Land Survey Project Manager (Tempe, AZ, US)
Operations
Tempe, AZ, USA
Requisition ID: 20296
Join us in building a better future for Arizona!
SRP is one of the largest public power and water utilities in the U.S. providing electricity to approximately one million customers in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area. Since its founding in 1903, SRP has fostered a culture of stewardship and customer service consistently ranking as an industry leader in customer service according to J.D. Power and named one of Arizona's best employers by Forbes. SRP continues to adapt to its changing business environment by seeking innovative ways to reimagine utility service and the provision of critical resources essential to the life and economy of Arizona.
Why Work at SRP
At SRP, we foster an inclusive work environment and believe everyone should have a fair chance to work, regardless of who they are. That’s why we value teams with diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to help SRP deliver on its mission of providing reliable, affordable and sustainable water and power.
SRP's success is rooted in our employees' happiness, health, and safety. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and enhance their well-being. In addition to competitive pay and performance incentives, eligible employees can take advantage of the following benefits:
- Pension Plan (at no cost to the employee)
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- Available your first day: Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
- Over 200+ hours of PTO (includes vacation days, holidays, floating holidays, and sick leave)
- Parental leave (up to 4 weeks) and adoption assistance
- Wellness programs (including access to a recreation and fitness facility)
- Short and long-term disability plans
- Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs
- 10 Employee Resource Groups for career development, community service, and networking
Summary
Responsible for managing generation, transmission, substation, and/or distribution base mapping projects for power and water infrastructure construction projects with budgets as large as $500M that span multiple years and have visibility across SRP’s service territory and the entire State of Arizona. The Project Manager organizes and leads mapping teams representing five to ten contract mapping firms, while gathering, analyzing, and compiling information from multiple departments and collaborating with other project managers, subject matter experts, designers, and staff across the company. This involves creating and executing project plans that include schedules, activities, resources, estimates, contracts, risk assessments, and communications to ensure that milestones are achieved so SRP can meet its strategic objectives.
What You'll Do
- Utilize project management principles, experience, knowledge, and skillsets to assist leadership and staff in prioritizing work, communicating effectively, and balancing competing interests to achieve success on complex, long‑duration infrastructure projects
- Assist leadership, department managers, project managers, and staff to lead mapping teams. Utilize project management systems to improve communications with key stakeholders, and support achievement of SRP’s strategic and company objectives.
- Contribute to the development of project base mapping cost estimates to ensure the competitiveness of the contract base mapping function. Assist with forecasting and reporting efforts; ensure compliance with accuracy, format, and mapping standards.
- Identify issues related to scope, cost, schedule, resources, quality, benefits, communications, procurement, stakeholders, and risks across base mapping projects, providing analysis to decision‑makers to resolve tradeoffs and meet project requirements
- Facilitate the generation of timely communications regarding base mapping projects, including progress, costs, risks, and significant changes, by collecting, interpreting, and synthesizing data for internal stakeholders.
- Perform other job-related functions as assigned.
Education
Experience
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience required. In lieu of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience totaling 9 years may be considered.
- Proven experience in applying and understanding existing survey processes, systems, and software.
- Experience in land survey project management, real estate transactions, acquisitions due diligence, real property law, business analysis, financial analysis, regulatory analysis, environmental science, contract management, customer services, or any field that prepares the candidate for the assignment preferred.
Additional Requirements and Qualifications
- Comfort working with ambiguity and on projects with incomplete and evolving requirements in a high‑visibility, fast‑paced, team environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively interact with departments across the company; including their leaders, project managers, and designers, as well as contingent and/or external mapping company leaders, project managers, land surveyors, and draftsmen.
- Demonstrated leadership and management skills necessary to communicate, negotiate, collaborate, and manage change across multiple stakeholder departments within SRP to achieve strategic goals.
- Critical‑thinking capability and familiarity with analytical approaches to resolve issues associated with the base mapping of complex utility acquisition projects.
- Demonstrated ability to identify, analyze, plan for, and respond to potential risks, and to make informed decisions under conditions of uncertainty.
- Willingness and ability to continuously pursue academic, professional development, and training opportunities to enhance adaptability and develop the broad skillset required for success in this role.
- Experience using Project Management Information Systems and Business Intelligence Systems for portfolio, program, and project‑related reporting.
- Registration as an Arizona Registered Land Surveyor required.
- Certification as a Federal Surveyor (CFedS) preferred.
Hybrid Workplace
SRP currently offers a hybrid workplace, which allows employees whose jobs can be performed remotely, and who have sufficient technical capability, to telework up to three days per week. Although teleworking is available, all employees must live and work in Arizona.
Drug/Alcohol Policy Statement
To promote the safety and well-being of our employees, customers, and the communities we serve, SRP is committed to maintaining a drug/alcohol free work environment. Although marijuana may now be legal in Arizona, except as otherwise specified under Arizona law, SRP considers it to be an illegal drug for the purpose of our drug/alcohol policy because marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. Any candidate found to be impaired during the hiring process or who has the presence of an illegal drug or unauthorized substance in their system during the pre-employment drug/alcohol test may be disqualified from further consideration in the hiring process.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
Salt River Project (SRP) is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state or local law.
Work Authorization
All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Currently, SRP does not sponsor H1B visas, OPT, or other employment-related visa's.
