Transmission Project Manager 3 - Portfolio Management

This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp.

All employees who apply for a posted position must notify their supervisors that they have applied.Employees who have not been in their current positions for at least one year or who are in a position with specific requirements beyond one year, must obtain approval from their supervisor before applying.

The selected candidate may be offered a position within the same job family, at a level that is lower than what was posted.This will be determined based upon the results of the interview process which considers the candidate’s skills, work history, experience level, and other relevant qualifications.

FirstEnergy takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location.  In addition, your actual base salary will depend on various factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience.

The estimated pay range for this role is $87,975 - $145,800.  The pay range for certain locations, including the state of New Jersey, include a 20% differential to account for an increased cost of living, making the pay range $105,570 - $163,800.

Project Development Project Engineer position is responsible to own, manage, monitor, and control projects through the Project Development Phase in a timely manner to ensure projects safely achieve project scope outlined by Sponsors.In addition, Project Engineers are expected to update and maintain schedule and costs of a project as outlined by Portfolio Management and cost change control procedures.

Responsibilities Include:

• Review and analyze technical project documents and available information to develop a strategic project schedule, forecast and scope to meet desired outcomes for projects requested by Project Sponsors.

• Evaluating the project scope with internal & external support teams to document and mitigate the risks associated with the project scope, schedule, and budget to promote advancement of the Project to execution within a timely manner.

• Developing, with input from Sponsors and Stakeholders, the project execution plan, and key deliverables for the project.

• Provide projected contractor resource levels and project durations for project schedules.

• Reviewing Project estimates from supporting team members for adequacy and completeness. 

• Initiating and ensuring project costs are maintained within Leadership approval levels and seek capital expenditure authorizations when required. 

• Ensuring change management protocols are followed to maintain complete documentation of changes in scope, schedule and forecast until a project advances into later Project Phases. 

• Providing project status updates for reports and support the organization of emergent requests and needs. 

• Ensuring adequacy of Project Team membership and participation. Responsible for acquiring project update information and informing project team members of overall project goals, priorities and decisions.

• Coordinating project schedules to request system outages for the project with operations and submit outage requests per PJM/Internal timelines.

• Supporting the Portfolio Management Team on the development of a multiyear portfolio through ensuring accurate project schedules and forecasts. 

• Communicating Project status to the Project Sponsor (Region and/or Corporate Teams) and other Stakeholders. 

• Supporting Project challenge meetings, peer reviews and assessments when performed.

• Ensuring the Continuous Improvement in the Project Development team.Self-performing lessons learned audits of completed projects to evaluate gaps in tools or project techniques. Lessons learned will be led and communicated through the Project Development Project Manager.

Qualifications at the Transmission Project Manager III level include:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Construction Management or related field is required.Minimum of 3 years’ related experience required.In lieu of degree, consideration will be given to applicants having 7 years related experience or 5 years transmission or distribution utility experience. 

• Related experience includes project organization, engineering, finance, construction, project management, planning or project controls.

• Strong project management abilities with exceptional time management skills are required. Candidate needs the demonstrated ability to develop, manage, and control multiple tasks.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication skills along with strong analytical ability are required.

• Experience with a project management tool such as Primavera, MS Project, etc. with related Scheduling / Resource Planning expertise is a plus

• Detailed Project Controls experience is a plus

• Understanding of construction timing and construction documentation

• Successful candidate must be a team player and possess a willingness to work in a team environment. Must be willing to travel to assigned project locations throughout the service territory.

Qualifications at the Transmission Project Manager IV level include all the above plus:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Construction Management or related field is required.Minimum of 5 years’ related experience required.In lieu of degree, consideration will be given to applicants having 10 years related experience or 7 years transmission or distribution experience. 

• Related experience includes project organization, engineering, finance, construction, project management, planning or project controls.

An employee hired at the Transmission Project Manager IV level will be expected to perform all the above responsibilities with more proficiency, and in a more independent manner.Further, the Transmission Project Manager IV level employee will be assigned additional responsibilities related to those above, including:

• The level IV employee will be assigned projects of increasing complexity.At this level the Project Manager is expected to manage any project in the portfolio with guidance as needed from Leadership.Projects assigned will progress in complexity and variety to facilitate acquiring a breadth of knowledge and experience to become and subject matter expert and progress to next level.