Program Management Professional Jobs (NOW HIRING)

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Program Manager. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background, experience in quality management, and excellent communication and leadership skills.

The Program Management Services Division at LaBella provides comprehensive management services for complex projects and multi-year capital programs. Project teams are established to provide a customized mix of business consulting, project management, financial control and monitoring, administrative, and technical support services.

Salary Range: $100,000-$144,000

The specific salary offered may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate's relevant experience, education, and work location. 

Duties:

• Contractor & Stakeholder Coordination: Act as the primary point of contact for coordinating Avangrid objectives across contractor projects. Facilitate communication between internal stakeholders, field teams, and external partners to align project delivery with corporate goals.
• Performance Metrics: Focus on SPI (Schedule Performance Index) and CPI (Cost Performance Index) as primary decision drivers.
• Oversight of scheduling/cost controllers and activities. This person will work with SMEs, estimators and procurement present accurate project budgets.
• Preparing and completing action plans; implementing and reporting on production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying risks, resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining improvements; implementing change.
• Meets AVANGRID objectives by preparing Program/Project Initiation and Program/Project Management Plans, executing plan requirements, analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Development of On Boarding, Training and Resource Retention Plan
• Achieve efficiencies by accepting responsibility and accountability for results, accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to the AVANGRID organization.
• Develop and execute a program evaluation framework to assess the strengths of the program and to identify areas to target for improvement.
• Cross-Project Integration: Assess overall priorities and define critical dependencies between operational needs and infrastructure upgrades, ensuring appropriate prioritization and integration.

Requirements

Hard Skills:

• 10 years or more in large scale projects Program Management for Utility business;
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, MBA preferred.
• Program Management Professional Certification (PgMP) or Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Proficient in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Minimum five (5) years in Oil or Gas Infrastructure (Transmission, Distribution, or Metering).
• Exposure or experience with operational technologies such as SCADA or RTU systems is preferred.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication skills, capable of working effectively with different departments.

• Strong leadership abilities.
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

Body, mind, and wallet-LaBella's benefits support a holistic approach to your health and wellness, creating the foundation for physical, mental, and financial well-being. Our benefit offerings cover the must-haves (healthcare and retirement), the just-in-cases (insurances and employee assistance programs), and the cherry-on-tops (fitness reimbursements, year-end incentive pay, and tuition assistance). Visit our website for more details on benefits listed below.

• Flexible Work Schedule
• Health/Dental Insurance
• 401k Plan with Employer Match
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Profit Sharing
• Paid Time Off
• Leadership Development Program
• Fitness Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Referral Bonus Program
• Wellness Program
• Team Building Events
• Community Service Events