Project Manager

About Us

Welcome to United Utility, a dynamic player in the electric utility industry, headquartered in the vibrant city of New Orleans, LA. As a trailblazer, we provide comprehensive and innovative offerings that bolster power infrastructure investments across the U.S. We proudly serve as the parent company to industry-leading utility service contractors specializing in transmission, substation, distribution, and grid hardening projects. Our Core Values are clear and simple: Safety, Quality, Integrity, and Professionalism. At United Utility, we craft power delivery solutions – built safe, engineered smart, and driven by what customers demand – fueling communities with reliable energy. We are the best-in-class, trusted partner delivering customer-centric Power Delivery Construction and Engineering solutions.

About the Role

The Project Manager will ensure all phases of power delivery projects are completed efficiently. This role requires the ability to build customer rapport and a background in the power utility industry. The incumbent will work closely with Customer Management and United Utility personnel in Operations, Construction, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Purchasing and the PMO. Primary duties will include overall responsibility of Distribution power line projects while ensuring that all aspects of the projects are documented and completed in accordance with company policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily project deliverables and effectively communicate these to the project team.
• Assigned program is multi-disciplined in nature; Project Manager is responsible for all stakeholder communication.
• Responsible for project scheduling and finances ensuring that all projects are completed efficiently, on time, and within the established budgets.
• Drive consensus, communicate responsibilities, and ensure ownership and accountability.
• Escalate risks and issues to keep projects on schedule and on budget.
• Identify and communicate lessons learned and incorporate into projects as best practices.
• Integrates and manages a cross functional project team to develop appropriate project roles and responsibilities.
• Driving work products by coordinating and working with Operations Leads and Engineering to track and execute client deliverables.
• Spearheads the team's development of a comprehensive project plan, schedule, communications plan and change control methodology.
• Facilitates daily, weekly, and monthly meetings with internal stakeholders and Customer Execution Team.
• Maintains all customer driven accrual and reporting process.
• Manages project close out in a timely manner to support business goals.
• Provides clear, concise, and comprehensive reports for leadership team.
• Coordinate the allocation of project resources to ensure the project team has what's needed at the right time.
• Assign tasks to team members and help them understand what's expected from them in terms of project milestones and deliverables.
• Be a representative of B&B at work and in the community.

Key Qualifications

• BS in Project Management, Construction Management and/or Business or equivalent experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Power Point, and MS Project.
• Exceptional understanding of Excel to analyze data.
• Must be self-motivated, team oriented with a passion to help when needed and willing to adhere to the quality and safety standards of B&B Electrical & Utility Contractors, LLC.
• Knowledge of Project Management principles and practices
• Ability to cope with deadlines, manage time, set priorities, define roles and responsibilities, and make decisions.
• Ability to work across cross-functional teams.
• 3 years of related experience with Project Management.
• 3 years of prior experience in Power Delivery Utility Construction.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees, management, customers, and the public.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical interference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Highly Proficient in Excel with the ability to apply concepts such as functions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Key Nice-To-Haves

• Power Delivery Utility or Contractor experience
• Previous EPC construction experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus

Key Info

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time, talk, or hear. The employee must also demonstrate fine motor, hand, and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. Additionally, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and reach with arms. We embrace and celebrate diversity, fostering an inclusive work environment where all individuals are empowered to contribute their unique perspectives and talents. At United Utility, we believe that diverse teams drive innovation and success.

• Occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, taste or smell.
• Position frequently remains in a stationary position, sitting or standing for prolonged periods.
• Repeating or reaching motions that may include arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers up to 75% of the time.
• Must be able to talk or hear over 75% of the time.
• Must be able to work in an uncontrolled climate environment and on concrete floors.
• Weight lifted or forced: Frequently moves objects up to 15 pounds, occasionally life and/or move objects up to 30 pounds.
• Vision requirements: Distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to focus.
• This job primarily operates in a professional job site environment but must periodically make visits to the office.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and scanners.
• This position is infrequently exposed to fumes and airborne particles and infrequently exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The noise level on job sites can be loud.
• Position Type: Full-time (30 hours)
• Physical Work Location: Canton, MS and New Orleans
• Core work schedule expectations: Monday thru Friday, 7AM - 5PM
• Non-Core Work Schedule Expectations: This position frequently requires long hours and occasional weekend work.
• Time Zone: Central
• Travel Expectations: This position is 40% on jobsite

United Utility Services, its affiliates, and/or subsidiary companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and dedicated to building and hiring the best. We are committed to recruiting the most qualified individuals with superior technical and leadership skills regardless of race, gender, and sexual orientation. Our values guide our actions, inform our decisions, and shape our future as a power, utility, and cable system installation, maintenance, and management company.

Accessibility: If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process, please contact
email: HRSC@unitedutility.com

Equal Opportunity Employer is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.