Director Pmo - Utilities Capital Projects

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Director PMO - Utilities Capital Projects

Our Power and Renewables team is growing in NY! Provide overall management for contract of 5-300 staff supporting electrical utility capital projects. Serve as business, staff, and client manager. Engineering bachelors, MBA, and prior experience in gas-hydro for a utility required. Provides leadership, direction and guidance to managers and staff within their area of responsibility. Responsible for achieving business growth, quality, client satisfaction, and project profitability goals and objectives for the area of responsibility.

This position is contingent upon on contract award and client approval. Multiple positions are available. You need to work to work 100% on-site.

This is a full-time position with SNC-Lavalin (within the Faithful + Gould Sector) that comes with the opportunity to prove your true potential, provide expert services on world class projects, collaborate and grow with professional services experts, and receive an attractive compensation package with robust benefits.

About Us:

Faithful+Gould is a world leader in integrated project and program management consulting. We provide expert and professional management consulting services on a wide range of interesting and iconic projects with many high-profile clients across key business sectors and industries that include several Fortune 100 companies and notable Federal/State/City government agencies. Faithful+Gould ranked #9 largest Construction Management Company and #7 Program Management Company by Engineering News Record (ENR). Faithful+Gould was established in the U.K. in 1947, with its first USA office opening in 1992. We embody Constructive Expertise – It’s in our DNA!

How will you contribute to the team?

• Represents the project team as client liaison (account manager). Acts as lead interface with client and related project team members and develops full understanding of the scope of projects.
• Organizes, coordinates, and manages required staff resources to complete deliverables.
• Builds commercially useful networks. Possesses strong market, sector, and service knowledge.
• Positively encourages compliance with company requirements and contributes to the improvement and development of the organization’s management systems. Ensures QA/QC reviews take place and procedures are followed for all assigned programs/projects.
• Coaching and mentoring less experienced colleagues to help develop skills, knowledge, and experience. Promoting the organization’s values through embodying a positive, professional, and collaborative nature.
• Develops and implements business development plans and activities.
• Embraces Faithful+Gould strategies and turns them into clear operational plans. Engages others in planning to gain commitment, highlight key issues and build understanding. Delivers to meet agreed objectives.
• May perform other such duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.
• Good understanding and practical application of the organization’s Policy and arrangements for managing your own personal safety and the safety of those who report to you.
• Understands client expectations, requirements, requested deliverables and fee structure. Plays an instrumental role in generating repeat business, winning new work, and developing new business opportunities. Demonstrates ability to win repeat work but also to develop relationships with new clients to successfully achieve new business.
• Wins work through effective program/project management or technical services.
• Manages the strategic aspects of programs/projects and mitigates risks.
• Produces team business plans in conjunction with senior colleagues.
• Wins work through effective program/project management or technical services.
• Organizes, coordinates, and manages required staff resources to complete deliverables.
• Typically works on a site or oversees major client program, managing Faithful+Gould delivery teams.
• Contributes to recruitment of high performing and professional individuals who display the Faithful+Gould values. Build diverse teams with complimentary skill sets and backgrounds.
• Understands client expectations, requirements, requested deliverables and fee structure. Plays an instrumental role in generating repeat business, winning new work, and developing new business opportunities. Demonstrates ability to win repeat work but also to develop relationships with new clients to successfully achieve new business.
• Ensures the profitable management of commercial aspects of commissions and/or projects including governance, fee management activities together with internal job costings, planning and organizing workload/resource requirements and inter-trading.
• Contributing to and implementing the office business plan, developing business opportunities in line with the business strategy and looking for market opportunities.
• Manages the strategic aspects of programs/projects and mitigates risks.
• Collaborates with other disciplines and teams within Faithful+Gould and the wider Atkins group.
• Coaching and mentoring less experienced colleagues to help develop skills, knowledge, and experience. Promoting the organization’s values through embodying a positive, professional, and collaborative nature.
• Develops and implements business development plans and activities.
• Drives major programs/clients and differentiates F+G through excellent delivery of programs/technical services.
• Provides senior level general project management support as necessary (e.g., financial/operational budgeting, consolidation, analysis, forecasting; business development; pricing; billing; key client/consultant relationship management).
• Ensures the profitable management of commercial aspects of commissions and/or projects including governance, fee management activities together with internal job costings, planning and organizing workload/resource requirements and inter-trading.
• Drives major programs/clients and differentiates F+G through excellent delivery of programs/technical services.
• Collaborates with other disciplines and teams within Faithful+Gould and the wider Atkins group.
• Works with Operations Directors, Technical Directors, and Sector Leadership in support of the delivery of programs and services.
• Typically works on a site or oversees major client program, managing Faithful+Gould delivery teams.
• Provides senior level general project management support as necessary (e.g., financial/operational budgeting, consolidation, analysis, forecasting; business development; pricing; billing; key client/consultant relationship management).
• Embraces Faithful+Gould strategies and turns them into clear operational plans. Engages others in planning to gain commitment, highlight key issues and build understanding. Delivers to meet agreed objectives.
• Contributes to recruitment of high performing and professional individuals who display the Faithful+Gould values. Build diverse teams with complimentary skill sets and backgrounds.
• Contributing to and implementing the office business plan, developing business opportunities in line with the business strategy and looking for market opportunities.
• Produces team business plans in conjunction with senior colleagues.
• Represents the project team as client liaison (account manager). Acts as lead interface with client and related project team members and develops full understanding of the scope of projects.
• Positively encourages compliance with company requirements and contributes to the improvement and development of the organization’s management systems. Ensures QA/QC reviews take place and procedures are followed for all assigned programs/projects.
• Builds commercially useful networks. Possesses strong market, sector, and service knowledge.
• May perform other such duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.
• Works with Operations Directors, Technical Directors, and Sector Leadership in support of the delivery of programs and services.
• Reviews program/project financials including monthly PSR updates and identification of any potential issues to executive management for review and action.
• Good understanding and practical application of the organization’s Policy and arrangements for managing your own personal safety and the safety of those who report to you.
• Reviews program/project financials including monthly PSR updates and identification of any potential issues to executive management for review and action.

What will you contribute?

• Must have demonstrated leadership ability.
• Must be highly articulate, have clear and analytical approach to problem solving, and strong decision-making abilities.
• Professional Project Management (PMP) Certification or equivalent.
• Prior experience in gas-hydro for a utility required.
• Must thoroughly understand and utilize Information Technology in the performance of work including Internet, Microsoft Windows OS, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Project and Microsoft Teams.
• Must have the ability to organize information and data to anticipate/identify major trends, problems, and obstacles.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering & MBA.
• Min 5 years’ experience in an energy sector managerial role.
• Must have the ability to develop and implement systems to monitor service and production for major clients.
• Must have the ability to manage multi-discipline projects or a very large single project.
• Must possess a thorough understanding of Project Management, Building Design & Construction, Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling, Building Cost Modelling and Risk Analysis or other area of professional expertise.

What we offer at Faithful+Gould:

• Retirement Savings Plan with employer match.
• Group Insurance.
• Strong team of expert, professional peers to mentor and grow with.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Competitive salary.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Learning and development programs, training, career opportunities and a tuition reimbursement program.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays.
• Opportunity to work on projects of various sizes and levels of complexity for globally renowned clients.

If this sounds like you and you would like to expand your career with us, apply today!
At every stage, we have the right support and training to help you learn and acquire what you need to succeed. We seek results-oriented problem solvers, creative thinkers, and performance-driven professionals who are ready to work on exciting projects and rewarding opportunities as a part of their exceptional career.

Faithful+Gould is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability.

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https://careers.snclavalin.com/equal-opportunities-statement

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Expected compensation range is between $150,000 - $250,000/yearly depending on skills, experience, and geographical location.

Upon acceptance of an offer, all candidates must go through a drug screen test and background check. Faithful+Gould is a federal contractor which mandates a satisfactory background screening report and drug test that supersedes state laws.

Note to staffing and direct hire agencies:

In the event a recruiter or agency who are not on our preferred supplier list submits a resume/candidate to anyone in the SNC-Lavalin family of companies, we explicitly reserve the right to recruit and hire the candidate(s) at our discretion and without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. https://careers.snclavalin.com/recruitment-agencies