Project Manager

Company: The United Illuminating Company, an Avangrid Company

Department: Energy Strategy & Policy

Job Title: Project Manager – Clean Energy Policy

Location: Orange, CT

Work Model: Office

The salary range for this position is dependent upon experience, ranging from $116,640 to $145,800.

Job Summary

The Project Manager, Clean Energy Policy is responsible for leading the development and execution of UI's clean energy pilot programs and projects. Responsibilities include managing resource needs, setting priorities, planning investments, and coordinating internal and external teams. Manages team performance to maximize the effectiveness of the pilot programs and projects considering regulatory and customer requirements, and operational needs. Ensures pilot programs and projects are delivered within scope, on schedule, within budget and in conformance to quality and engineering standards.

This position manages pilot programs and projects for the CT Innovation Energy Solution (IES) Program, however the role may take on additional program and project management responsibilities as new Clean Energy Policy initiatives emerge.

Additionally, this position will collaborate across departments to identify current and emerging gaps within the Company's systems and match them with innovative solutions. This position reports not the Manager – Smart Grid Innovation Programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Utilizes a proactive approach to overseeing work, measures progress and takes actions to ensure budgets and deadlines are achieved. Approves project plans, executes contract strategies to undertake work and controls and authorizes expenditures. Initiates actions to ensure compliance with project management and quality management processes and procedures. Assures that projects are completed within the approved scope, schedule and budget.

• Ability to manage internal and external project resources. Sets goals and direction to ensure alignment with project deliverables and undertakes action plans, project management activities to accomplish goals.

• Coordinates with other departments, consultants, attorneys, utilities, regulatory agencies, government agencies, and customers to ensure all Clean Energy Policy activities and deliverables are completed successfully.

• Coordinates and manages initial operational oversight of pilots ensuring successful transition to Operations team.

• Oversees project budgets. Analyzes project performance and initiates actions to control scope, schedule, and cost performance.

• Participates in project team scheduling and budgetary planning processes.

• May represent the company and testify in regulatory hearings or at Federal, State or local agency or municipal meetings as needed.

• Provides recommendations on policies and goals desired, implements new/revised processes and procedures according to established guidelines.

• Holds project team members accountable for results. Informs management and project teams regarding scope, cost and schedule performance variances and corrective action required.

• Continually monitors individual progress to insure meeting of specific deadlines.

• Avangrid employees are assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency are expected to fulfill their assigned role.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant related field of study and a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

• Experience with Project Management or Product Management.

• General understanding of the utility industry.

• Ability to mobilize team members to deliver projects on time and under budget.

• Experience with risk management and mitigation plans.

• Expert in utilizing MS Excel for data analysis, budgeting and planning and optimizing schedules.

• Experience with SAP

• Results oriented, excellent oral and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to interact with external stakeholders and senior management.

• Proven ability to lead teams and work in a team environment.

• Advanced PC skills

Competencies

• Growth & Continuous Improvement

• Initiative & Change

• Focused on Results

• Customer Centric (internal and/or external)

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Leadership (people managers/leaders)

Company:

THE UNITED ILLUMINATING COMPANY

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Job Posting End Date:

March-1-2026