Project Manager, Fossil Fuel Power Generation (Natural Gas)

Westinghouse Electric Company is searching for a Project Manager specializing in Fossil Fuel Power Generation. The role involves leading projects to grow the fossil generation business, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget.

Responsibilities:

• Leads and facilitates the day-to-day management of projects to ensure timely completion as well as cost effective and competitive results
• Uses analytical abilities and rigorous thinking to work cross-functionally, determine highest priority actions and tenaciously drive projects forward
• Coordinates key functions such as capital estimate and schedule development, engineering/design, project capacity and performance metrics and supports project legal reviews, permitting activities and commercial negotiations
• Supports due diligence activities with other internal groups to ensure proper analysis and structuring of assigned projects while identifying and developing risk mitigation plans
• Acts as liaison between internal and external specialists regarding procurement, contracting, permitting and utility interconnection
• Assists in the construction of contractual arrangements for the project, must be hands on and willing to help write contract documents, both commercial and technical
• Negotiates agreements with equipment suppliers, technical consultants and contractors
• Ensures compliance with applicable technical and regulatory requirements
• Fosters relationships with internal customers, external customers and third parties and grows company’s knowledge of new technologies and markets
• Provides timely written and oral communication of project issues and progress to Engineering and Construction management
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with focus on relevant field associated with fossil fuel power generation or closely related field
• Experience: 8 years in natural gas-fired power generation or related field design and project management
• Experience in contract negotiation
• Strong engineering background to ensure proper oversight of engineering aspects of projects
• Skill with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams
• Skill with Microsoft Project or Primavera project management and scheduling Software