Principal Project Manager, Capital Project Delivery

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

At National Grid Ventures, we aim to create an environment where everyone is welcomed for who they are and where our differences are celebrated. We utilize the insights of our employees that come from all different cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs to better serve our customers and communities.

National Grid Ventures is hiring a Principal Project Manager, Capital Project Delivery. This hybrid role can sit in either our Waltham MA, Boston MA or Brooklyn NY location.

National Grid Ventures is hiring a strategic, collaborative leader who will be a driver of success in its fast-growing competitive transmission business. At NGV you will be a part of a dynamic and expanding team where developing critical energy infrastructure solutions, building strong working relationships, and taking a hands-on approach to problem solving and decision making are an integral part of your daily work.

In this mission-critical role you will manage a team working cross-functionally to develop comprehensive bids - competing on cost, technical viability, and development feasibility, among other factors - to secure awards for competitive transmission projects across the US. Ultimately, you will be part of the delivery of these awarded projects managing various aspects of the project scope.

You will apply your leadership, management, commercial, and technical expertise and harness the expertise of the project team and global functions. The ideal candidate will have exceptional project management skills, a refined strategy toolkit, a track record of collaborating across functions and borders, strong commercial acumen, leadership and experience communicating with senior executives.

• Manage scope, schedule, and budget for awarded energy infrastructure projects
• Coordinate preparation of bid deliverables and technical designs to quality standards in response to Requests for Proposals (RFP) for competitive electric transmission and energy infrastructure projects across multiple ISOs.
• Lead cross-functional teams spanning engineering, procurement, construction, development, etc.
• Provide effective communication and coordination among project workstreams to achieve objectives and deliverables while optimizing resource utilization and budgets
• Represent NGV with partners, contractors, and external stakeholders
• Provide safety leadership and ensure compliance with NGV and partner safety standards
• Maintain strong relationships with internal and external parties

• Minimum: Bachelor's degree and advanced post-graduate degree (M. Eng, MSE, MBA) preferred and 7-10+ years of relevant work experience in transmission infrastructure developments, policies and/or energy industry, leading large complex projects
• Demonstrated Leadership capabilities
• Project Management and certifications in Project Management (i.e. PMP) preferred.
• Engineering experience and a relevant certification (e.g., PE) a strong plus
• Experience developing and/or constructing electric transmission projects
• Detail-oriented, quantitative & analytical skills, team-player, with solid communication skills