WSP

Senior Program Director (Power & Energy) - Remote

WSP • $130K — $180K *
Oakland, CA 94601In-Person
Energy & Utilities
11 - 15 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or related field or equivalent experience in a technical firm.
  • 15+ years of relevant project management experience in the Power & Energy sector.
  • Advanced understanding of project delivery processes and large-scale project management.
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills, with business acumen bridging project management and business needs.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects and practices effectively.
  • Excellent interpersonal communication and self-leadership skills for managing diverse teams and stakeholders.
  • Proficient in project management tools and software.

Responsibilities

  • Lead large-scale and complex projects, ensuring timely task completion and adherence to budgets.
  • Foster strong relationships with stakeholders to keep them engaged and informed.
  • Contribute to technical contract negotiations and project presentations.
  • Ensure profitable project performance and completion within the assigned portfolio.
  • Provide strategic leadership and high-level advice to project teams and clients.
  • Develop and keep up-to-date critical project governance documentation.
  • Conduct project management meetings to address issues and identify improvement opportunities.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead complex projects within the Extra High Voltage Transmission and Distribution sector.
  • Collaborative work environment with diverse professionals from various disciplines.
  • Focus on a culture of innovation and continuous improvement in project delivery.
  • Access to professional development and leadership training.
  • Commitment to ethical decision-making and workplace safety policies.
Full Job Description
Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a Senior Program Director for our Power & Energy Program Management Office. The successful candidate is preferred to be located in the Northern California region with the ability to travel to a WSP and/or Client office for periodic face-to-face meetings. This position provides leadership, definition, and oversight pertaining to the consistent delivery of large scale/highly complex programs within the Extra High Voltage (EHV) Transmission and Distribution sector.
Your Impact
  • Lead the most complex and largest scale projects within the organization, ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and by when, preparing and overseeing relevant project budgets, forecasts, margins and KPIs, monitoring external events and risk contingencies, tracking hours and expenses, ensuring QA/QC and satisfactory performance, and managing the contractual obligations to deliver the project or assigned portfolio of assigned project(s) as defined in the contract.
  • Foster effective and proactive strategies to engage project stakeholders at all levels, maintain effective relationships, and report on project progress.
  • Participate in the technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings.
  • Accountable for the profitable performance and successful completion of all individual projects within the specified area or portfolio.
  • Provide leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high level strategic advice to clients.
  • Provide performance guidance and proactive leadership to assigned managers and staff.
  • Develop, maintain, and update Project Initiation and governance documentation, including Risk Registers (REF/RMP), Project Management Plans (PMP), Project Quality Plans (QP), Project Safety Plans (PSP), and Communications Plans, in accordance with WSP and client requirements.
  • Lead project management discipline meetings, addressing root cause issues and potential solutions, leveraging opportunities for improvement in area of responsibility, and providing updates and recommendations to staff that ensure all appropriate measures are taken to foster innovation, development, and quality project delivery.
  • Lead the development of project recovery plans, including team input for developing strategy for correcting project budget and overrun issues with the client.
  • Ensure regular project reporting and updates are provided to clients, technical areas, and business unit managers, identifying any emergent issues with scope, risk, and/or budget.
  • Ensure the completion of all formal project closeout activities, along with the facilitation and documentation of a lessons-learned meeting with key project staff.
  • Collaborate with professionals and leadership from a variety of disciplines to provide "trusted advisor" service and future ready solutions for clients.
  • Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
  • Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Who You Are

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or a related major, or equivalent experience in a technical or engineering firm.
  • 15+ years of relevant post education experience in a project management role within our industry.
  • Advanced-level understanding of the project delivery process within the A/E/C industry, and an extensive background and experience in large-scale project management. Experience managing projects through a variety of delivery models (DBB, EPC, PDB).
  • Advanced knowledge and proficiency with analytical and organizational skills, with business acumen to bridge business and project management.
  • Strong working knowledge of corporate project management principles, practices, process, delivery, execution, and the business impact upon the organization.
  • Demonstrated exceptional ability with establishing, implementing, and managing multiple larger scale/complex projects, programs, documents, systems, and practices.
  • Excellent self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to manage staff, and effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
  • Strategic lateral thinking and strong analytical skills with attention to detail and prioritization of responsibilities in a pressure work environment.
  • Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including senior management, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers, clients, and company-wide staff, including those with whom no formal hierarchical relationship exits.
  • Advanced knowledge and proficiency with technical writing, office automation, relevant software, MS Office suite products (e.g., Word, Excel, Visio, Project, SharePoint), technology, spreadsheets, and PM tools.
  • Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
  • Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.
  • Travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's Degree.
  • Essential project management certification (e.g., PMP, CAP-M).


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About WSP

WSP is a Canadian engineering consulting firm that provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment. The firm's expertise ranges from environmental remediation and urban planning, to engineering iconic buildings and designing sustainable transport networks, to developing the energy sources of the future and enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 54,000 employees, including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, program and construction management professionals, and various environmental experts. WSP has offices in more than 40 countries and territories around the world.
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Size
54,000 employees
Industry
Technical Services
Founded
1959
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