Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Welty Energy & Infrastructure (WE&I) is a professional services company specializing in program and project management for electric utilities. The Portfolio Manager will lead a team managing transmission and distribution projects, fostering client relationships and staff engagement while driving project performance and profitability.
Responsibilities
- Will lead a team of Project Managers and Project Coordinators who manage transmission and distribution projects for our client(s)
- Recruit and retain high quality talent
- Support career development of your team; conduct career conversations for your team
- Assign projects appropriately to your team
- Consult on your team’s projects where your expertise and guidance is needed; attend site visits as needed
- Be a SME for all client software, tools and processes that are utilized by your team
- Provide training to incoming and existing staff
- Foster a Welty virtual environment via Microsoft Teams
- Participate in salary administration for your team
- Will establish and be accountable for goals for yourself and your team that align with WE&I’s rocks including growth goals / targets
- Drive utilization and performance for your team
- Drive profitability of your team’s projects
- Will be part of the WE&I Management Team and collaborate and consult as needed for the benefit of the organization:
- With other Portfolio Managers and other groups (such as Engineering) to share resources and provide support as needed to deliver excellence to our client(s)
- With others as needed to provide consultation on specific projects
- With other managers to develop processes and solutions that achieve our goals for excellence and client centricity
- Will foster and maintain a relationship with a designated client and be an advocate for WE&I’s portfolio of services and capabilities
- Drive functional excellence and client satisfaction
- Provide general consultation to the client, but project specific decisions / consultations are to be communicated by the assigned Project Manager
- Will foster a safety-focused culture; perform safety observations during field visits at project locations
- May be assigned as Project Manager for specific projects as needed
- May assist with the pursuit of new business with existing and/or potential clients
- May be assigned specific tasks as needed
- Will support the company with strategic initiatives
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or similar
- Minimum of ten (10) years of experience managing projects or exceptional, demonstrated experience
- Electric utility project management preferred
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing people or exceptional, demonstrated experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Effective leadership and organizational skills
- Knowledge of or ability to learn client's systems, tools, and processes
- Master's degree preferred
- PMP preferred
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off
- 401(k) contributions
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