Senior Power Project Manager Employer: URS Corporation Job Location: Houston , TX Cash Compensation: Job Description: Minimum Requirements : Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related Science Bachelors Degree. Twenty years experience in fossil-fueled (preferably both coal-fired and natural gas fired turbine peaking and combined cycle applications) power generation and retrofit engineering. Demonstrated ability to lead a multi-discipline team of engineers and designers with diverse experience levels and backgrounds to successfully execute due diligence assessments, front-end engineering and detailed design for new plants miscellaneous retrofits, including emissions controls upgrades. Possessing a depth of power industry experience, engineering, and Project related judgement to provide credibility to efforts to market URS power design capabilities. Requires excellent communication skills and constant client interface. Will require proposal development, analyzing and reporting of project progress, and successful negotiating skills for contract and change management. Job Description : Supporting acquisition and managing engineering execution of new or upgrade power related projects. Regular and frequent written and oral communications with clients at different client organizational levels to assure client satisfaction and for potential of acquiring additional new work. Managing projects through teams using strong communication, project management and people skills. Coordination and/or oversight of construction and startup activities may be required. Operating plant engineering and management experience applied to accurately understand client situational needs and to assure work success for client satisfaction. May include oversight of multiple projects and project managers. Company Description: URS is one of the largest, global, fully integrated engineering, construction and technical services firms with the capabilities to support the full project life cycle. We offer professional planning, design, environmental, construction, program and construction management, operations and maintenance, management and a wide range of specialized technical services. We provide services for transportation, power, industrial infrastructure and process, environmental and nuclear management, facilities, water/wastewater, mining, and defense and security programs. With more than 47,000 employees in a network of offices in major cities in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Europe, our broad-based expertise is a valued resource for federal, state and local government agencies, as well as FORTUNE 500 and other private industry clients worldwide. URS is organized into three divisions: The URS Division provides planning, design and program and construction management services for all types of transportation and water resources infrastructure, as well as for healthcare complexes, schools, courthouses and other public buildings. The URS Division also provides engineering and environmental services to FORTUNE 500 companies worldwide. Through our URS Division, we also design aircraft hangars and other military facilities, remediate hazardous waste sites at military installations and provide the full range of services for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) programs. The EG&G Division primarily serves U.S. federal government clients, including the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. The Division provides systems engineering and technical assistance for the development of weapons systems, and maintains and repairs vehicles and other military equipment to extend their service life. The Division also provides logistics support and installation management services, trains military pilots and conducts homeland security preparedness exercises in communities throughout the United States. The Washington Division provides engineering, construction and management solutions for infrastructure, power, mining, oil and gas, industrial/process and defense projects. The Division specializes in design-build and design-build-operate-maintain services for transportation systems and provides engineering, construction, modification and maintenance expertise for every form of power-generating facility. Through our Washington Division, we also manage high-risk, technically complex programs and facilities for the U.S. Department of Energy, including nuclear waste management and disposal programs. We are a publicly held company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol URS.