Advanced Utility Solutions Project Manager

POWER’s Advanced Utility Solutions (AUS) team is seeking Project Managers to join our team of industry experts as we continue building the digital utility of the future! We are looking for asset management practitioners, software implementors and utility operations professionals that can use their expertise to design, develop and deploy asset management solutions for our industry leading clients.

The candidate selected for this position may work remotely full time at a location other than a POWER Engineers designated office/job site. Employees may travel to a POWER office for periodic meetings.

Summary of Roles and Responsibilities:

• The Advanced Utility Solutions (AUS) Project Manager will have the following roles and responsibilities:
• Manage software implementation projects on the Esri ArcGIS, Trimble Cityworks and other software platforms for utility and municipal government clients
• Configure and deploy Trimble Cityworks or similar asset management software and Esri ArcGIS software for utility and municipal government clients
• Work with sales team to define scope, costs and schedule for customer projects
• Manage project delivery team to deliver projects on time and on budget
• Coordinate all tasks during project life cycle with customer project manager
• Provide outstanding customer service to our clients
• Facilitate project workshops
• Manage internal project initiatives to improve department processes, procedures, templates, and guidelines
• Assist in definition and refinement of POWER project delivery methodologies

Required Education/Experience:

The AUS Project Manager must have the following education, experience, skills and knowledge:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in GIS, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Management, other technical science degree, or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years of GIS-centric experience managing software services projects either as a professional services consultant or as an employee of a utility company or city/county government
• Track record of delivering projects on time and on budget
• Project implementation lifecycle experience (Requirements, Development, Training, Deployment) and familiarity with software development methodologies (RUP, Agile, Waterfall)
• Excellent professional and organization skills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to travel about 25% of the time

Preferred Education/Experience:

• It is advantageous for the applicant to have the following experience, skills and knowledge:
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent experience
• Asset Management Professional (AMP) or Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) certification or equivalent experience
• Experience with one or more Asset Management systems such as Cityworks, SAP, Maximo, Lucity, Infor, Cartegraph
• Experience with one or more permitting systems such as Cityworks PLL, Accela, CityView, EnerGov, TRAKiT
• Experience managing software projects involving the Esri ArcGIS platform
• Familiarity with the work processes and operations of electric, gas and water utilities and public works departments