Prime Partners Engineering
Prime Partners Engineering, LLC is a full-service project management, design engineering and dry utility consulting firm. The company has expertise in all aspects of electrical distribution design including residential and commercial projects, utility system improvements, solar, and complex network design. The firm’s founding members have over thirty years combined experience working in project management and design oversight to effectively manage capital projects from initiation to close. We believe in providing the highest level of quality to our clients and continually strive to exceed customer expectations.
Assistant Project Manager
The Assistant Project Manager reports to and is responsible for assisting the Project Manager and/or Senior Project Manager with the daily management, supervision, coordination, and successful completion of the project(s) to meet the timelines and budget objectives with the respect to communication, scheduling, designs, estimating, bidding, and coordination with key stakeholders.
Ideal Candidate’s Personality Characteristics:
A Leader: creative leaders with practical thought processes
A Great Communicator: conveys their ideas, thoughts, and intents clearly
Has Professional Coping Skills: patience, critical thinking, and persistence are the tools needed to face tough situations throughout the project lifecycle
A Problem Solver: open for feedback, and uses critical thinking to come up with effective solutions- evaluating many aspects to find the best possible solution.
Primary Duties include:
Assist with the development and management of project timelines for all deliverables that are required for each project which include creating long- and short-term plans, including setting target dates for milestones, adhering to project deadlines, and properly allocating resources.
Assist with the management of executing project tasks, engagement with appropriate internal and external key stakeholders, and proactively alleviate roadblocks.
Maintain good relationships with all clients, owners, developers, engineers, project managers, subcontractors, suppliers, municipal authorities, and company personnel involved with the project.
Manage reports and monitor projects to meet deadlines, and assist with managing project budgets.
Assist with managing project data to ensure it is accurately recorded and stored. The data includes but not limited to, applications for service, field data, project calculations, feasibility studies, designs, invoices, and project close-out information.
Assist in obtaining client requirements and relevant data to ensure projects are progressing and completed according to project timelines and schedules.
Address client complaints, concerns, or requests in a suitable manner.
Assist with RFP/BID packages and prepare design and construction documents including but not limited to; engineering scope of work, project schedule, permit management, equipment and material procurement, construction management, reporting and document control.
Meet and coordinate with clients to review project deliverables, record meeting minutes, and ensure projects are completed as scheduled.
Under supervision, perform quality control on project milestones throughout the project lifecycle to ensure standards and guidelines are maintained.
Assist Project Manager with adjusting and reporting schedule revisions and targets date as needed, and maintain and track project closeout activities.
Prepare meeting minutes as directed by Project Manager.
Position Requirements
Minimum:
Bachelor’s degree
Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail and multitasking skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite products.
Knowledge and ability to apply problem solving approaches and engineering theories.
Knowledge of engineering with regulations, guides, standards, codes, methods, and practices necessary to perform assignments for a specific discipline, various installation, or services.
Demonstrated knowledge of operating and construction work practices.
Demonstrated ability to support and enforce a safe work behavior; requires working knowledge of safety rules and regulations.
Knowledge, understanding, and experience of Electric Utility Engineering practices.
Ability to independently represent the Company in various industry, regulatory forums, and stakeholder meetings.
Ability to perform highly complex analysis; formulate recommendations to improve current processes; make sound decisions; understand industry and regulatory trends; evaluate impact of new developments and information involving market conditions.
Experience Processing permit applications by accepting the application, checking for accuracy and completeness, receipting it in, calculating fees, routing to appropriate review staff, monitoring application progress for status reports, and preparing plans and permits for issuance; issues simple, routine permits within scope of authority and responsibility assigned.
Experienced in the drafting, editing and interpreting studies for the development, submission and acquisition of certificates to build or other regulatory filings.
Ability and willingness to work overtime, holidays and weekends as required.
Ability and willingness to adhere to Federal, State, Local and company safety regulations and policies. Ability and willingness to perform physical tasks for extended periods of time (for example, lifting, entering/existing manhole covers, climbing ladders and scaffolding, bending, twisting, kneeling, crawling, pulling/pushing, standing, walking, and squatting).
Ability and willingness to work in a variety of work environments including outdoors in all weather conditions, on or around energized equipment, in confined spaces, underground, in heavy traffic and in noisy and dirty environments with proper Personal Protective Equipment.
Ability and willingness to travel to various Company locations and work sites.
Must possess a valid driver’s license.
Must pass the Criminal History Background Check which consists of a 7-year criminal record for felony convictions.
Must successfully pass a medical screening to include drug test.
Preferred:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
1-3 years of internal utility company experience or equivalent experience, including advance degree achievements.
1-3 years of experience obtaining Regulatory Permits with state, federal and municipal agencies to achieve permits to meet project goals and execution schedules.
Project Exposure to project management principles and methodology
Proven working experience in project management.
Project Management Professional (PMP).
Experience with Primavera P6.
Experience with Microsoft Project.
Experience with AutoCAD and/or design software.
Experience with Redwave
Experience with GIS/GWD
Experience with AS8 (Asset Suite 8)
Prime Partners Engineering is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered for employment regardless of race, sex, gender identity, color, religion, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristics protected by law.
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