Utilities Project Manager

Overview

Job Duties

• Builds and maintains detailed project schedules for metering and utility infrastructure installations, including milestones, dependencies, and the critical path. (Essential)
• Manages critical installation timelines and sequences work by geography, season, and operational requirements to ensure project milestones and deadlines are achieved. (Essential)
• Develops the project plan for each initiative, including scope, deliverables, budget, timeline, and success criteria, and secures alignment before work begins. (Essential)
• Tracks permit status site by site, owns the permitting workflow, and drives resolution of permitting blockers ahead of scheduled installations. (Essential)
• Manages the procurement of materials, equipment, and utility components to ensure availability aligns with project schedules and installation timelines. (Essential)
• Coordinates installation vendors, contractors, and field crews day to day to keep projects on schedule, on scope, and on budget. (Essential)
• Runs recurring project check-ins, publishes agendas and notes, and tracks action items and decisions to closure.
• Monitors installation quality against standards and manages punch lists and rework with vendors.
• Tracks project budget against plan, flags variances early, and manages change orders.
• Maintains a project risk and issue register, proactively identifying potential impacts to schedule, budget, scope, and permitting requirements and driving mitigation and resolution efforts through completion.
• Reports project status, milestones, risks, and forecast to the Director and Vice President on a recurring cadence.
• Coordinates with community management on installation logistics and resident-facing impacts.
• Completes structured project closeout for each site, including verification that installed meters are reading correctly at commissioning.
• Facilitates the handoff of completed and commissioned sites to the Utilities Program Manager for ongoing operational management and documents lessons learned to support continuous improvement and future project success.
• Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED (Required)
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Construction Management, or Engineering (Preferred)
• 3 years in project management experience in field-based installation, construction, or infrastructure projects (Preferred)
• Demonstrated experience building and holding a schedule to firm deadlines across multiple concurrent sites
• Experience coordinating vendors, contractors, or field crews against a plan, including managing quality and change orders
• Familiarity with permitting processes and municipal/utility coordination
• Budget management experience (tracking project spend against plan and managing variances)
• Project management certification (PMP, CAPM, or equivalent)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Advanced computer proficiency with the ability to use Microsoft Office Suite applications, project scheduling tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Wrike), email, and internet-based applications
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Knowledge of project management tools and procedures