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Location: Augusta, ME

Salary Range: \$83,800 - \$104,700

Schedule: Office

Purpose

The Manager - Programs and Projects is responsible for coordinating activities for all broadband projects throughout Central Maine Power\'s service territory, by managing resource requirements, priorities, investment plans, project execution strategy and internal/external resource requirements.

Responsibility includes ensuring attachment timelines are met per regulatory requirements, meeting corporate goals for capital investment, and managing attachment projects from application through post-construction inspections. Must manage team performance to maximize the effectiveness of capital budget delivery considering the environment, operating efficiency, regulatory, and operational needs.

Represents the company in regulatory and public forums.

Coordinate activities of project team members including engineers, construction managers, project support, and external contractors. Facilitates the work of external contractors and other internal business areas. Holds contractors accountable for performance. Holds project team members accountable for results. Provides technical advice to senior management when required. Responsible for the overall project control and reporting, providing leadership and coordination of the scheduling, cost controlling and reporting processes and functions. Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within budget and in conformance to quality and engineering standards.

Responsibilities

Interfacing with attachers and Telephone companies

Interfacing with municipalities

Interfacing with Legal for attachment agreements.

Engaged with and privy to Maine Connectivity Authority (MCA) updates, specific to upcoming projects

program and project management skills

leadership skills

document control

Participates in project team scheduling and budgetary planning processes

Works within the Distribution Construction & Joint Use team, managing internal and external project resources. Works with the Manager to develop team goals.

Oversees project budgets. Analyzes the team\'s performance and initiates actions to control scope, schedule and cost performance. Proactive approach to overseeing work measures progress and takes actions to ensure budgets and deadlines are achieved. Assures coordination between field surveyors, TelCo, and Field Planners and plans are in line with distribution standards.

Coordinates with other departments, consultants, attorneys, utilities, regulatory agencies, government agencies, and major customers. May represent the company and testify in regulatory hearings or at Federal, State or local agency or municipal meetings.

Considers innovative ways to undertake work, promoting automation and efficiencies in day to day work streams

Provides recommendations on policies and goals desired and implements new/revised processes and procedures according to established guidelines

Responsible for the overall management and control of make-ready budgets including O&M and Capital

Informs management and project teams regarding cost and schedule performance variances and corrective action required.

Continually monitors individual progress to insure meeting of specific deadlines.

Responsible for Project accountability overview, making sure that it complies with FERC, NERC, PUC, FCC, and any other applicable regulation.

Attendance to Cost & Schedule Meetings

Attendance to Executive management meetings, providing and presenting reports and cost-schedule-risk views as required

Skills and Requirements

Skills/Abilities:

Ability to mobilize team members to deliver projects on time

Proficient with Primavera and/or MS Project Scheduling software

Expert n utilizing MS Excel for data analysis, budgeting and planning and optimizing schedules

Ability to use and query SAP

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Public presentation skills and ability to summarize concepts utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint

Results oriented

Understanding of quality assurance processes

Knowledge of distribution infrastructure

Supervision of field personnel and construction contractors

Understanding of construction means and methods

Proven ability to lead teams and work in a team environment

Experience/Training:

Experienced in contract negotiations and supplier management

Project Management Professional Certification preferred

Required Education:

Bachelor\'s degree in Engineering or relevant experience in the energy industry with 5 -7 years relevant project management or engin