Project Manager

• Location: Vancouver, WA
• Type: Contract
• Job #7625

Overview:

ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client.This Project Manager 3 position will provide project management support and assistance to the assigned organization through facilitating major process improvement initiatives resulting in advancements in Asset Management capabilities. This position will collaborate with key staff, sponsors, management, stakeholders, and executives in the coordination and implementation of efforts critical to the daily delivery of asset management activities.This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.

Pay rate: $51.53 - $73.62

Benefits:

• Paid holidays: 11
• PTO: Starting at 10 days
• Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
• EAP: Employee Assistance Program
• Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
• Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks, Brio Health

Responsibilities:

• Support and facilitate manager-assigned project, and/or multiple projects, from beginning to end in collaboration with senior management, external industry entities and stakeholders, by providing expert support on the PMI-based project management methodology, best practices, and internal skill development as requested by and with guidance from the manager, team lead or other personnel with the authority to do so, including:
• Support and facilitate the development of the business process and data requirements for the Transmission Asset value chain (acquire, operate, maintain, dispose) for Transmission.
• Draft business cases for value and risk-based asset management initiatives and securing approvals for implementation.
• Provide recommendations and insight to the manager for the development of an annual planning cycle for multi-million-dollar expense and capital budget by gathering information and coordinating input from subject matter experts in planning, maintenance management, analysis, and finance.
• Coordinate and implement various complex management initiatives that require senior level project management support and leadership through the formulation of plans and activities to meet milestones and deliverables.
• Provide support and recommendations in the development of clear vision and scope statements for the asset management capabilities roadmap concerning improvement initiatives.
• Provide support and recommendations in the creation of clear problem statements associated with current capabilities, processes, and systems.
• Identify asset management performance gaps and working to develop and implement corrective actions.
• Provide direct support, advice and recommendations to front-line managers and supervisors as they help their staff adapt new and standard processes and concepts.
• Provide support in developing and tracking targets.
• Prepare full-scale project plans, resource strategies, and providing funding estimates required to advance each defined effort.
• Identify the necessary subject matter experts needed during the project.
• Facilitate and maintain consistent communication with the project sponsor, performance managers, subject matter experts and clients on the progress of projects versus the plans.
• Work as primary point of contact on other project teams to provide asset management perspective.
• Support scope definition, tracking and management.
• Gather business requirements and conducting needs analysis from various stakeholder perspectives.
• Provide gap analysis from the "as is" to the "to be" state.
• Implement Organizational Design and Change Management requirements.
• Provide implementation planning, including optimizing milestones and building upon successes.
• Assist management to define project success criteria and disseminating them to involved parties throughout the project lifecycle.
• Alert the manager of and obtaining appropriate authorization for any potential changes to project cost, schedule, or performance.
• Recommend process and system design requirements.
• Coordinate and/or supporting the following functions consistent with the Institute of Asset Management:
  • Identification of organizational alignment and culture change required to advance improvement efforts towards overall project objectives.
  • Development of written and verbal sponsor and stakeholder communication.
  • Development of presentations and visual aids to convey the approaches and results clearly.
  • Coordination of project team(s), including milestone management and communication of deliverables.
  • Management of issues and risks identified within the project as well as cross organization integrated dependencies and the issues and risk associated with those assumptions.
  • Facilitate "kick off" and other project meetings with managers, sponsors, stakeholders, and partners and validate approval/buy in of project plans and commitment of resources.
  • Schedule and facilitate project team meetings and coordinate activities of sub-teams.
  • Lead the creation and documentation of revised processes and roles.
• Take a pro-active stance on project risk management by:
  • Anticipating and identifying potential areas of risk and obtaining guidance from appropriatemanager, Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), or Contracting Officer (CO).
  • Tracking, monitoring, and facilitating resolution of issues and risks identified within the projects, as well as compliance related dependencies.
  • Maintaining issue, risk, and/or action logs.
  • Preparing, drafting, and recommending contingency plans to minimize / eliminate risks on an ongoing basis for review and approval / acceptance by appropriate manager / personnel.
• Collaborate with the manager (or assigned designee) to define the frequency and content of status reports from the project team; review and analyze results, troubleshooting concerns or problem areas and provide mitigation options and weighted recommendations.
• Interact and collaborate with external stakeholders, often navigating complex business relationships.
• When necessary, facilitate the successful transition of a project or program of projects to another project manager including any training, documentation, or meeting coordination required to bring the new PM fully up to speed on all critical aspects of the work and introduce them to executive sponsors and key stakeholders.
• Provide background information, technical input, options, and recommendations that facilitate project decision-making. This may include, at management request, arranging, attending, and facilitating decision-making sessions/meetings with management, executives, and key stakeholders, including, drafting agendas, answering technical questions, and presenting information, options, and recommendations for decision-maker consideration.

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, business management, organizational development (or closely related field) is preferred.
• 10 years of experience is required with an applicable bachelors.
• 14 years of experience is required with a non-applicable bachelor's or no degree.
• Experience should include direct work experience in a project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution.
• Experience with project management approaches, tools, and phases of the project lifecycle.
• Project management experience in the electric utility sector with an emphasis on transmission assets
• Experience in Asset Management and Resource planning.
• Familiarity with ISO 5500x and the Institute of Asset Management.
• Experience and background in defining, evaluating, and recommending plans for asset management capabilities.
• Experience with business requirements gathering and data architecture.
• Problem solving and root cause identification skills.
• Valid U.S. Driver's License is required.

Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position.

Because we are a federal government contractor, we have special restrictions placed on us for hiring foreign nationals into certain key positions within the company. This particular position requires U.S. citizenship.

ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant's race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested.

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