Sr PM - Major Construction

Avangrid; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 117,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP is seeking a Sr PM - Major Construction to coordinate Substation and Transmission projects across NY, ME, and CT. Responsible for resource planning, investment strategy, and project execution while aligning with corporate priorities and regulatory requirements.

The role involves managing internal and external resources, supervising timelines and budgets, and presenting status updates to executives. Office-based position with travel as needed in the Northeast.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent with energy industry experience.
• 12+ years of relevant energy industry experience or combined experience in project management.
• Experience in contract negotiations and supplier management.
• Proven experience obtaining siting permits.

Responsibilities

• Meet corporate goals for capital investment.
• Manage Construction Work in Progress and project energization.
• Lead project teams including engineers and contractors.
• Control project budgets, schedules, and cost performance.
• Provide cost/schedule/risk reports to senior management.

Skills

Program and project management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget and cost control

Regulatory & public forums

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

12+ years energy industry experience

Tools

MS Project/Primavera

MS Excel

SAP

Job description

Job Title

Sr PM - Major Construction

Locations

Rochester, NY; Lancaster, NY; Elmira, NY; Binghamton, NY; Mechanicville, NY

Number of Positions

1

Work Type

Office

Salary Range

$116,640 to $145,800

Job Summary

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for coordinating activities for Substation and/or Transmission projects located in Maine, New York and Connecticut, and will manage resource requirements, priorities, investment plans, project execution strategy and internal/ external resource requirements. Projects may originate due to reliability, asset health, system capacity customer or other project need.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include meeting corporate goals for capital investment, managing Construction Work in Progress, and energization of projects. Must manage team performance to maximize the effectiveness of capital budget delivery considering the environment, operating efficiency, regulatory, CWIP and operational needs. Represents the company in regulatory and public forums. Coordinate activities of project team members including engineers, construction managers, and external contractors. Facilitates the work of external contractors and other internal business areas. Holds contractors accountable for performance. Holds project team members accountable for results. Provides technical and business advice to senior management when required. Responsible for the overall project control and reporting, providing leadership and coordination of the scheduling, cost controlling and reporting processes and functions. Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within budget and in conformance to quality and engineering standards.

• Program and project management skills
• Leadership skills
• Works within the project unit, managing internal and external project resources.
• Oversees project budgets, O&M and Capital.
• Analyzes project performance and initiates actions to control scope, schedule and cost performance.
• Proactive approach to overseeing work measures progress and takes actions to ensure budgets and deadlines are achieved.
• Approves project plans, executes contract strategies to undertake work and controls and authorizes expenditures.
• Initiates actions to ensure compliance with project management and quality management processes and procedures.
• Assures that projects are completed within the approved scope, schedule and budget.
• Informs management and project teams regarding cost and schedule performance variances and corrective action required.
• Coordinates with other departments, consultants, attorneys, utilities, municipal stakeholders and local permitting agencies, regulatory agencies, government agencies, and major customers.
• May represent the company and testify in regulatory hearings or at Federal, State, local agency or municipal meetings.
• Responsible for Project accountability overview, making sure it complies with FERC, NERC and any other applicable regulation.
• Considers innovative ways to undertake work, promoting automation and efficiencies in day-to-day work streams
• Provides recommendations on policies and goals desired and implements new/revised processes and procedures according to established guidelines
• Responsible for ensuring the risk control system is utilized.
• Responsible for Risk definition, cost, and the Mitigation Action analysis.
• Attendance to Executive management meetings, providing and presenting reports and cost-schedule-risk views as required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors' degree in Engineering with 8 years relevant experience in energy industry required.
• Or more than 12 years' relevant experience in energy industry required.
• Experienced in contract negotiations and supplier management.
• Proven experience obtaining siting permits.

Skills / Abilities

• Ability to mobilize and motivate team members to deliver projects on time and under budget.
• Expert in integrating Scheduling IT tools and software: MS Project and/or Primavera with costs and resource requirements.
• Expert in risk management and mitigation plans.
• Expert in utilizing MS Excel for data analysis, budgeting and planning.
• Ability to use and query SAP.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Public presentation skills and ability to summarize concepts presented accordingly.
• Results oriented.
• Understanding of quality assurance processes (QMS, EMS, ISO 9000, ISO 14000) and implement with project structure.
• Knowledge of main configuration and general arrangements of networks (substations, overhead lines and underground cable) infrastructures.
• Supervision of contractors.
• Proven ability to lead teams and work in a team environment.
• Team oriented.

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Company

NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP

Mobility Information

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power. Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee's management.

Job Posting End Date

September-25-2026