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Role: Sr. Project Manager - Utility Metering Infra
Duration: 7 Months Contract (W2)
Location: Portland, OR (Hybrid - On-site every Tuesday)
Key Skills: Utility / Advanced Metering Infrastructure Knowledge; Communication & Stakeholder Management; Project Planning & Execution; Risk & Issue Management; Cross-Functional Coordination; Vendor & Contract Management
Role Summary:
The Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and delivering projects and workstreams that support the Utility's Advanced Metering Infrastructure program. This role manages cross functional efforts spanning metering hardware, communications networks, IT systems, field operations, vendors, and customer programs. The Project Manager ensures AMI initiatives are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with regulatory and operational requirements.
Top 3 Must-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills):
1. Communication & Stakeholder Management
•Clearly communicates project status, risks, and decisions to diverse audiences
•Facilitates alignment across cross functional teams, vendors, and leadership
•Produces concise status reports, dashboards, and executive summaries
•Explicitly called out as a top required skill in PM intake and role definitions
2. Planning & Execution (Scope, Schedule, Budget)
•Develops and manages project plans, milestones, and deliverables
•Directs and monitors project work from initiation through closeout
•Manages scope changes, schedule impacts, and cost variances
•Core responsibility across all project lifecycle stages
3. Risk & Issue Management
•Identifies, assesses, and mitigates risks proactively
•Tracks issues and dependencies and escalates when necessary
•Supports governance gates, change control, and decisionmaking
•Consistently defined as a key PM accountability across execution frameworks
Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills)
1, Utility Experience
2. AMI Program Knowledge
3, Flexible mindset
Key Responsibilities
Program & Project Delivery
•Manage end to end delivery of AMI projects, tracks and sub projects, including scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and dependencies
•Coordinate dependencies across IT, Operations, Meter Services, Customer Operations, Regulatory, and external vendors
•Support program level planning, sequencing, and milestone tracking across multiple concurrent AMI initiatives
Vendor & Field Coordination
•Manage vendor relationships for meters, communications networks, system integrators, and field services
•Coordinate field deployment activities, installation schedules, testing, and cutover planning
•Track vendor deliverables, SLAs, and contractual milestones
•Support issue resolution related to field execution, system performance, or vendor dependencies
Governance, Risk & Compliance
•Identify, assess, and actively manage program and project risks (technical, operational, customer, and regulatory)
•Support governance reviews, gate approvals, and executive updates
•Ensure alignment with utility standards, cybersecurity requirements, safety policies, and regulatory commitments
•Support documentation for regulatory filings, audits, and funding or grant reporting (as applicable)
Stakeholder Communication
•Develop and deliver clear project status reports, dashboards, and executive summaries
•Facilitate cross functional working sessions and decision forums
•Translate technical AMI topics into clear business and operational impacts for non technical stakeholders
•Coordinate change management and readiness activities with impacted teams
Required Qualifications
•Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
•4+ years of project management experience delivering complex infrastructure, technology, or utility programs
•Demonstrated experience managing schedules, budgets, and cross functional teams
•Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive level reporting
•Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast moving, highly interdependent environment
Preferred Qualifications
•Experience with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), smart grid, or utility technology programs
•Familiarity with AMI components such as meters, RF/mesh/cellular networks, HES, MDMS, and system integrations
•Experience working in a regulated utility environment
•Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification
•Experience with vendor led implementations and field deployment programs
Core Competencies
•Utility program and project management
•Cross functional coordination and influence
•Vendor and contract management
•Risk, issue, and dependency management
•Financial and schedule tracking
•Clear, structured communication
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