Portland General Electric

Resource Planning Project Manager

Resource Planning Project Manager
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LocationPortland, OR
Job Typefull time
On-site
Utilities

About This Job

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Summary

The Resource Planning Project Manager role is critical to informing and executing PGE’s resource planning and procurement responsibilities. The position will support the Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) Team by working cross-functionally to support and manage complex projects and initiatives (e.g., request for proposal (RFP), load forecasting, distributed system planning (DSP), and program/product planning).

This role will support the preparation and implementation of PGE’s key planning process:

Distribution System Plan (DSP), Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and Clean Energy Plan (CEP).

This position will interpret internal and external business issues and use best practices, solves complex problems and takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions, work independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations, and may lead functional teams or projects. Additionally, this role will plan, monitor and manage reports and projects from initiation through completion, secure required resources, develop formal processes, identify risks, ensure transparent data and tools, complete deliverables on-time, and manage project budgets, where applicable.

Responsibilities

Project Consultation and Planning Responsible for leading a single major project or multiple moderate projects. Types include, but are not limited to, business systems or process improvement, department reorganizations and strategy implementation, training, feasibility studies and pilots.

+ Consults with operations managers to ensure strategic alignment, cost effectiveness and mitigation of negative operational and/or customer impacts of business initiatives and projects; works with project sponsor to develop objectives and scope; assists in or develops business case/justification. + Develops or oversees development of project plan(s) including work back schedules, schedule and cost baselines, dependencies and project roles and resource requirements; identifies project risks and mitigation strategies; partners and strategizes with Supply Chain, Legal, IT and project sponsor on vendor contract negotiations.

Team Leadership Leads multiple major projects/initiatives in completing strategic projects. Provides staff leadership to team members; facilitates team meetings, cultivates and reinforces group values, norms and behaviors; provides guidance and motivation to team on performance and productivity issues; ensures compliance with established project management methodologies and standards; takes corrective action as needed.
Project Controls Establishes and maintains formal controls to manage and monitor project budget, scope, quality, schedule and risks to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget and effectively. Negotiates necessary project changes with project sponsor. Maintains, adjusts and updates project plans as needed.
Stakeholder Engagement Develops communication plans and strategies; provides timely, accurate communication of project plans and status to stakeholders.
Process Improvement Leads and/or facilitates business process improvement (BPI) activities; assists managers and subject matter experts to identify, understand and improve or revise processes, practices and policies; assists managers in establishing process controls in order to measure baseline and post-improvement performance to monitor success of improvement initiatives.
Project Reporting and Documentation Ensures all project documents are catalogued and archived in a secure and efficient manner; documents and files all “lessons learned” along with all project artifacts.
Internal Collaboration Develops and maintains key relationships across the business, including with senior executives; provides subject matter expertise for project management and/or process improvement. Collaborates with, mentors and/or assists in training other PMs or leads to continually improve project standards and methodology.
External Relationships Actively partners and participates with other utilities to strengthen and create opportunities to share best practices.


Qualifications Required:

Education Requires a bachelor’s degree in business, communications, psychology or computer science or other related field or equivalent experience.
Experience Typically eight or more years in project management or a related field.
Certifications, Licenses and Training PMP certification required
Valid Drivers License

Preferred:

For this role, the ideal candidate will have experience in utility industry resource planning project management as well as experience providing in-house support to ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations and company procedures and policies related to integrated resource planning. Lastly, the ideal candidate will develop, implement and administer human-centered planning processes designed to increase the effectiveness of the organization and creating, managing and cultivating the employer-employee and community relationships.

Advanced knowledge of project management science, methodologies and standards.

Advanced knowledge of and skill in using software applications such as MS Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel spreadsheet and graphing, Access and Visio, Maximo and Power Plant.
Advanced knowledge of resource planning concepts and principles.
Advanced knowledge of group problem-solving methods and techniques including problem analysis, nominal group and brainstorming techniques and consensus building.
Advanced listening skills, including the ability to draw information out and to see things from another’s perspective.
Advanced skills in writing technical.
Advanced communication skills, both written and oral and presentation skills.


Physical and Cognitive Demands Cognitive

Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks
Ability to follow accuracy standards
Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks
Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment
Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change
Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback
Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement
Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks
Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization
Demonstrates sound memory
Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks


Schedule/Attendance

Hybrid - 3 days per week in office

Compensation Range:

$107,025.00 - $178,375.00

Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future. To find out more, click here.

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