Sr. Project Manager

NRTC is Member Driven and Technology Focused – providing solutions that help our 1,500 electric and telephone members bring all the advantages of today’s evolving technology to rural America. NRTC’s solutions are developed specifically to meet the needs of rural utilities and their customers, and include integrated broadband, managed services, smart grid, mobile and video solutions. We are a dynamic, growing cooperative with more than 800 employees operating out of eight office locations.

BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS:

Reports to the Director of Operations, Smart Grid Solutions. Contact with Members, Vendors, Affiliates, Contractors, and internal staff members.

Job Summary

As a Senior Project Manager, you will leverage your experience working with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) to coordinate all aspects related to AMI system deployments for NRTC’s electric members. As an individual contributor, you will be responsible for coordinating activities between rural electric cooperatives, regional sales staff, product engineering, internal order processing, accounting, external partners, and others, as necessary, to successfully deploy AMI systems. The Senior Project Manager will actively manage 5 - 7 projects and follow up on inactive/completed projects in a combination of Project Management, Sales Engineer, and Product Management roles.

You will bring an understanding of AMI, a knowledge and understanding of wireless systems and FCC license regulations related to terrestrial communication products, services, and applications. The successful Senior Project Manager will possess the ability to lead multiple simultaneous projects, actively monitor and track key performance indices across managed projects, ensure effective billing completion, identify, and implement new services.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, guidance, and coaching to project team
• Act as NRTC’s primary interface to our members, develop a trusted, collaborative partnership with the member and project team
• Plan, coordinate and track the deployment of member Radio Frequency (RF) based Advanced Metering Infrastructure systems
• Lead and mentor junior staff in all aspects of AMI deployments
• Identify vendor/partner resources required for successful deployment
• Prepare and present weekly and/or periodic project updates as required by member and NRTC leadership
• Resolve deployment issues to the members’ satisfaction
• Analyze statistics on all projects, create trend analysis
• Monitor, track and report project revenue and forecasts based on shipments
• Monitor all projects services delivered and ensure billing for all services
• Process development in support of AMI program
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Self-Starter, fast learner, works well in a team environment with multiple stakeholders
• Linux and Windows systems administration experience desired
• Familiarity with IP network administration desired

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and presentation skills
• Ability and desire to work collaboratively in a multi-team, multi-company environment
• Ability to budget and prepare financial updates

• Demonstrated ability to resolve conflicts and maintain positive relationships with internal and external clients
• Professional demeanor

Minimum Education and Experience

• Minimum 5 years AMI project management and deployment experience. PMP certification a plus
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field preferred, advanced degree a plus
• Experience with RF communications systems required
• Electric utility experience required, cooperative experience a plus
• Experience with Electronic Meter configuration required
• Experience with facilitating integration of software designed (NISC, SEDC, MilSoft, etc.) to perform essential AMI system support services required
• Proficient in application of project management tracking tools

Physical Demands

• Ability to travel up to 15%
• Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of time
• This position is performed in a remote setting

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