Project Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Project Manager, Vegetation to manage the vegetation projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong project background with a focus on managing details and timelines. This role involves managing a project coordinator and interacting with all departments at Asplundh Tree Expert

Job Type: Exempt

Pay: Salary 

Benefits:

• Benefits Available and vary per position and location.

Are you a real go-getter looking for an amazing opportunity with a nationwide full-service utility contractor offering competitive wages and incredible benefits? Keep reading because this job might be for you!

Since 1928, Asplundh has been dedicated to safe, efficient, and innovative line clearance services for the utility industry. Reliable, uninterrupted power is an important service provided by the world's electrical utilities and Asplundh has the expertise to help keep the power flowing. Over the years, diversification has opened vegetation management services to other specialized markets such as municipalities, railroads, pipelines, helicopter vegetation services, and departments of transportation.

A family-owned and operated corporation headquartered near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Asplundh has grown to employ over 36,000 service professionals throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Supporting the PMO and work with the PMO Leadership Team in the implementation and use of standard program/project management practices (procedures, processes, templates, tools) to support the planning and day-to-day execution of projects.
• Maintain relationships with Business Unit leads and leadership to manage expectations of service, including work products, timing, and the value to be delivered.
• Projects will include large technology builds, field apps, and general business.
• Accountable and responsible for activities pertaining to managing integration, scope, time (schedule), cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk and procurement.
• Proactively identify and manage risks and issues pertaining to the project.
• Identify the project’s financial resources and manage the budget, control costs for the project. Ensure appropriate governance practices are in place to monitor and control the project.
• Track the progress of program activities and deliverables and the non-program work to the consolidated project benefits.
• Support the portfolio management decision process through the creation of charters, scope statements, risk assessments, budgets and value discussions.

Qualifications:

• Aptitude to thoroughly understand scheduling needs of a project and competing priorities
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, the ability to make effective presentations, and communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Effective planning, organizational, leadership, and meeting facilitation skills
• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities and capability to perform critical analysis of complex projects.

Education & Experience:

• 10-15 years of direct experience in leading/managing full lifecycle projects
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Click-Up experience preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate preferred

Pre-Screen

• Upon offer, employees may be required to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background, and/or MVR check.

Travel Requirements

Physical Requirements:

• Rarely: walking, kneeling, squatting, crawling, seeing distant, climbing on/off truck, climbing, lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., depth perception, color vision, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, balancing, lifting up to 10 lbs., lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Occasionally: standing, stooping, body twisting, gripping, reaching, range of motion, climbing stairs.
• Frequently: sitting, sense of touch, manual dexterity, speaking clearly, reading, hearing-speech range.
• Constantly: seeing.

About Us:

As a full-service utility contractor, Asplundh performs tree pruning and removals, right-of-way clearing and maintenance, vegetation management with herbicides, and emergency storm work and logistical support. Asplundh is the parent company of Asplundh Infrastructure Group whose subsidiaries provide overhead and underground line construction, planning and design, meter reading and AMR/AMI installation, electrical testing, and street lighting/traffic signal services. Asplundh also operates Rotor Blade Airborne Utilities Management, overhead electric distribution, and transmission lines using MD 500 helicopters.

Individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.  Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation should contact the ADA Coordinator at 1-800-248-8733, ext. 1339.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.