Manager, Facilities Projects

Duquesne Light Company, headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, is a leader in providing electric energy and has been in the forefront of the electric energy market, with a history rooted in technological innovation and superior customer service. Today, the company continues its role as a leader in the transmission and distribution of electric energy, providing a secure supply of reliable power to more than half a million customers in southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Job Title:Manager, Facilities Projects

Position Summary: The Facilities Projects Manager ensures that facilities capital projects are delivered safely, on time, on budget, and with high quality deliverables while following all related policies, procedures, and practices associated with safety, construction quality, purchasing, cost control, material control, cost accounting, and project management.

Location: Hybrid, Pittsburgh, PA (Seymour)

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading capital projects ($200K-$10M+) within the facilities department consisting of corrective work, asset replacement, renovations, and new construction at occupied facilities and substations within DLC territory.
• Leads a team consisting of a project manager, senior clerk, and design technicians, overseeing facilities capital projects approved through fiscal year budgeted planned work, business requested projects, and emergent work that arises during the year.
• Ensures projects have detailed scopes, schedules, budgets, planning, tracking, and control processes.
• Collaborates with procurement for developing RFPs for contracted work and evaluates and provides recommendations for awarding projects.
• Collaborates with external engineering firms, general contractors, the facilities maintenance manager, supervisors, and crew leads, and DLC business owners to coordinate projects from start to finish.
• Coordinates the work and services performed by outside contractors with the work and services of Company personnel.
• Provides monthly reports and documentation to leadership on project statuses including work plans, schedules, cost estimates, risk assessment and management, monthly spend forecast, project-to-date reporting, additional work authorization, additional capital funding requests, invoice approval, and purchase order/requisition initiation and approval.
• Develops the team to be technically competent, team-oriented, and highly productive.
• Sets expectations, monitors performance, and provides coaching and feedback to improve individual and team performance.
• Implements communication strategies that facilitate project team awareness, understanding, and focus on achieving facilities and company goals.
• Establishes clear lines of communication with project stakeholders to provide regular project updates and to facilitate the discussion and resolution of capital projects matters.
• Collaborates with others to ensure accurate reporting for contractor work through contract notifications, weekly reports, and monthly reports to union leadership.
• Lead and facilitate a strong safety culture within the department that includes both field and shop work.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
• Storm team duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or civil engineering or a related field required; or a commensurate combination of education and experience.
• Seven (7+) or more years of industry experience required with an emphasis in project management on the design/construction side.

• Knowledge or experience with Company-Union Labor Agreement, OSHA regulations and building codes.
• Valid driver's license required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1-2 years of previous leadership experience preferred.

Skills/Abilities:

• Proven ability managing a large budget.
• Proficient computers skills and experience working with a Work & Asset Management System.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for interacting with employees, senior leadership and vendors.

Scope

Primary focus is on day to day management of operational execution. Also develops and exercises business plans, policies, and procedures. Contributes to proactive planning exercises of management team as requested. Trains and develops staff. Plans the work flow. Looks for areas of process improvement and directs available resources to accomplish this. Leads changes and implementations for direct team as pushed down through the organization.

Decision Impact

Resolves problems of a greater complexity than the Supervisor level. Improves existing processes and systems using conceptualizing, reasoning, and interpretation skills. Solutions require thorough understanding of business strategies and issues. Defines broad based solutions that would require consideration of wider implications on organization results & resources.

Hybrid Work

Position follows our hybrid work model, with a minimum of two days working in the office and the remaining days working remotely. Reporting location and frequency may be subject to change based on job role and department needs.

Storm Roles

All Non-Union Employees will serve in storm roles as appropriate to their role and skillset. Please be sure to discuss storm roles with the hiring manager for this position, as duties can vary across the Company.Examples of storm roles could include but aren't limited to duties such as: working with operations for service center support or with the communications, customer service or government affairs teams to respond to public and customer requests for information, etc.

Data Governance

Utilize data to make business decisions as appropriate for the position, support data stewardship activities and partner with IT on underlying data needs.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Duquesne Light Holdings is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of the employment relationship, without discrimination because of race, age, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity or status as a Vietnam era or special disabled veteran or any other unlawful basis, as defined by applicable law, and fostering a workplace free of unlawful discrimination and retaliation. This policy affects decisions including, but not limited to, hiring, compensation, benefits, terms and conditions of employment, opportunities for promotion, transfer, layoffs, return from a layoff, training and development, and other privileges of employment. An integral part of Duquesne Light Holdings' commitment is to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws concerning equal employment and affirmative action.

Duquesne Light Holdings is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.

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