Osmose is seeking a new Director of Project Mangement who will direct and/or performs the planning, coordinating and budgets activities concerned with the services provided by Osmose at a large or complex project(s) or program level. The assignment includes interfacing with customers and representing Osmose regarding the projects in their portfolio. The Senior Project Director participates in the conceptual development of a project(s) or program and oversees its organization, scheduling, and implementation. The Senior Project Director will work directly with the internal Osmose operations, delivery, engineering, business development and management teams and the customer to ensure the project objectives are aligned and within the contracted scope of work. This associate will manage, mentor, and develop project managers and associate project managers.
Responsibilities
- Work with Osmose Operations and Business Development Managers to plan, organize and direct activities concerned with utilities services projects.
- Establish project objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards within boundaries of company policy and contracted work scope specifications.
- Represent company in customer facing project meetings and attend strategy meetings.
- Monitor and control project through administrative direction of operations and delivery resources to ensure project is completed on schedule and within budget.
- Lead project reviews
- Manage project portfolio to meet company financial objectives including forecasting requirements; preparing a project budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
- Confer with Osmose operations management to discuss such matters as work procedures, complaints, and project problems. Investigate potentially serious situations and implement corrective measures.
- Work with contract administrators to manage financial aspects of contracts to protect company’s interest and simultaneously maintain good relationship with the customer.
- Formulate reports concerning such areas as work progress, costs, and scheduling.
- Recognize, track, manage and resolve project issues as they arise throughout the project life cycle
- Adhere to the project management process utilized by Osmose
- Lead, mentor and evaluate the performance of less-senior project managers
Requirements
- Strong customer interaction skills
- Communication Proficiency (written, verbal)
- Presentation skills required
- Leadership
- Teamwork Orientation
- Proficiency in MS Excel required
- Proficiency in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, MS Project preferred
- Willingness to work varied hours whenever necessary to achieve the desired results.
- Organization, self-motivation, safe working attitude, and professionalism.
- Embrace core values of the Company
- Commitment to supporting all Company policies
- Moderate travel required (10-30%), some overnight stay required
- Proficiency in project cost accounting required (track and reconcile revenue, cost of goods, accruals, invoiced totals)
- Mathematical Skills
- Ability to coordinate, manage and interact with multiple operations and systems engineering teams in multiple locations
- Ability to generate summary and year end project reports for internal and external distribution
- May be required to manage (1-4) direct reports
Education (if Applicable)
- BS in Business or technical degree preferred (computer science, mathematics, statistics, business or other very quantitative mathematical field)
- 5-10 years professional experience in utility or utility services industry management preferred
- 5+ years of project management experience required
- PMP certification preferred
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, climb stairs, sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The noise level may increase in certain areas of the Company locations.
Osmose is an Equal Opportunity employer. EOE M/F/Disabled/Vet
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