Portfolio Manager - Special Projects (Distribution)

Welty Energy & Infrastructure is a professional services company specializing in program and project management, engineering, and construction oversight for electric utility projects. The Portfolio Manager will lead project management teams, foster client relationships, drive team performance and profitability, support safety and strategic initiatives, and contribute to process improvement and business development.

Responsibilities:

• Will lead a team of Project Managers and Project Coordinators who manage transmission and distribution projects for our client(s)
• Recruit and retain high quality talent
• Support career development of your team; conduct career conversations for your team
• Assign projects appropriately to your team
• Consult on your team’s projects where your expertise and guidance is needed; attend site visits as needed
• Be a SME for all client software, tools and processes that are utilized by your team
• Provide training to incoming and existing staff
• Foster a Welty virtual environment via Microsoft Teams
• Participate in salary administration for your team
• Will establish and be accountable for goals for yourself and your team that align with WE&I’s rocks including growth goals / targets
• Drive utilization and performance for your team
• Drive profitability of your team’s projects
• Will be part of the WE&I Management Team and collaborate and consult as needed for the benefit of the organization:
• With other Portfolio Managers and other groups (such as Engineering) to share resources and provide support as needed to deliver excellence to our client(s)
• With others as needed to provide consultation on specific projects
• With other managers to develop processes and solutions that achieve our goals for excellence and client centricity
• Will foster and maintain a relationship with a designated client and be an advocate for WE&I’s portfolio of services and capabilities
• Drive functional excellence and client satisfaction
• Provide general consultation to the client, but project specific decisions / consultations are to be communicated by the assigned Project Manager
• Will foster a safety-focused culture; perform safety observations during field visits at project locations
• May be assigned as Project Manager for specific projects as needed
• May assist with the pursuit of new business with existing and/or potential clients
• May be assigned specific tasks as needed
• Will support the company with strategic initiatives
• Act as role model for Welty Core Values, OPTIC (Openness, Passion, Teamwork, Integrity, Customer Centricity) and Welty Energy strategic objectives
• Share knowledge with and train additional team members
• Establish trust and healthy rapport with all WE&I staff at all levels of the organization
• Collaborate with the Welty Energy & Infrastructure Management Team to foster a productive and encouraging environment
• Establish goals for your Team that are measurable and provide metrics for tracking purposes
• Meet timesheet and expenses expectations including appropriate application to corresponding projects and submittal and approval deadlines (weekly) for you and your team

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or similar
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience managing projects or exceptional, demonstrated experience
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing people or exceptional, demonstrated experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Effective leadership and organizational skills
• Knowledge of or ability to learn client's systems, tools, and processes
• Master's degree preferred
• Electric utility project management preferred
• PMP preferred