Sr. Project Manager - TekWissen LLC
Taylor, TX
About the Job
Overview:
Tekwissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. Our client is an American organization that operates Texas's electrical grid, the Texas Interconnection, which supplies power to more than 25 million Texas customers and represents 90 percent of the state's electric load. Our client is the first independent system operator (ISO) in the United States and one of nine ISOs in North America. Our client works with the Texas Reliability Entity (TRE), one of eight regional entities within the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) that coordinate to improve reliability of the bulk power grid. Our client is a membership-based 501(c) nonprofit corporation, and its members include consumers, electric cooperatives, generators, power marketers, retail electric providers, investor-owned electric utilities (transmission and distribution providers), and municipally owned electric utilities.
Job Title: Sr. Project Manager
Location: Taylor TX 76574
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite
Job Description:
- The primary focus of the Sr. Project Manager will be to deliver projects using the Client Project Management Process.
- This would include the initiation, planning, execution and closing of infrastructure and software projects.
Essential Job Duties:
- Develops project plans specifying milestones, tasks, start/end durations and resource allocations for each phase of the project.
- Identifies, manages and tracks project deliverables, milestones, and required tasks.
- Coordinates work tasks with project personnel.
- Assigns duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority to project personnel.
- Directs and coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.
- Directs and coordinates activities of vendors to ensure project deliverables & timelines are met.
- Manages and monitors the work of the team, to ensure the high priority items stay on track, while promoting teamwork.
- Manages project budget and reporting.
- Coordinates and responds to requests for changes from original specifications.
- Demonstrates accountability for the results of the team.
- Monitors metrics to track team performance against schedule expectations and budget.
- Manage and tracking of project documentation.
- Prepares project status reports and keeps management, customers, and others informed of project status and related risks/issues.
- Monitors project results against specifications.
- Ensures the creation of test plans.
- Ensures sufficient functional and integrated testing completed on new/modified code.
- Directs application/solution testing.
- Completes project reviews.
- Obtains, through customer satisfaction and acceptance testing, project signoff of completion.
Job Competencies:
- Project scheduling, using Microsoft Project
- Project planning
- Project budget tracking
- Presentation skills, to include presenting to executives and sponsors
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Technical and infrastructure knowledge
Preferred Competencies:
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Large scale application migration experience
- Task assignment and tracking using JIRA
- Understanding of the Client energy, market, and utility business
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 8 years applicable experience is required.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
Source : TekWissen LLC