Utilities Project Manager Salary in Waltham, MA

This individual will be responsible for:Create and maintain project timelines, ensuring milestones and deadlines are met.Prepare and manage project budgets, ensuring costs are controlled and aligned with financial goals.Foster a collaborative and productive team environment.Implement quality control measures to ensure work meets project specifications and standards.MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.The ideal candidate will posses:7+ years of experience in constructionLarge Multifamily project experience preferredExperience with Procore softwareExcellent written an oral communication skillsMA CSLStrong technical skills

**About us** Superpowered. Meaningful work. Human impact. A story we're proud to tell. This is what matters to us at National Grid. In a world of complexity and unanswered questions, there is one thing we're certain about: the power of our people. Join us in our goal to deliver 100% fossil-free heat to our customers by 2050! **National Grid is hiring a Contract Manager, Complex Contract Management in Waltham, MA** **This is a Hybrid Role - Must live within a commutable distance to one of our locations** **Job Purpose** National Grid outsources a significant portion of its’ construction and maintenance work plan to a variety of contractors. The New England Gas Contract Management Team provides best-in-class services to internal stakeholder groups, including the Project Management, Construction, and Procurement New England Gas Teams. The Contract Manager, as a member of the New England Gas Contract Management Team, supports the business by pursuing best possible outcomes, maintaining/building upon internal stakeholder and strong contractor relationships, championing a strong safety culture, managing contractor contract adherence, timely review and providing recommendations related to change orders, and ensuring appropriate cost management and best outcomes. This position requires focus on timely and reasonable issue resolution and maintaining solid contractor / contract performance. **Key Accountabilities** **Contract Management & Stakeholder Engagement** + Provide expert level support related to contract management and contract interpretation to a variety of internal stakeholders, including Procurement and Project Management. + Leverage knowledge of the construction industry when reviewing contract language and providing recommendations related to change order management. + Foster ongoing and positive relationships with internal stakeholders and external contractors. + Manage and respond to a variety of communications from internal stakeholders and external contractors, including but not limited to stand down, suspension, termination, contract amendments, changes in scope, and the negotiation of disputes. + Understand, document, and timely address communications and disputes, as well as provide recommendations regarding a variety of topics to realize fair outcomes for external contractors and best outcomes for the organization and team. + Assist various internal stakeholders by leveraging best practice tools related to external contractor outcomes. + Ensure the highest level of safety, performance, and regulatory compliance of utilized contractors, while maximizing value throughout the contract lifecycle. + Provide recommendations related to continuous improvement and assist with the implementation of best practices to drive consistency, influence cultural change, and assist with contractor oversight. + Prepare and deliver presentations to organizational leadership, as required. **Travel** + Meetings may require day visits to construction sites within the NE National Grid footprint, as well as occasional overnight business-related travel. Expected travel is ~20% of the time. **Knowledge & Experience** + Candidates must be adept in interpreting contract terms and managing contractors to the terms. + 3+ years of directly applicable construction contracting experience or lesser years of experience if possessing law degree. + Position requires high level competencies in financial analysis, task scheduling, financial and schedule forecasting, and analytics. + Must have expertise in written and oral communication, ability to communicate and present to all levels of the organization. + Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills including communicating effectively and objectively. + Possesses the ability to guide others and clearly articulate reasons for a decision. + Experience managing and integrating the work of a functional discipline and demonstrates the ability to provide direction, the appropriate structure, and effective resourcing to enable colleagues to perform at their best. + Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities. + Must be organized, detail oriented, and able to make independent decisions with a high degree of confidence. + Demonstrate an ability to interpret information and analyse a problem or situation in order to clearly articulate the findings and anticipate obstacles while concurrently thinking about next steps. + Demonstrated competency in conflict resolution, negotiations and reporting. + Ability to review, understand, and apply internal policies and processes, as well as provide recommendations related to improving existing processes with a focus on continuous improvement. **Qualifications** + Bachelor’s degree is required. Masters level in engineering and / or a business, or Juris Doctorate is preferred. + Minimum of 3 years post-undergraduate experience requiring successful management of construction contracts, change orders, involvement in strategic planning and budgetary monitoring and controls is preferred. + Construction contract management in gas, oil, or utilities is preferred. + Understanding of regulatory oversight and concepts is preferred. + Strong work ethic, self-managed, decisive, able to prioritize, organized and articulate. + Ability to actively and effectively collaborate with internal stakeholders and external contractors a must. + Must have expertise in written and oral communication, ability to communicate and present to all levels of the organization. + Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Teams, and SharePoint. + Knowledge in construction scheduling is preferred. + Contract Manager positions require travel to construction sites and the office as needed with the expectation of ~20% on-site work. Travel to other locations to support internal efforts is required. + Additional construction, engineering, utility, contract management, and / or legal skill sets are a plus. **More Information** \#LI-JF1 \#LI-HYBRID **Salary** $107,000 - $126,000 a year **_Salary commensurate with location and experience_** This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience. **National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise.  We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve.  National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.**

**About us** Superpowered. Meaningful work. Human impact. A story we're proud to tell. This is what matters to us at National Grid. In a world of complexity and unanswered questions, there is one thing we're certain about: the power of our people. Join us in our goal to deliver 100% fossil-free heat to our customers by 2050! **National Grid is hiring a Principal Program Manager, Project Management for Massachusetts This is a Hybrid Role - Must live within a commutable distance to one of our locations** **Job Purpose** National Grid is leading the clean energy transition, having announced its vision for a clean, fair and affordable energy future across its jurisdictions by 2050. To achieve this vision, we need to build a smarter, stronger, cleaner energy system. This means reimagining how we operate throughout the business and implementing new processes and technologies. The adoption of these changes is critical to our success. That’s where you come in. **Key Accountabilities** + Manage/Own the Change (end user adoption) from strategic planning through adoption for new processes and technologies deployed across the enterprise. + Deliver change of various sizes as a single change resource or manage a team of change practitioners. + Understand agile project delivery and how to execute and deliver change management within an agile delivery environment. Inclusive but not limited to: + Change Strategy + Case for Change + Stakeholder Engagement Strategy, Management and Execution + Change Impact Assessment + Engagement Strategy and Execution + Communications Strategy and Execution + Job Performance Support + End-User Training + Business Readiness + Post Go-Live Support + Adoption Tracking + Analyze and develop custom change plans and resource models for a change initiative. + Identify human and organizational risks and develop and maintain the project’s change management plan. + Manage advocacy at the executive and stakeholder levels to develop buy-in for the implementation project. + Consult and upskill resources across the enterprise as they develop and deliver their own change initiatives. + Support the impacted businesses with information and detailed frameworks, where appropriate, to ensure that they can conduct the necessary activities to minimize organizational risks. + Measure and track the impact the change plans are having on end user readiness and adoption and adjust accordingly. + Contribute to defining and maintaining the NG change methodology and standard templates. + Partner with change practitioners across the organization to share best practices and lessons learned to develop a standardized change delivery approach. + Manage a team comprised of NG and 3rd party resources. **Qualifications** + 4+ years change management experience, preferably in implementing change driven by a technology implementation. + 2 - 3 years’ experience in developing and implementing end-user training strategies. + Experience managing a team. + Able to set and translate strategy, challenges, and emerging priorities into action. + Demonstrated leadership skills with a focus on teamwork, collaboration, communications and the ability to influence others indirectly, i.e. without direct line supervision. + Emotionally intelligent and self-aware – Comfortable in a team environment, strong group dynamics awareness and collaboration skills, combined with the ability to communicate to a wide variety of individuals with whom have different functional accountabilities ie. able to easily build rapport and flex style to suit different stakeholders. + Well-developed self-planning and organization skills including ability to work interdependently, prioritize activities, meet commitments, and proactively manage time and a heavy workload. + Ability to adjust to varying or unexpected changing conditions and shifting priorities with minimal direction. + Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver on multiple projects in parallel. + Creative and innovative. + Customer focused and results oriented. + Excellent facilitation skills in virtual and in-person environments + Excellent written and oral communication skills. + Excellent MS PowerPoint skills. + Bachelor’s degree required + Professional qualifications and accreditations in Change Methods a plus but not required + Prior background and experience in the energy and utility industry a plus but not required **More Information** This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position, gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Internal candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience. National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team. Salary - $150,000 - $177,000 This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience. **National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise.  We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve.  National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.**