Technical Project Manager II

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Directs projects to completion within schedule, cost, performance objectives, and standards.
• Directs detailed and complex projects while minimizing costs and environmental risk.
• Leads the development of innovative solutions to technical and engineering problems encountered by the project.
• Represents PNM and the project at public hearings and in discussions with government agencies.
• Coordinates strategy for the acquisition of the project's regulatory permits and the legal defense thereof.
• Directs the compilation of project budgets.
• Tracks costs and advises management on project performance.
• Delegates assignments among project teams including project goals and schedules.
• Directs and oversees the development of project performance standards and criteria.
• Promotes awareness and compliance with corporate EEO and loss control policies.
• Develops environmental permitting strategies for projects.
• Directs internal experts, consultants, and attorneys in the implementation of environmental permitting strategies.
• Represents PNM and the project in meetings with the NM Attorney General's office and the NMPUC.
• Informs and advises management on project direction, economic, and legal risk.
• Presents expert environmental and project testimony before commissions, regulatory agencies, and courts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in a specified technical field with five to seven years related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Must possess a current, legally valid driver's license and meet the company's driving record requirements.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
• Working knowledge of database, project management, spreadsheet, and word processing software.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations with limited standardization.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability, statistical inference, geometry, and trigonometry.

Nice to Have

• Experience in utility industry, regulatory process, judicial process, and political sensitivities.
• Effective time management skills with the ability to schedule and track several complex projects at once.
• Good to excellent negotiation and facilitation skills for meetings and negotiations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field.
• Five to seven years of related experience or equivalent.

Benefits & Perks

• Salary range from $90,316 to $153,536 depending on experience and qualifications.
• Full-time position with 40 hours per week.
• Work onsite in Albuquerque, NM.