Program Manager - Electric Distribution

The role

The Program Manager will lead the execution of a major electric distribution capital program. This role involves coordinating multiple projects from planning through turnover and working with utility leadership and multidisciplinary teams.

What you will do

• Lead overall execution of a major electric distribution capital program.
• Develop and implement program execution strategies, processes, and delivery plans.
• Provide leadership and coordination across a multidisciplinary team.
• Work with utility leadership to communicate program status, risks, and decisions.
• Oversee delivery of multiple concurrent electric distribution capital projects.
• Coordinate resource planning and deployment across the program.
• Monitor program budgets, forecasts, schedules, milestones, and risks.
• Partner with project controls teams to maintain cost and schedule practices.
• Establish program reporting, dashboards, and performance metrics.
• Identify and resolve program-level risks, constraints, and dependencies.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or a related discipline from an accredited institution.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in utility, engineering, construction, infrastructure, consulting, project management, or program management environments.
• Significant experience managing large, complex capital projects or programs.
• Demonstrated experience with program planning, project execution, budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, risk management, project controls, and performance reporting.
• Experience leading and coordinating multidisciplinary project and program teams.
• Ability to work directly with senior client leadership.
• Strong leadership, facilitation, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of project-management methodologies, project controls practices, and program-management tools.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and familiarity with scheduling, reporting, project-management, or portfolio-management systems.
• Ability to travel to client, project, and utility locations as required.

Nice to have

• Experience managing electric distribution capital programs for an investor-owned utility, electric utility, engineering firm, or utility consulting organization.
• Experience leading programs or portfolios with capital investment exceeding $250 million.
• Experience with distribution substations, feeders, transformers, system reliability, capacity upgrades, asset replacement, grid modernization, or related distribution infrastructure.
• Experience overseeing projects through planning, engineering, procurement, permitting, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Experience with integrated cost and schedule controls, forecasting, performance metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Experience coordinating engineering firms, construction contractors, vendors, and utility operating organizations.
• Experience implementing standardized processes, procedures, governance, and project-management tools across large capital programs.
• Familiarity with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar scheduling and project-management tools.
• PMP or other recognized project/program management certification

Benefits

• Strong compensation
• Full benefits
• 401(k) match

About the company

CARIAN is a purpose-driven, woman-owned consulting and advisory firm dedicated exclusively to the power sector. They partner with leading electric and gas utilities to provide strategic advisory and disciplined execution.