Senior Project Manager

EPITEC; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

EPITEC is seeking a Project Manager for their Advanced Metering Infrastructure program in Portland, OR. This hybrid position involves overseeing project delivery, managing vendor relationships, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of project management experience, excellent communication skills, and a background in infrastructure or utility programs. The role requires strong leadership abilities to coordinate efforts across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of project management experience delivering complex infrastructure, technology, or utility programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing schedules, budgets, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of AMI projects, including scope, schedule, and budget.
• Coordinate dependencies across IT, Operations, and vendors.
• Support governance reviews and ensure compliance with standards.

Skills

Communication & Stakeholder Management

Planning & Execution

Risk & Issue Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related field

Tools

M365 Planner

Job description

Project Manager – Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)

Location: Hybrid, 1 day onsite, Portland, OR

Role Summary

The AMI Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and delivering projects and workstreams that support the utility’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure program. This role manages cross functional efforts spanning metering hardware, communications networks, IT systems, field operations, vendors, and customer programs. The Project Manager ensures AMI initiatives are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with regulatory and operational requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Program & Project Delivery

• Manage end to end delivery of AMI projects, tracks and sub projects, including scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and dependencies
• Coordinate dependencies across IT, Operations, Meter Services, Customer Operations, Regulatory, and external vendors
• Support program level planning, sequencing, and milestone tracking across multiple concurrent AMI initiatives

Vendor & Field Coordination

• Manage vendor relationships for meters, communications networks, system integrators, and field services
• Coordinate field deployment activities, installation schedules, testing, and cutover planning
• Track vendor deliverables, SLAs, and contractual milestones
• Support issue resolution related to field execution, system performance, or vendor dependencies

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Identify, assess, and actively manage program and project risks (technical, operational, customer, and regulatory)
• Support governance reviews, gate approvals, and executive updates
• Ensure alignment with utility standards, cybersecurity requirements, safety policies, and regulatory commitments
• Support documentation for regulatory filings, audits, and funding or grant reporting (as applicable)

Stakeholder Communication

• Develop and deliver clear project status reports, dashboards, and executive summaries
• Facilitate cross functional working sessions and decision forums
• Translate technical AMI topics into clear business and operational impacts for non technical stakeholders
• Coordinate change management and readiness activities with impacted teams

Top 3 Must-Haves (Hard And/or Soft Skills)

• Communication & Stakeholder Management – Clearly communicates project status, risks, and decisions to diverse audiences; facilitates alignment across cross functional teams, vendors, and leadership; produces concise status reports, dashboards, and executive summaries; explicitly called out as a top required skill in PM intake and role definitions
• Planning & Execution (Scope, Schedule, Budget) – Develops and manages project plans, milestones, and deliverables; directs and monitors project work from initiation through closeout; manages scope changes, schedule impacts, and cost variances; core responsibility across all project lifecycle stages
• Risk & Issue Management – Identifies, assesses, and mitigates risks proactively; tracks issues and dependencies and escalates when necessary; supports governance gates, change control, and decision making; consistently defined as a key PM accountability across execution frameworks

Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills)

• Utility Experience at PGE – AMI Program Knowledge
• Flexible mindset

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 4+ years of project management experience delivering complex infrastructure, technology, or utility programs
• Demonstrated experience managing schedules, budgets, and cross functional teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive level reporting
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast moving, highly interdependent environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), smart grid, or utility technology programs
• Familiarity with AMI components such as meters, RF/mesh/cellular networks, HES, MDMS, and system integrations
• Experience working in a regulated utility environment
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification
• Experience with vendor led implementations and field deployment programs

Core Competencies

• Utility program and project management
• Cross functional coordination and influence
• Vendor and contract management
• Risk, issue, and dependency management
• Financial and schedule tracking
• Clear, structured communication

Team size: 7 mix of permanent and contractors.

The Work: The Team is delivering Next Gen AMI Program. For scale the program ROM estimate is $378M. M365 Planner for Project Schedules.

Day in the life: Across the day, the AMI project manager consistently acts as:

• Integrator of technical, operational, and business workstreams
• Communicator translating complexity into clarity
• Risk manager identifying and mitigating issues early
• Owner of program truth, ensuring schedules and reports reflect reality

Top priority for the first few weeks/months: Getting up to speed on OSPMM process and documents to begin scoping, schedule and other stage 2 documentation.

Is utilities experience required? No but preferred.