Project Manager II

Duration: initial 12-month contract

Pay: $70-75/hrWe are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead large-scale, enterprise-wide initiatives focused on improving organizational safety culture for a major energy and utilities organization. This individual will oversee complex, high-visibility projects from initial planning through execution, ensuring alignment with company-wide safety priorities and strategic objectives. The role involves leading cross-functional teams, developing project strategies, managing timelines and resources, identifying risks, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities: Lead large-scale, enterprise-wide projects and programs that support organizational safety priorities and strategic initiatives. Develop project objectives, strategies, business cases, project plans, budgets, schedules, and resource requirements. Manage project scope, timelines, risks, deliverables, and performance metrics. Lead cross-functional teams and coordinate activities across multiple departments, leadership groups, and external vendors. Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, ensuring alignment across multiple workstreams, timelines, dependencies, and communication requirements. Oversee the execution of enterprise-wide safety culture transformation initiatives and related strategic programs. Facilitate meetings, presentations, and stakeholder discussions to drive alignment, resolve challenges, and support continuous improvement. Identify project risks, develop mitigation strategies, and proactively address potential roadblocks. Coordinate business readiness and change management activities, including stakeholder engagement, training, communications, and organizational transitions. Monitor project performance, communicate status updates, and ensure teams remain accountable for deliverables and results.

Required Qualifications: 7+ years of experience managing projects, programs, or contracts. Experience implementing large-scale, enterprise-wide programs or initiatives. Demonstrated experience leading and facilitating cross-functional teams. Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making skills. Experience managing project budgets, scope, schedules, resources, and performance reporting. Ability to collaborate with all levels of management, internal departments, stakeholders, and external vendors. Experience supporting change management and business readiness initiatives, including stakeholder analysis, training, and communications. Proven ability to influence stakeholders, build consensus, and drive project outcomes. Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to prioritize competing initiatives, monitor assignments, and hold teams accountable for results. Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, mitigate risks, and deliver results under tight deadlines.

Education & Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Master's degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology preferred. Project Management certification preferred.