Management Solutions is hiring a
Assistant Project Manager

Summary

Management Solutions is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support the OCED team in managing projects related to emerging technologies. The role involves delivering projects on-time and within budget, building strong relationships with clients and teams, implementing PM principles, planning and monitoring projects, identifying opportunities, preparing reports, and more.

Requirements

• US Citizen or a US Permanent Resident status (due to the nature of client engagements)
• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years' work experience
• Excellent communication, client-management, and people skills
• High degree of self-confidence and determination
• Basic understanding of resource-loaded scheduling
• Microsoft Project or Primavera P6 experience
• Advanced organizational and management skills
• Ability to manage multiple time-sensitive priorities and assignments without diminished effectiveness
• Ability to communicate effectively throughout all levels of an organization
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, databases, word processing, and slide presentation software
• Ability to travel as needed
• Ability to work individually, as part of a team, or leading a team
• Reviewing and at times preparing and delivering reports, presentations and other documents for client deliverables

Responsibilities

• Supports client in delivering project on-time and within budget
• Build and maintain strong client and project team relationships for the success of projects; interface with customer at project meetings
• Perform effective teamwork among functional teams (management, engineering, and quality teams) and provide day to day direction for core team on assigned projects
• Responsible for implementation of PM principles/practices on a project or system
• Develop tools, methods, techniques, guidelines and templates for implementation of PM
• Responsible for planning and monitoring for small to mid-level projects in the life cycle phases of the startup, interim and close out
• Track project resource needs and contingency plans for key resources
• Work with project team on planning portfolio of project schedules
• Communicates deviations from timeline projections and propose solutions for delays and deviations
• Identify and present project related issues and facilitate resolutions both in and across function team
• Identify new opportunities with existing customers and new prospects and report findings to manager
• Prepare and analyze status reports
• Perform other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in the energy sector or related fields

Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• PTO & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term Disability
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach