Project Manager – Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)

The AMI Project
Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and delivering projects and
workstreams that support the utility’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure
program. This role manages cross functional efforts spanning metering hardware,
communications networks, IT systems, field operations, vendors, and customer
programs. The Project Manager ensures AMI initiatives are delivered safely, on
schedule, within budget, and in compliance with regulatory and operational
requirements.

·         What
would you say is the top priority for the worker over the first few
weeks/months?:

Getting up to speed
on OSPMM process and documents to begin scoping, schedule and other stage 2
documentation.

·         What
would “a day in the life” of this role look like?: Across the day, the AMI
project manager consistently acts as:

o   Integrator
of technical, operational, and business workstreams

o   Communicator
translating complexity into clarity

o   Risk
manager identifying and mitigating issues early

o   Owner
of program truth, ensuring schedules and reports reflect reality

o   This
combination of coordination, documentation, and decision support is what
enables large, multi year AMI programs to move from planning to successful
deployment.

Key Responsibilities

Program & Project
Delivery

• Manage end to end
delivery of AMI projects, tracks and sub projects, including scope, schedule,
budget, risks, issues, and dependencies

• Coordinate
dependencies across IT, Operations, Meter Services, Customer Operations,
Regulatory, and external vendors

• Support program
level planning, sequencing, and milestone tracking across multiple concurrent
AMI initiatives

Vendor & Field
Coordination

• Manage vendor
relationships for meters, communications networks, system integrators, and
field services

• Coordinate field
deployment activities, installation schedules, testing, and cutover planning

• Track vendor
deliverables, SLAs, and contractual milestones

• Support issue
resolution related to field execution, system performance, or vendor
dependencies

Governance, Risk
& Compliance

• Identify, assess,
and actively manage program and project risks (technical, operational,
customer, and regulatory)

• Support governance
reviews, gate approvals, and executive updates

• Ensure alignment
with utility standards, cybersecurity requirements, safety policies, and
regulatory commitments

• Support
documentation for regulatory filings, audits, and funding or grant reporting
(as applicable)

Stakeholder
Communication

• Develop and deliver
clear project status reports, dashboards, and executive summaries

• Facilitate cross
functional working sessions and decision forums

• Translate technical
AMI topics into clear business and operational impacts for non technical
stakeholders

• Coordinate change
management and readiness activities with impacted teams

Requirements

Required Skill

• Bachelor’s degree
in Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related field (or
equivalent experience)

• 4+ years of project
management experience delivering complex infrastructure, technology, or utility
programs

• Demonstrated
experience managing schedules, budgets, and cross functional teams

• Strong written and
verbal communication skills, including executive level reporting

• Ability to manage
multiple priorities in a fast moving, highly interdependent environment

• Utility program and
project management

• Cross functional
coordination and influence

• Vendor and contract
management

Top 3 Must-Haves
(Hard and/or Soft Skills):

1. Communication
& Stakeholder Management

• Clearly
communicates project status, risks, and decisions to diverse audiences

• Facilitates
alignment across cross functional teams, vendors, and leadership

• Produces concise
status reports, dashboards, and executive summaries

• Explicitly called
out as a top required skill in PM intake and role definitions

2. Planning &
Execution (Scope, Schedule, Budget)

• Develops and
manages project plans, milestones, and deliverables

• Directs and
monitors project work from initiation through closeout

• Manages scope
changes, schedule impacts, and cost variances

• Core responsibility
across all project lifecycle stages

3. Risk & Issue
Management

• Identifies,
assesses, and mitigates risks proactively

• Tracks issues and
dependencies and escalates when necessary

• Supports governance
gates, change control, and decision making

• Consistently
defined as a key PM accountability across execution frameworks

Preferred Skills

·         Certification
Requirements (Any Preferences): PMP preferred but not required

·         Is
utilities experience required? (Y/N): No but preferred. Experience with
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), smart grid, or utility technology
programs

·         Familiarity
with AMI components such as meters, RF/mesh/cellular networks, HES, MDMS, and
system integrations

·         Experience
working in a regulated utility environment

·         Project
Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification

·         Experience
with vendor led implementations and field deployment programs

Top 3 Nice-To-Haves
(Hard and/or Soft Skills)

1, Utility Experience
at PGE

2. AMI Program
Knowledge

3, Flexible mindset