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. At United Utility, we are committed to powering progress and fostering a diverse, inclusive work environment.

About The Role  

This position is to ensure all phases of approved projects are completed efficiently and within scope, on schedule and within budget. This role requires strong customer relationship and interface skills. 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 for the management of all aspects of the program, ensuring that all aspects of the projects are documented and completed in accordance with company policies and all regulations and laws.

 Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily project deliverables and effectively communicate these to the project team.
• Assigned program is multi-discipline in nature, multi stakeholder involvement and financial risk exposure profile requiring management reporting communications.
• Responsible for taking the necessary action to see that the 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.
• Manages 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.
• Manages customer driven accrual and reporting process.
• Manages execution of the project plan and change control management process.
• Manages project close out in a timely manner to support business goals.
• Provides clear, concise, and comprehensive reports for management.
• Provides guidance to project support associates.
• 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

• Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Power Point, Excel, and MS Project
• Exceptional understanding of Excel to analyze data.
• Computer literate with knowledge of current technology.
• Project Management Professional Certification is desired
• Work Authorization/Security Clearance (if applicable)
• 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
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• 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 Utility Construction.
• BS in Project Management, Construction Management and/or Business or equivalent experience.
• Utility and contractor experience preferred.
• Previous Entergy System experience desirable.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees, management, customers, and the public.
• Excellent reading comprehension and interpretation abilities
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical interference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as functions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
  
  

Key Nice-To-Haves  

• Utility and Contractor experience  
• Previous EPC construction experience 
• Previous Estimating 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
• 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 80% based in Canton, MS and 20% other.
  
  

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.