilitates the progress of development plans, work packages, testing procedures, and energization sequences. Resolves issues and ensures task completion by establishing priorities and resolving conflicts with team members and functional managers.

Ability to communicate effectively and with impact, maintain positive working relationships, and exercise tact and diplomacy in dealing with multiple parties.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in applicable profession, business, or technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Minimum 7 years of project management experience with projects in the field.

Electric utility experience.

Construction management experience.

Skilled in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive).

Advanced skills in Microsoft Project and Excel.

Familiarity with Power BI.

Project Management Professional certification.

Skills

• Strong Communication Skills
• Adaptable
• Proactive
• Critical Thinking
• Strong judgement and decision skills