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Transmission Project Manager- Portfolio Management - Akron, Oh Job in Akron, Ohio US

Transmission Project Manager- Portfolio Management - Akron, Oh

FIRSTENERGY SERVICE COMPANY - Akron, OH

Posted: 4/15/2024 - Expires: 5/15/2024

Job ID: 272415878

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JOB DESCRIPTION

FirstEnergy at a Glance

We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers' lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.

FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts.

About the Opportunity

This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [FEU]

This is the mid-level Project Development position located in the Portfolio Management team. While this
position has the same overall responsibilities as all levels for managing, monitoring and controlling projects
to ensure that they safely achieve the project deliverables within the approved scope, cost and schedule. At this level the employee is expected to manage any project in the portfolio with guidance as needed from the Supervisor. Projects assigned will progress in complexity and variety to facilitate acquiring a breadth of knowledge and experience to become a subject matter expert and progress to next level. The Portfolio Project Development role is tailored to lead the project during the project development phase. This phase occurs during the initial stages of engineering.

The goal of the position is to refine projects to eliminate unknowns/risks by developing detailed scope,
estimates, schedules, and execution plans while interacting with multiple internal/external teams. The
detailed scopes, estimates, schedules, and execution plans that are developed during the project
development phase will be assembled and transitioned to the project management organization for
execution of the project.

Responsibilities include:


* Providing a technical review of the project solution.
* Leading the refinement of project scope documents.
* Coordination of multiple internal/external support teams to ensure project assumptions are vetted and resolved.
* Hosting site walk downs and multiple project execution discussions. Determine and resolve any
project constructability concerns.
* Reviewing project documents for clarity and completeness -- examples include scope documents,
project plans, contracts, equipment and construction bid packages, requisitions, Bills of Material or
Material Requests for Issue, Task Authorizations, and Engineering Work Requests.
* Reviewing project and contract budgets for adequacy and completeness. Ensure budget revisions are
made and documented when required.
* Ensuring change management protocols are followed to maintain complete documentation of changes in scope, schedule and cost.
* Providing project status reports including recurring, standard and ad hoc reports that address the
status of scope, budget and schedule for the assigned projects. Also develop reports that identify risks with a mitigation strategy.
* Obtaining concurrence (or buy-in) from affected departments to support the proposed schedule and
resource requirements.
* Supporting the development of detailed project estimates including contingency.
* Developing, with input of project team, the strategic and tactical execution plan for the project.
* Coordinating outage availability with operations and submit outage requests per PJM/Internal
timelines.
* Coordinating the equipment purchase/delivery plans to ensure efficient project execution.
* Forecasting contractor/internal resource levels needed to support execution.
* Ensuring adequacApply here: https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjIxODMyLjEwNTA4QGZpcnN0ZW5lcmd5Y29tcC5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20

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Job Summary

Employment Type:
Full Time Employee
Job type:
Regular Employment
Skill Based Partner:
No
Education Level:
High school graduate
Work Days:
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
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Graphic Literacy: 5

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