Senior Project Manager – Safety Culture Transformation
Irwindale, CA (Hybrid; 2 days onsite per week)
Duration:
initial 12-month contract
Pay:$70-75/hr
We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead large-scale, enterprise-wide initiatives focused on improving organizational safety culture for a major energy and utilities organization.
This individual will oversee complex, high-visibility projects from initial planning through execution, ensuring alignment with company-wide safety priorities and strategic objectives. The role involves leading cross-functional teams, developing project strategies, managing timelines and resources, identifying risks, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead large-scale, enterprise-wide projects and programs that support organizational safety priorities and strategic initiatives.
- Develop project objectives, strategies, business cases, project plans, budgets, schedules, and resource requirements.
- Manage project scope, timelines, risks, deliverables, and performance metrics.
- Lead cross-functional teams and coordinate activities across multiple departments, leadership groups, and external vendors.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, ensuring alignment across multiple workstreams, timelines, dependencies, and communication requirements.
- Oversee the execution of enterprise-wide safety culture transformation initiatives and related strategic programs.
- Facilitate meetings, presentations, and stakeholder discussions to drive alignment, resolve challenges, and support continuous improvement.
- Identify project risks, develop mitigation strategies, and proactively address potential roadblocks.
- Coordinate business readiness and change management activities, including stakeholder engagement, training, communications, and organizational transitions.
- Monitor project performance, communicate status updates, and ensure teams remain accountable for deliverables and results.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience managing projects, programs, or contracts.
- Experience implementing large-scale, enterprise-wide programs or initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience leading and facilitating cross-functional teams.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
- Experience managing project budgets, scope, schedules, resources, and performance reporting.
- Ability to collaborate with all levels of management, internal departments, stakeholders, and external vendors.
- Experience supporting change management and business readiness initiatives, including stakeholder analysis, training, and communications.
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders, build consensus, and drive project outcomes.
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize competing initiatives, monitor assignments, and hold teams accountable for results.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, mitigate risks, and deliver results under tight deadlines.
Education & Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Master's degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology preferred.
- Project Management certification preferred.
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