Senior Project Manager-Utility Program Integration (ENGIE)

The Ohio State University; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 88,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ohio State University invites applications for a Senior Project Manager-Utility Program Integration (ENGIE) in Facilities, Design and Construction. This role aligns ENGIE utility projects with university planning, active projects, and operations, providing program-level oversight while ENGIE retains project delivery responsibility.

The position serves as the primary university liaison, coordinating with Energy Office, campus stakeholders, and university units, and guiding ENGIE-related

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (required)
• 4 years in capital project management or construction
• 4-8 years of relevant experience; engineering background preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary university liaison coordinating ENGIE capital projects with campus stakeholders
• Provide program-level oversight and ensure alignment across ENGIE-led projects and university standards
• Advise schedules, outages, and campus impacts when University is responsible; coordinate with ENGIE when ENGIE funds projects
• Mentor FDC PMs on ENGIE-involved projects and develop coordination standards and best practices
• Counsel ENGIE on campus construction activities and resolve access, outage, and phasing conflicts
• Maintain coordination documentation and provide risk, schedule, and impact reports

Skills

Capital project management

Construction coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Job Title:Senior Project Manager-Utility Program Integration (ENGIE)Department:Administration and Planning | Facilities, Design and Construction

Serves as the primary university liaison responsible for ensuring coordination and integration of ENGIE (utility concessionaire) capital improvement and energy projects with university stakeholders, and ensuring alignment with university planning (PARE), active projects (FDC), and ongoing operations (FOD) and alignment with the Energy Office in Office of Business and Finance. This role provides program-level oversight and coordination for a portfolio of ENGIE-led projects, ensuring successful integration with the university. ENGIE retains responsibility for project delivery; this position ensures alignment, coordination, and issue resolution across all stakeholders. Provides guidance and mentorship to FDC Project Managers managing projects that include ENGIE scope and ensures alignment with FDC projects and ENGIE scope.

ENGIE Program Coordination & Integration

• Serves as the primary point of contact for Capital Projects between ENGIE and the university
• Ensures ENGIE projects are coordinated with the Energy Office, campus stakeholders, FOD Operations, and university units
• Ensures alignment with university standards, master planning, and operational constraints. Will influence changes to the standards as needed.
• Involvement in Energy Advisory Committee, review of utility capital plan and 5-year plan including but not limited to committees integral to this role.
• Identifies and resolves conflicts between ENGIE and university capital projects
• Identifies and proactively coordinates university projects with ENGIE.

Portfolio Oversight (Non-Delivery Role)

• Provides program-level coordination and oversight of ENGIE project portfolio
• Ensures alignment across multiple concurrent projects and proactively communicates and ensure accountability for all related projects.
• Advises schedules, outages, and campus impacts if University responsibility but has high communication if Engie is responsible.
• ENGIE maintains responsibility for project delivery in most cases, should ENGIE provide funding to the University the University will coordinate the project delivery in accordance with project requirements.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Ensure projects are coordinated by ENGIE and appropriate stakeholders are identified unless the university is the responsible party to deliver
• Assists in communicating impacts such as outages and disruptions unless OSU is delivering projects.
• Provides updates to leadership and stakeholders

Support & Mentorship

• Guides FDC PMs on projects involving ENGIE
• Develops coordination standards and best practices, continuously looks for improvement opportunities when working with ENGIE.
• Assists with integration, scheduling, and issue resolution

Construction Coordination

• Counsels ENGIE on construction activities regarding campus activities (events, CABS routes, academic calendar, etc.)
• Resolves access, outage, and phasing conflicts
• Ensures proactive communication with university leadership and stakeholders

Compliance & Standards

• Ensures projects align with university standards, university project management software, and regulations
• Ensures close alignment with ENGIE master plan, estimating, projected costs and actively looks for ways to improve processes.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintains coordination documentation
• Provides reporting on risks, schedules, and impacts

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; 4 years in capital project management or construction; experience coordinating complex programs. 4-8 years of relevant experience/Engineering background preferred.

Additional Information

The target hiring range for this job profile is $88,300 - $115,350 annually. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, education, years of experience, internal equity, etc.

Function - Facilities, Engineering and Acquisition
Sub Function - Facilities Project Management
Band - Individual Contributor
Level - S3

Location: Enarson Classroom Building (0072) Position Type: Regular Scheduled Hours: 40 Shift: First Shift

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.

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