Project Manager 2 (Engineering)

Title: Project Manager 2 (Engineering)
Location: Vancouver, WA (hybrid)
Duration: 12-month Contract (with possible extensions up to 5 years)
Pay Range: $58.21 $61.44 per hour

The role of the Engineering Project Manager is to plan, execute and finalize manager approved projects according to strict deadlines and within budget. This includes requesting resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan and schedule. The Engineering Project Manager also facilitates the project's objectives and monitors quality control throughout its life cycle.

The Engineering Project Manager is a position requiring demonstrated engineering and project management experience using industry standard methods and tools for managing schedules, dependencies, resources, funding and developing technical specifications and project plans.

Position Responsibilities:

• Monitor coordination and overall integration of technical activities in architecture or engineering projects.
• Confer with management, project teams, and other involved parties to discuss project specifications or procedures.
• Present and explain proposals, reports, or findings to stakeholders.
• Consult with clients to prepare/draft project specifications.
• Assess project feasibility by analyzing technology, resource needs and market demand.
• Review and/or recommend contracts or cost estimates.
• Draft policies, standards, or procedures for engineering and technical work and with management approval, assist with implementation.
• Facilitate and manage project development from beginning to end, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities.
• Recommend project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Draft/develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis; effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Estimate and recommend the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Identify and work with management to resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Identify and facilitate project dependencies and critical path.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools; track project milestones and deliverables.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
• As determined by the manager, communicate the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Facilitate, coordinate and recommend changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
• Review, and recommend approval for project design changes.
• Draft and recommend project success criteria and disseminate management approved criteria to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
• Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.

Position Requirements:
Education & Corresponding Experience

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration or Management, Organizational Development, Computer Science or other directly related technical disciplines is preferred.
  • 5 years of experience is required with an applicable Bachelor's degree.
  • 7 years of experience is required without a Bachelor's degree in the applicable field.
  • 10 years of experience is required without a degree.
• Experience should include project coordination/ management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution.

Note: Level 2 is typically responsible for medium-sized projects (less than 25M cost) or portions of larger projects
Required Technical Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft SharePoint or similar system to store, analyze, and manipulate information.
• Demonstrated proficiency using MS Office Suite to store, analyze and manipulate information.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project or similar program

Preferred Skills & Experience

• PMI or PMP certification.
• Demonstrated proficiency with ArcMap or similar GIS program
• Experience with electric utility industry data.
• Working knowledge of the Electrical Substation environment, functional and technical specifications, and life-cycle management.

Everest Consultants offers the following benefits for this position: medical, dental, & vision insurance, short-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, and a referral bonus program, paid sick/vacation/holidays, and a health and welfare fringe benefit.

Everest Consultants is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, or federal civil rights laws. #IND