Project Manager IV | Power Generation & Utilities

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Date: Nov 20, 2024

Location: PHOENIX, AZ, US, 85004-3903

Company: APS

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Summary

Project Manager IV | Power Generation & Utilities

Are you an experienced Project Manager with a proven track record in managing large-scale projects in the utility or energy generation sector? We’re looking for a leader who can take full ownership of project budgets, ensure cost containment, and apply strong financial acumen to deliver successful outcomes.

What your day would be like:

You are responsible for:

• Leading High-Impact Projects: Take sole responsibility for managing complex, large-scale generation projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget.

• Budget & Cost Management: Oversee project budgets ranging from $2,000,000 to $25,000,000, with a focus on cost containment and financial efficiency.

• Strategic Execution: Develop and implement detailed execution plans that align with project goals, ensuring adherence to APS Project Complexity guidelines.

• Stakeholder Communication: Provide regular, transparent updates to senior executives, internal stakeholders, and occasionally external parties on project progress and financial performance.

• Site Leadership: Conduct site visits to power plant locations across Arizona, with the potential for extended stays, to oversee project execution and ensure alignment with financial goals and schedule adherence.

  The ideal candidate will have:

• Extensive Project Management Experience: A strong background in leading large-scale generation or utility projects with significant budget responsibility.

• Financial Acumen: Expertise in managing project finances, with a focus on budgeting, cost containment, and financial reporting.

• Cross-Functional Leadership: Experience in leading diverse teams across multiple business units, driving projects from initiation through to successful completion.

  If you are passionate about managing projects that are critical to the future of energy generation and have the leadership and financial skills to back it up, we invite you to join us and make a significant impact on the utility sector.

  *Employees in Flex roles are required to reside in Arizona (or NM for Four Corners-based employees). Role types are subject to change based on business need.

Minimum Requirements

Project Manager IV | Power Generation & Utilities

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Construction Management or related field OR an equivalent combination of college coursework and experience as a Project Manager or related responsibilities defining and/or managing project scopes, timelines, budgets

• AND delivery equaling four (4) years

• AND twelve (12) years related project management experience.

• PMP certification required.

Major Accountabilities

1) Plans and successfully executes large, cross-functional, multi-disciplinary, high-impact projects. Develops comprehensive execution plans in accordance with internal process methodologies.

2) Presents comprehensive project plan to project sponsors and management. Obtains all necessary stakeholder support and sponsor and executive approvals.

3) Oversees and leads project planning, resourcing, staffing, progress reporting, people management, vendor relationships and troubleshooting. Performs high-level negotiation with internal/external stakeholders and consultants throughout all aspects/phases of project.

4) Ensures schedules, budgets and resources are managed effectively.

5) Provides ongoing project updates to project teams, business management, project sponsors, executive leadership, board of directors, and external constituents including regulatory agencies, customers and public officials.

6) Ensures project deliverables and overall results meet or exceed sponsor and stakeholder expectations.

Export Compliance / EEO Statement

This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates ('Pinnacle West') maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, compensating, reassigning, demoting, transferring, laying off, recalling, terminating employment, and training for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other classification or characteristic protected by law.

For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to EEO is the Law poster. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of every person hired to work in the United States, refer to E-Verify poster. View the employee rights and responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

Arizona Public Service is a smoke free workplace.

Hybrid: Employees in hybrid roles work both in their home offices (virtually) and alongside their colleagues (in person).

In order for employees to build strong relationships and to promote meaningful in-person interactions, hybrid employees are expected to work about 40% of their time in-person at an APS or other (non-home office) location.

*Employees are expected to reside in Arizona (or New Mexico for Four Corners-based employees).

*Working from a home office requires adequate technology and an appropriate ergonomic set up.

*Role types are subject to change based on business need.