WGL - Construction Project Management Team Lead

Job Description WGL - Construction Project Management Team Lead Position Summary

The Project Team Lead is responsible for managing natural gas construction projects consistent with achieving company objectives in a jurisdictional replacement. Individual will use project management expertise to deliver a group of projects within scope, budget, and schedule. Effectively influences functional stakeholders and manages implementation of projects safely while focused on accomplishing organizational objectives. The Project Team Lead is responsible for managing the life cycle of each project, including support Project Management staff.

Tasks And Responsibilities

- Drives execution against assigned construction targets

- Coordinates across functional department to drive delivery

- Manage and direct multiple small, medium, large-scale projects

- Accountable for the delivering yearly Project List(s) (BCAs) within set budget, committed Project Scheduled and Units (scope)

- Responsible with making sure that the project plan and processes are followed throughout the project lifecycle including project closure and meeting yearly performance parameters

- Utilizes strong negotiation skills to influences individual stakeholders to accomplish objectives and deliverables without direct reporting relationships.

- Effectively manages and reports in a timely manner changes in expectations, scope, company risk, schedule, and project and program budgets.

- Works with Analyst(s) to analyze original estimate against project schedule and cost and understand the factors that contributed to any variance

- Assesses program and project variance trends from project estimates to actual data, reports and communicates dashboard result, while coordinating with other departments.

- Evaluate complex situations accurately and identifies viable solutions that create successful outcomes for the Program

- Leads the collection and reporting of Team’s project status, KPIs and other artifacts required to assists with Program’s documentation

- Oversees project schedules, incorporating, monitoring and analyzing input from the project stakeholders (Engineering, Permitting, Construction and External). Manages critical path issues throughout project lifecycle, documenting and reporting the barriers with actionable resolution plans

- Monitor and quality control Team’s project data required to report current status and accurate forecast of Project Spend and Units (Scope) throughout project lifecycle

- Perform Burn-Rate analysis and Forecast on Cost, Schedule, Units and Resources, estimates to completion

- Assists with balancing level of resources ( internal and contractors) required to ensure completion of approved Project List(s)

- Responsible for assuring effective communication throughout the project lifecycle

- Manages, coordinates, and monitors work progress of key stakeholders and team resources

- Participate with other departments or teams with planning and making sound recommendations related to schedules/workloads/resource requirements as needed to accomplish project and program objectives

- Develop and mentor direct reports

- Complies with all regulatory guidelines and company policies and procedures

- Assures appropriate documents have been secured and retained in a timely fashion to manage company risk

- Represents the Company at external functions relating to projects

- Implements and/or participates on continuous improvement of processes as needed

Qualifications, Skills And Abilities

- Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Finance, Business, Project Management or other quantitative required

- 7+ Years career experience required - 5+ Years project management in utilities or infrastructure construction projects of varying sizes and types required

- PMP or Business Process Certification required

- Experience in the natural gas industry preferred

- Demonstrated experience with Project/Project management delivery

- Experience in the natural gas or utility industry preferred

- Experienced and proficient with reporting and data analysis tools as related to Project Management (e.g. Work Management Systems, MS Projects, MS Excel, PowerBI or Tableau)

- Demonstrated strong analytical skills, both quantitative and qualitative to conceptualize, analyze multiple scenarios in solving broadly defined business problems and effectively report results

- Effectively and consistently produce quality project management deliverables i.e. Project Charter, Financial summary

- Demonstrated Negotiation skills

- Ability to work well and effectively communicate with all levels of Company, Contract personnel and external Stakeholders to facilitate the accomplishment of project work.

- Must be able to process information and make decisions within limited time constraints

- Requires the ability to read and understand technical documents including legal contracts and information on new management concepts and new technology.

- Must be able to read and understand civil, electrical, and mechanical drawings and schematics

- Working knowledge or demonstrated ability to learn industry specific applicable codes, procedures, policies, and regulations required

- Ability to work in a fast-paced atmosphere

- Able to recognize and evaluate risks, hazards, losses and prevent conflicts between activities

We offer a competitive salary range of $113,000.00 to $164,000.00 per year, commensurate with experience, education, and skills. In addition, we provide a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

The Company values diversity in its workforce and encourages United States military veterans and service members who meet the qualifications to apply

Why work at AltaGas? AltaGas

is a North American energy infrastructure company with a focus on owning and operating assets that provides affordable energy to our customers. AltaGas assets include Washington Gas/WGL, SEMCO, and Petrogas. Our talented team, nearly 3,000 strong, leverages the strength of our assets and expertise along the energy value chain to connect customers with premier energy solutions – from the well sites of upstream producers to the doorsteps of homes and businesses to new markets around the world.

We deliver clean and affordable natural gas to approximately 1.7 million customers’ homes and businesses through regulated natural gas distribution utilities across four jurisdictions in the United States and two regulated natural gas storage utilities in the United States. Learn more about our team, vision, and strategy.

To learn more about our mission:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvYAAg21IuU

WGL is an EO employer – M/F/Vets/Disabled

For Canadian hires

: AltaGas hires personnel on the basis of job-related qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to a person's ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

For U.S. hires

: WGL/SEMCO/AltaGas offers a total rewards package that includes competitive pay, incentive bonus plans, holiday pay, 401K matching and a wide array of benefits. These benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage are designed to help you and your family stay healthy. We also have paid time off (PTO) to balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits vary depending upon the specifics of the role.

U.S. affiliates of AltaGas are committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, matriculation, physical or mental disabilities, political affiliation, genetic information, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.