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K&A Engineering Consulting - White Plains, NY is a people-first organization. We value knowledge and learning. We believe in the power of connection, and collaboration, and we seek to build relationships that mean something. We employ some of the best and brightest in our industry and we work hard to maintain a culture that our people can be proud of. Our company has earned its reputation through challenging work, uncompromising precision and continuous learning and adapting.
K&A Engineering is a privately held, providing comprehensive consulting, engineering and design, program/project management, construction management, and support services to power utility and industrial clients. K&A's experience includes all aspects of generation, transmission, substations, distribution, energy efficiency, and distributed energy resource (DER) projects, from planning and environmental and regulatory analyses through engineering and design, construction, program management, project controls, and commissioning. The utility industry is a vast market, and K&A quickly established our name and reputation as a top-tier service provider. We were recently ranked #126 on the Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies and the top engineering firm with a three-year growth rate of 3,166%.
Job Overview:
Due to our company growth, we are actively seeking
Senior Utility Project Managers to join our
team in
Upstate, New York, remotely. Experience with managing large scale transmission/substation projects is required to be considered for this role.
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Management of third-party projects including other transmission owners and interconnecting customers
- Planning, Executing, and Closing Projects — defining the project WBS, Cost Baseline and OBS structure, building a comprehensive work plan, controlling and managing the risks, scope, schedule and budget of each package.
- Managing Teams — facilitating commitment and productivity, removing obstacles, and managing contractors
- Responsible for team KPI's and leading team to success
- Accountable and Responsible for:
- Cost /Budgeting and Management
- Communication Management
- Change Management
- Schedule Management
- Construction Management Oversight
- Commissioning Management Oversight
- Risk Management
- Regulatory and Stakeholder Management
Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is highly preferred
- 10+ years relevant project management experience in electric utility projects is required
- Relevant experience with substation, transmission, or distribution projects.
- Knowledge and experience with project management processes and tools.
- General understanding of utility operations
- Experience with Article VII
- Experience with Transmission Projects, Greenfields & Brownfields
- Experience managing large capital projects
- Proficiency with financial analysis tools in a utility setting
- Excellent leadership and organizational skills
- Ability to work effectively with competing priorities and stressful situations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)