Program Manager

K&A Engineering Consulting

$125K — $135K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering; MBA preferred.
  • 10+ years in large scale Program Management within Utility business.
  • PgMP or PMP Certification required.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • 5+ years experience in Gas-Hydro and OSG functional areas.
  • Strong project management skills and strategic perspective.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead multi-discipline teams through Engineering, Procurement, and Construction phases.
  • Ensure quality programs while respecting budget and schedules.
  • Plan, monitor, and deliver overall program activities aligned with organizational goals.
  • Oversee scheduling/cost controllers and activities.
  • Implement action plans focused on productivity, quality, and customer service standards.
  • Prepare Program Initiation and Management Plan, analyze variances, and initiate corrective actions.
  • Develop and execute a program evaluation framework for continuous improvement.

Benefits

  • Dynamic, people-focused team environment.
  • Opportunities to work on impactful projects in energy and utility sectors.
  • Support for training and resource retention planning.
  • Flexible work with a hybrid schedule (office 3x/week).
  • Encouragement of ideas and contributions from team members.
Full Job Description
Program Manager to join our team at K&A Power Group in Binghamton, New York. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting and challenging projects that make a real impact in the energy and utility sectors. You'll be part of a dynamic, people-focused team where your expertise, ideas, and contributions will be valued and celebrated.

Role Expectations:
  • Lead a multi-discipline team through the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction phases of different programs.
  • Create and maintain an attitude of leadership towards the contractor's project team with respect to overall management activities (including quality assurance, engineering, procurement, planning and controls, construction management, commissioning, industrial labor relations and safety) to achieve quality programs, while respecting the established budget and schedule objectives.
  • Responsible for planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing and delivering the overall program and its activities in accordance with the goals of the organization.
  • Focus on SPI and CPI performance indicators as decision drivers.
  • Oversight of scheduling/cost controllers and activities.
  • Preparing and completing action plans; implementing and reporting on production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying risks, resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining improvements; implementing change.
  • Meets Avangrid objectives by preparing Program Initiation and Program Management Plan, executing plan requirements, analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
  • Development of On Boarding, Training and Resource Retention Plan
  • Achieve efficiencies by accepting responsibility and accountability for results, accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to the Avangrid organization.
  • Develop and execute a program evaluation framework to assess the strengths of the program and to identify areas to target for improvement.
  • Responsible for planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing and delivering the overall program and its activities in accordance with the goals of the organization. In charge of handling all aspects of technical programs for their organization.
  • Interfaces with the Executive sponsors, business leaders and stakeholders to make sure all requirements captured.
  • Focus on SPI and CPI performance indicators as decision drivers.
  • Oversight of scheduling/cost controllers and activities. This person will work with SMEs, estimators and procurement present accurate project budgets.
  • Preparing and completing action plans; implementing and reporting on production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying risks, resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining improvements; implementing change.
  • Meets Avangrid objectives by preparing Program Initiation and Program Management Plan, executing plan requirements, analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
  • Development of On Boarding, Training and Resource Retention Plan

What we're looking for:
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, MBA preferred.1
  • Ten (10) years or more in large scale projects Program Management for Utility business
  • Program Management Professional Certification (PgMP) or Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
  • Proficient in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • Minimum five (5) years' experience in the functional area under which it will be contracted: Gas-Hydro and OSG.
  • Ability to influence, lead, and manage change thoughtfully and positively.
  • Understands and identifies training or developmental needs of others and has the ability to design and establish new ways to support them.
  • Strong project management skills and a strategic perspective is required.
  • Support and be part of a team environment.
  • Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills including human resource management, negotiations, and communications.
  • Must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills; strong interpersonal skills; and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients.
  • Hybrid Schedule- Must report to the office 3x a week

Pay Range: $125,000- $135,000.00/year

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