Job Title: Senior Project Manager
Location: Oakland, CA
Duration: 12 Months
 
Summary:
Client recently launched an Innovation Accelerator (under the Grid Research, Innovation, and Deployment group) to tackle critical challenges ranging from energy efficiency and grid modernization to renewable energy integration and enhanced customer experiences. Leveraging proven, customer-oriented, startup methodologies, we are fostering new products & services that deliver transformative solutions at scale, changing the way Client innovates and grows. Our Alpha project is seeking an experience project manager to join our team. Alpha is developing an advanced energy load management device to enable electrification. The project manager will assist the team in meeting its goals through 2026.

This job is the fully qualified, career-oriented, Senior Project Manager position that requires mastery of the journey level Project Manager job duties. Under general direction, exercises judgment and discretion and is responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provides a single point of contact for those projects. Project duration is generally multi-year, requires significant risk management, and may include formal partnering agreements with outside firms. Assignments will have high visibility, require extensive project management skills and often require specific discipline and areas of expertise.

Job Duties:

• Is able to perform the job duties of a journey level Project Manager.

Additional job duties include:

• Applies and adapts project management techniques;
• Project may not be well defined or require creativity or new approaches;
• Obtain commitment on detailed work plans including schedule, cost, resources, contingency and communication plans;
• Obtain management approval as needed; ensure project documentation is maintained;
• Identify, analyze, and address project performance issues;
• Manage the integration of vendor tasks and track and review vendor deliverables;
• Communicate project status to all stakeholders;
• Assess project risk and develop contingency plans; and
• Identify and communicate lessons learned and best practices.
• Determines that project objectives are achievable.
• Negotiates third party contracts, in support of other departments when appropriate.
• Budget tracking and reporting
• Project reporting (PlanisWare)
• Budget reporting and compliance(EPIC PMO, etc.)
• Timelines, critical path
• Meeting management (daily operating review, weekly operating review, monthly operating review)
• 1-3-10/Tactical implementation plan/Workstream mgmt.
• Superior ability to interface with and across supporting organizations

Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or its equivalent in education and experience. Plus 8 years’ experience in project management, project controls, engineering and/or construction if client’s 9 years if outside hire.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and maintenance desired for new entrants.
Specific experience with Client or similar electic utilities desired. Electric industry expirience desired.

Company is an AA/EEO employer that actively pursues and hires a diverse workforce. 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 92.94/hr.