Job Description
Title: Program Manager
Location: Oakland, CA
Duration: 6 months
Description:
ONLY LOCAL CANDIDATES. ONLY TO BAY AREA/WORK LOCATION-OAKLAND.
ASSIGNMENT IS HYBRID AND REQUIRED ONSITE AT OAKLAND ONCE A WEEK LIKELY ON MONDAYS BUT COULD BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
TOP THINGS LOOKING FOR:
Excellent written and verbal communication,
Ability to lead cross functional teams/projects
Engineering or utility experience
Understanding of contracts
Previous leadership experience a plus.
Position Summary:
Acts as a liaison between Company and our Substation Engineering Contractors. Provides planning, strategic analysis, and operational support. Facilitates, directs, and coordinates activities and special projects related to the execution of the Substation Owner's Engineering outsourced work portfolio.
Job Responsibilities
• Helps support interactions with contractors to support work plan portfolio. Prioritizes issues and facilitates/takes corrective actions, as appropriate.
• Support the organization, in analyzing costs and making recommendations on cost reduction initiatives based on data.
• Analyze work processes and makes recommendations on how to integrate and improve processes.
• Provide analysis for workload efficiency and making recommendations on future resource needs based on the data.
• Lead special projects to resolve urgent issues.
• Build relationships with all vendors and their leads
• Work with other LOBs to gather feedback and make improvements
• Maintain and Enhance guidance to Owners Engineers and Internal Engineers on dealing with Contractors
• Work closely with Sourcing and Contract Management on MSA’s and contracts
• Work with the key stake holders to provide our vendors with workload forecast to gain efficiencies
• Manage LAN ID’s and contractor Workforce
• Assess Vendor Capabilities and Strengths as well as provide feedback for improvement
• Evaluates contractor performance based on established business metrics (project/program and portfolio level). Prioritizes issues and facilitates/takes corrective actions, as appropriate.
• Lead Contractor Communications Meetings
Education:
Bachelor degree or equivalent experience
Experience:
3 years of related experience or equivalent