Senior Project Manager, Power Generation & Outages

Duke Energy; Bartow (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Energy is seeking a Project Manager II to lead and assist in managing multifaceted projects within the outage and capital programs. You will integrate scope, schedule, cost, safety, and regulatory requirements to deliver successful outcomes while coordinating with multiple internal teams and external vendors.

The role emphasizes governance, risk management, and disciplined financial stewardship, with on-site work at a utility facility and travel as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years related work experience.
• In lieu of degree – HS Diploma / GED - 9 years related work experience.
• Experience in power generation, utility, industrial, construction, outage, maintenance, engineering, or operations.
• Proficiency in scheduling, cost controls, estimating, forecasting, change control, and executive-level status reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects through initiation, planning, design, procurement, execution, commissioning, turnover, in-service, and closeout activities.
• Develop and maintain clear project scope, execution plans, schedules, estimates, forecasts, risk registers, change controls, and status reporting.
• Coordinate project work with station operations, maintenance, engineering, work management, finance, supply chain, environmental, safety, security, regulatory, and external vendors.
• Integrate project execution with planned outages, forced outages, unit availability requirements, and station operating priorities.
• Promote Event-Free Operations by incorporating pre-job briefings, hazard recognition, Human Performance tools, stop-work expectations, and contractor safety requirements into project planning and field execution.
• Manage contractor and supplier performance, including readiness, safety, quality, schedule, cost, documentation, and issue resolution.
• Apply RRE project governance and risk-informed project management requirements, including escalation of emerging risks, issues, decisions, and resource constraints.
• Support disciplined financial stewardship through accurate project setup, funding, forecasting, commitments, accruals, variance explanations, asset unitization, in-service activities, and closeout documentation.
• Use applicable RRE systems and tools, including PowerPlan, Maximo, scheduling and cost-control tools, and the RRE Project Lifecycle RACI Checklist, as required by the assignment.
• Engage stakeholders early, communicate project status and risks clearly, facilitate timely decisions, and document lessons learned for future application.

Skills

Project management

Decision-making

Critical thinking

Problem-solving

Risk management

Leadership

Collaboration

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

HS Diploma / GED

PMP certification

CAPM certification

Tools

PowerPlan

Maximo

Job description

Duke Energy is seeking a Project Manager II to lead and assist in managing multifaceted projects within the outage and capital programs. You will integrate scope, schedule, cost, safety, and regulatory requirements to deliver successful outcomes while coordinating with multiple internal teams and external vendors.

The role emphasizes governance, risk management, and disciplined financial stewardship, with on-site work at a utility facility and travel as required.