Description
Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager in our wind energy market. The Project Manager will join a highly experienced and dynamic team leading our Wind Market into an exciting sustainable energy future.
Requirements
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing complex and/or multi-service projects. You will ensure the successful completion of projects within scope, schedule, and budget, while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships and delivering high-quality results. In addition, you will provide leadership and mentorship to junior team members and collaborate with service leads to coordinate project activities.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Take full accountability for multiple wind energy projects.
- Manage stakeholder relationships, both internal and external.
- Coordinate and manage project teams, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
- Develop and implement project plans, monitoring progress and making adjustments as needed.
- Oversee project work and ensure deliverables meet quality standards and contractual obligations.
- Track project health and take corrective action when necessary.
- Manage uncertainty and change, such as scope creep and change orders.
- Ensure timely invoicing and accounts receivable collection.
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or project management related field
- 2-6 years of experience in a project coordinator, project developer, or similar role
- Professional licensure in a technical field, CAPM, or related certification
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Proficiency in project management software and tools
- Attention to detail and ability to multitask
- Problem-solving and decision-making abilities
- Knowledge of project management principles and methodologies
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
Nice to Have
- Experience in the wind energy industry.
- Experience managing complex and/or multi-service projects.
- Experience with program management.
- Advanced knowledge of project financial management.
- Experience with contract negotiation and management.
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills.
- Excellent presentation and public speaking skills.
Salary range for this role is $85,000 - $125,000
About the Wind Market and Renewables Team
One of our four major division, the Renewables Division focuses on changing the way we generate, store, and use power to support a sustainable energy future. We support the industry across multiple markets (wind, solar, and energy storage) and service groups filled with industry leading experts.
When you join the Renewables Division and Wind Market, you join a culture that values:
· A place for professionals to have fun and work hard with a collaborative, productive, and diverse team.
· A place with a trusting and open atmosphere where we can count on each other's support.
· A place focused on flexibility, balance, and creativity where we encourage and inspire each other, and strive to be innovative with a 'can do' attitude.
· A place to grow and build life-long careers, and lasting friendships.
· A team that is committed to the long-term success of each individual, where questions and new ideas are encouraged.
About Westwood
Westwood exists to create lasting improvements to the world around us. We transform the energy grid, reimagine the places we live, and design lasting infrastructure. We are committed to understanding the unique needs of the markets we serve. We customize our in-house technical capabilities and geographic reach to meet our clients where they are to help them realize their vision. We have the best people and give them a platform and the training to explore their processional passions to build a fulfilling career.
When you join Westwood, you join a team of passionate individuals who value:
· Relationships
· Innovation
· Dedication
· Initiative
· Growth
Above all, we are solutions driven. And whether it be for our clients, communities, or each other – we help others succeed.
In 2023, Zweig Group ranked Westwood nationally at #12 and #30, respectively on its Hot Firms and Best Firms to Work for lists. Zweig also awarded Westwood two national 2nd place awards for Marketing Excellence. Westwood was recently recognized as #79 in the ENR Top 500 Firms in 2023. The firm consistently ranks on industry's top 25 lists and receives recognition for its involvement on award-winning projects nationwide.[MW1]
Westwood provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We believe that diverse backgrounds strengthen our business. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or project management related field
- 2-6 years of experience in a project coordinator, project developer, or similar role
- Professional licensure in a technical field, CAPM, or related certification
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Proficiency in project management software and tools
- Attention to detail and ability to multitask
- Problem-solving and decision-making abilities
- Knowledge of project management principles and methodologies
- Experience in the wind energy industry
- Experience managing complex and/or multi-service projects
- Experience with program management
- Advanced knowledge of project financial management
- Experience with contract negotiation and management
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills
- Excellent presentation and public speaking skills
Westwood Professional Services Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Westwood Professional Services and has not been reviewed or approved by Westwood Professional Services.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match plus profit sharing is emphasized, with contributions into the plan noted when performance is strong. This structure is consistently highlighted as a meaningful part of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA/FSA options and an EAP form the core of a comprehensive package. The breadth of health offerings is presented as competitive for the industry.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness programs, tuition reimbursement, certification support, identity protection, pet insurance, and referral bonuses indicate breadth beyond core benefits. Additional perks like holiday cash and student-loan services reinforce lifestyle support.
Westwood Professional Services Insights
What We Do
Westwood is a leading multi-disciplined AEC industry professional services provider for national wind energy, solar energy, electric transmission, private development, and public infrastructure projects. Westwood was established in 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Through a focus on its people, culture, and clients, Westwood has quickly expanded to serve clients across the nation from multiple U.S. offices. Awards In 2021, Westwood placed #4 and #21 respectively on Zweig Group’s national Hot Firms’ and Best Firms to Work for Lists, and received two 2nd place awards for Zweig’s Marketing Excellence. Westwood also ranked consistently higher four years in a row on the Engineering News Record (ENR) list as a leading design firm in the country. The firm consistently ranks on industry top 25 lists and receives recognition for its involvement on award-winning projects nationwide. Multi-Disciplined Surveying & Engineering Services Westwood’s core services, surveying and engineering, are greatly enhanced by the in-house expertise of our planners, landscape architects, GIS experts, and environmental scientists. As a full-service firm, our clients are able to easily tap into the extra knowledge it sometimes takes to keep projects moving forward. Westwood’s multi-disciplinary services frequently provide all that is needed in one consultant. We offer several services including surveying, aerial mapping and LiDAR, civil engineering, PV engineering, water resources management, transportation engineering, construction management, land planning & design, landscape architecture, environmental permitting, GIS, cultural resource services, NPDES and SWPPP compliance. - See more at: https://westwoodps.com/about-us/our-company
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