Information Technology Project Manager
An electric utility client is looking for an IT Project Manager who will support various phases of the project lifecycle, including planning, execution, monitoring, and project closure for the Advanced Metering Infrastructure initiative.
Location: Rosemead, CA 91770 (Hybrid: If local to LA, Riverside, Orange, and San Bernadino Counties, onsite will be hybrid with 2 days in the office.)
Position: IT Project Manager
Pay Rate : $102.56/hr. on W2
Duration : 18 months or longer
Schedule: M-F 8-5
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for coordinating project tasks, tracking progress, scheduling meetings, and assisting with documentation and reporting.
- The Project Manager will help facilitate business process mapping and gather requirements to ensure alignment with functional needs and technical delivery.
- Responsibilities include maintaining project schedules, monitoring task completion, supporting team communication, and coordinating with vendors under supervision.
- The candidate will assist in preparing resource plans, tracking effort and cost estimates across integration, data, infrastructure, and testing workstreams, and supporting solution design activities.
- Support development and maintenance of integrated project plans, schedules, work breakdown structures.
- Coordinate project activities across technical and business teams to ensure alignment with milestones and deliverables.
- Track scope against baseline requirements and support change control process.
- Document scope changes, assess impacts, and escalate risks to senior leadership as needed.
- Ensure traceability between requirements, design, and deliverables.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Broad IT infrastructure knowledge — ability to see the “big picture” and ensure no gaps in delivery.
- Experience with AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) smart grid, or large Electric Utility technology and infrastructure projects: AMI 1.0 or 2.0 recommended (at minimum some 1.0 exposure).
- Experience with system integrations (MDMS, head-end systems, OMS, SAP, ADMS).
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Familiarity with cloud migration/implementation experience (moving from on-prem to cloud).
- Experience delivering/developing technical information to a non-technical audience.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, computer science, or other business-related disciplines (including liberal arts majors).
About our client :
Our client is one of the largest electric utilities and a longtime leader in renewable energy and energy efficiency in the United States providing electricity for much of Southern California.
About APR:
Since 1980 APR Consulting, Inc. has provided professional recruiting and contingent workforce solutions to a diverse mix of clients, industries, and skill sets nationwide.
Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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