Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages, owns, and is responsible for projects through the phases of initiation, planning, execution, monitoring & control, and close out.

• Coordinates with other electric utilities, consultant design engineering firms, suppliers, AECC, and distribution cooperative leadership as required.

• Leads cross functional coordination with AECC planning, land & rights of way, environmental, engineering design, construction, power delivery, and IT departments to ensure project are delivered as required.

• Develops and manages detailed project schedules and budgets and facilitates effective project status meetings.

• Communicates to all stakeholders with a professional, customer service mindset.

• Delivers consistent, succinct, high quality business presentations, reports, and emails for project status updates.

• Leads engineering support project team consisting of an analyst and a drafter and oversees procurement activities for project equipment and materials.

• Participates in leading continuous improvement of the AECC project management program.

• Ensures project management activities are performed with process rigor and a high standard of quality. Proactively intervenes, monitors recovery plans and implements corrective/preventative actions as may be required.

• The ability to handle stress and work well with others are essential functions of this position.

• Supports team building by developing mutual trust and encouraging respect and cooperation among team members.

• Due to our obligation to provide continuous, reliable electric service to our customers, the ability to maintain regular and punctual attendance and the ability to work outside your regularly scheduled office hours when necessary is an essential function of the job.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in such fields as Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, or other technical field plus, related project management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Consideration given for a technical field with a Graduate Certificate in Project Management.

Project Manager I - 3 Years of related project management experience

Project Manager II- 5 Years of related project management experience

Project Manager III- 7 Years of related project management experience

REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Valid Commercial Driver’s License.

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or ability to obtain within 1 year or Project Management Certification (PMP) or ability to obtain within 1 year

PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, work in high, precarious places, outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

High diversity, low physical. Work activities which allow for considerable amount of diversity as an incumbent performs a variety of tasks. Such tasks might be performed from a given work area, or the individual may move about physically in performing a variety of duties.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk or hear; and frequently required to stand, walk; occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Benefits

• 100% Company Funded Defined Benefit Pension Plan

• 401(k) with 3% Dollar-for-Dollar Company Match

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• 9 Paid holidays

• 2 Floating Holidays

• Educational assistance

• Paid time off accrual

• Short-term disability

• Long-term disability

• Free & confidential Employee Assistance Program

EEO/AA/M/F/VETS/DISABLED

Should you elect to apply for this position, AECC/AECI will review your qualifications. If after reviewing the qualifications and experience of all applicants, your skills and credentials meet our needs, someone from our organization may contact you. Please be advised that the time required to complete the applicant review process typically takes between 30 and 90 days, but could extend beyond that. Once the position has been filled, all applicants will be notified via email.

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. are Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age or any other protected category.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)