Transmission Program Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION FirstEnergy at a Glance We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers' lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger. FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts. This position is responsible for developing, managing, monitoring and controlling transmission line maintenance programs to ensure they safely achieve the program deliverables within the approved scope, cost and schedule. This position will report to an office in the FE footprint. Responsibilities Include: * Developing new, or managing existing, Transmission Line related programs to ensure the reliability of transmission line assets and infrastructure. * Developing program documents, program specifications, bid documents and conducting pre-bid meetings with qualified bidders. * Working directly with Supply Chain personnel to competitively bid program work and award contracts * Reviewing program and contract budgets for adequacy, completeness, and other requirements and assuring that required budgets exist to support planned work. * Focus on monitoring program scope and upon proper approvals, incorporate changes/revisions as required. * Providing program status (scope, budget and schedule progress) and identification of issues requiring management involvement for resolution * Obtaining input and concurrence from affected OPCOs to support the proposed schedule and resource requirements; reviewing and approving program plans * Validating that project estimates are appropriately developed and maintained for closeout reconciliation * Responsible for overseeing the activities of consultants and contractors for safety and quality assurance. Includes preparation of Incident Reporting documentation. * Provide input for development of the Transmission Line Services capital project portfolio * Coordinate capital project revisions with project development * Track financials (budget, forecast, and accruals) for capital and O&M programmatic expenses * Tracking multiple projects and programmatic tasks simultaneously * Support emergency response transmission line restorations * Identifying and coordinating needed outages to safely execute the work * Securing qualified field inspectors to oversee contractor's daily field work activities * Monitoring contractor resource levels and work product. * Understanding the terms of the contract and associated documentation of services under the contract/purchase order. Prior to mobilization to the site, conduct pre-construction meeting with contractor supervisory personnel to review all aspects of the program scope, scheduled facility outages, completion of reports and reporting protocol, etc. * Responsible for communicating with and reviewing property owner complaints. Work with contractor and/or Corporate Claims personnel to reach fair and reasonable settlements related to crop damage, land disturbance. land restoration, etc. * Responsible for the quality assurance and control program, including identification of quality requirements, responsibility for QA program