What are the responsibilities and job description for the SR MGR EPC MGMT position at Consumers Energy?
Consumers Energy is Michigan’s largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.8 million of the state’s 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. Consumers Energy knows job number one is to keep the lights on for customers. We are committed to delivering reliable, clean, and affordable energy to our customers 24/7.
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship, e.g., H-1B, TN, etc. Please do not apply if you will need immigration sponsorship for a work visa now or in the future, including sponsorship for H-1B, TN, etc., now or in the future. We are unable to hire individuals with CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT for this position as the position is not eligible for participation in the H-1B lottery program and is not eligible for current or future immigration sponsorship for a work visa.
Location: This is a hybrid (virtual/onsite) position with required onsite days on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and may be assigned to any Consumers Energy Service Center located throughout Michigan's lower Peninsula. The selected candidate must be within a commutable distance or willing to relocate (relocation package is available for those that qualify).
General Summary Of Job Responsibilities
The Sr Mgr, EPC Mgmt is responsible for overseeing the work of a team of project managers and acts as a liaison between the team, functional business partners and upper management levels. The Sr Mgr, EPC Mgmt may also be in charge of extensive and highly complex projects that require staff and resources of sizeable magnitude. These programs could involve complex research and development, an extensive engineering project that involves a major part of the Company or an engineering project that is critical to the achievement of a key strategic objective of the Company. They provide overall management and supervision for project management in their span of control. The Sr Mgr, EPC Mgmt manages a very large portfolio of projects and works closely with other departments, such as engineering and operations, to: (1) ensure the project management team is meeting the needs of the business; (2) support the development and implementation of new cross-functional processes and procedures; (3) communicate and resolve issues; (4) develops and enforces project management standards with their team. The Sr Mgr, EPC Mgmt ensures that staff goals are developed, reviewed, and professional development occurs for staff in their span of control.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
At Consumers Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.
What We Offer
We, at CMS Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don’t discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women in Energy (WE), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY (Different Generations), capable (Different Abilities), Interfaith, People Planet Partners, and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.
All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship, e.g., H-1B, TN, etc. Please do not apply if you will need immigration sponsorship for a work visa now or in the future, including sponsorship for H-1B, TN, etc., now or in the future. We are unable to hire individuals with CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT for this position as the position is not eligible for participation in the H-1B lottery program and is not eligible for current or future immigration sponsorship for a work visa.
Location: This is a hybrid (virtual/onsite) position with required onsite days on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and may be assigned to any Consumers Energy Service Center located throughout Michigan's lower Peninsula. The selected candidate must be within a commutable distance or willing to relocate (relocation package is available for those that qualify).
General Summary Of Job Responsibilities
The Sr Mgr, EPC Mgmt is responsible for overseeing the work of a team of project managers and acts as a liaison between the team, functional business partners and upper management levels. The Sr Mgr, EPC Mgmt may also be in charge of extensive and highly complex projects that require staff and resources of sizeable magnitude. These programs could involve complex research and development, an extensive engineering project that involves a major part of the Company or an engineering project that is critical to the achievement of a key strategic objective of the Company. They provide overall management and supervision for project management in their span of control. The Sr Mgr, EPC Mgmt manages a very large portfolio of projects and works closely with other departments, such as engineering and operations, to: (1) ensure the project management team is meeting the needs of the business; (2) support the development and implementation of new cross-functional processes and procedures; (3) communicate and resolve issues; (4) develops and enforces project management standards with their team. The Sr Mgr, EPC Mgmt ensures that staff goals are developed, reviewed, and professional development occurs for staff in their span of control.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Leading the HVD EPC Program Management organization, overseeing the scope, schedule, and budget along with execution readiness of capital programs supporting Substations, Metro, Lines, and Interconnection projects across the business unit.
- Builds, develops, and leads a high-performing Program Management team responsible for program planning, risk management, schedule integration, cross-functional coordination, and executive reporting to ensure successful delivery of HVD capital investment objectives.
- Establishes program management standards, processes, and performance expectations across multiple capital programs, driving alignment among Engineering, Construction, Operations, Supply Chain, Real Estate, Environmental and external stakeholders to achieve safe, reliable, and cost-effective outcome to deliver on our workplan within budget.
- Validate team has overall project execution plans and metric tracking including material procurement, milestone payment schedules, cash flow planning, communications, risk analysis and mitigation, resource management, and others as well as manages multiple complex projects in various stages of the project lifecycle.
- Confirm project schedules are with EPM Project Scheduling group in Primavera 6. Ensure that Project Manager team has the proper training to must develop schedule concepts, constraints, integrate risks and risk mitigations, items in appropriate level of detail, track schedule process, and communicate schedule to project team. Lead the project manager to prepare financial forecasts and provide on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures.
- Provide clear and accurate communications, discussions, negotiations with stakeholders including preparing and performing presentations for CE leadership and external stakeholders and outside agencies.
- Coach project manager team to identify and manage risks, issues and constraints impacting project execution, develop contingency plans and mitigation strategies. Assist with complex contracting strategies and approval of contracts.
- Facilitate and encourage team to identify and recommend new processes (including cross functional across departments), techniques and standards that drive performance and process improvement and problem solving on existing, complex projects for process improvements. Actively work with the EPM project management office to improve processes to be more efficient and continuously improve project outcomes.
- Provide ethical leadership within the Consumers Energy 3rd Party Code of Conduct. Work closely with Compliance as needed if issues arise.
- Lead the development of execution plans on Corporate directed goals (Safety, Waste Elimination, DE&I, Cost Competitiveness, Cost Predictability, Culture Index improvements, Environmental Compliance)
- Serve in a managerial capacity over a group of Project Managers and technical employees to execute complex projects in accordance with project management practices and Enterprise Project Management (EPM) processes. Lead all aspects of projects from initiation through execution, ensuring adherence to scope, budget, and schedule per EPM processes.
- Ensure project planning and execution according to the EPM Project Lifecycle Process (PLP) ncluding preparation of: Project Charter documents, Project Management Plans, Scoping Documents, Risk Registers, financial forecast and tracking, Schedule planning and adherence and other standardized project management deliverables while meeting the agreed upon scope, cost, schedule and quality objectives. Serve as reviewer, recommender and approver in the EPM project lifecycle Stage Gate Process. Actively align project with business needs and goals.
- Lead team in individual goal development, training opportunities, career growth opportunities and resource support of team projects.
- Responsible for assessing, training and motivating their staff.
- Provide extensive leadership to mentor staff in project management techniques and processes to generate successful project outcomes. The Project Manager is responsible for providing leadership to project teams, both internal and external to Consumers Energy, in the planning, design, execution, commissioning and closeout for utility projects/programs.(while integrating all applicable regulatory and environmental standards and procedures).
- Other duties as assigned or may be necessary
- Must have excellent communication skills to assess, train, and motivate staff.Performance management, coaching, supervision, fostering teamwork, handling pressure, and giving feedback.Project Management proficiency: Experienced in the Project Management
- Critical Thinking: decision-making, strategic thinking, trade-offs analysis, engineering/technical acumen, business acumen.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the production and delivery of energy.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Critical thinking and Problem-solving: Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of tactical and strategic problems. Ability to resolve complex project issues without assistance. Ability to solve range of problems quickly utilizing project manag
- Work Management: Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines and constraints.
- Enterprise Leadership: Ability to connect and work cross-functionally to support strategy and align resources to execute plans.
- Communications Sophistication: Ability to appropriately communicate, negotiate, influence internally, externally, and up and down through organization.
- Relating: Influencing, engaging, conflict management, affinity and interdependence.
- Self-Learning and Self-Management: Self-awareness, courage, resiliency.
- Bachelor's Degree in Applied Engineering or Relevant Field with 7 years of experience in applied engineering or equivalent working experience, including project management experience
- [OR] Associate's Degree in Applied Engineering or Relevant Field with 9 years of experience in applied engineering or equivalent working experience, including project management experience
- [OR] High School Diploma with 11 years of experience in applied engineering or equivalent working experience, including project management experience
- Required Certifications/Licensures:(Project Management Professional (PMP))
At Consumers Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation packages
- Medical, Dental and Vision
- 401k with company match
- Paid parental leave
- Up to 13 paid Holidays
- Paid time off
- Educational Assistance Program
We, at CMS Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don’t discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women in Energy (WE), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY (Different Generations), capable (Different Abilities), Interfaith, People Planet Partners, and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.
All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.