Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

National Grid is hiring a Lead Specialist for our Project Engagement team in Melville, NY.

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record put us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.

To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

Part of the success of a project at National Grid heavily depends on the quality of its relationships and interactions with stakeholders. The Lead Specialist Project Engagement is responsible for meeting the outreach and education needs of National Grid's gas complex capital infrastructure improvement projects. As part of multiple project teams, the Lead Specialist will play a pivotal role on teams, responsible for a multimillion-dollar portfolio of complex construction projects, implementing strategic community relations campaigns to safeguard the on-time and on-or-under budget build-out of these projects.

• Represent the Company as the Subject Matter Expert for stakeholder and community relations for complex construction projects
• Create and manage the outreach and marketing collateral needed for the educational needs of a variety of audiences supporting the downstate portfolio of complex capital projects
• Develop and deliver strategic project messaging, anticipating needs of communities, and boiling technical information down to messaging that is easily understood by the public
• Plan and execute project-related events, including open houses and public statement hearings, to support the delivery, feedback and engagement needs of complex projects
• Work with internal and external stakeholders throughout planning, permitting, construction, and post-construction phases of projects to proactively solve issues around project impacts, including noise, traffic, visual, recreation, etc.
• Build and maintain professional relationships with key project stakeholders through in person meetings and regular project site visits.
• Build and maintain long-term professional relationships with external and internal stakeholders (i.e., VPs, Directions, Managers, Engineering, Legal, Environmental, Project Management, and Customer and Community) within a defined geographic footprint in support of complex capital projects to ensure community and municipal relationship management is embedded into National Grid's standard practice

• Natural problem-solver working within a team to plan and execute for outreach and education, and to respond to stakeholder questions
• Manage and measure the execution of outreach plans with internal stakeholders across disciplines (e.g., Project Management, Corporate Affairs, Environmental, etc.)
• Communicate complex engineering, environmental, construction, and regulatory information
• Develop strategic, informative, professional letters and collateral
• Anticipate, plan and execute successful events in potentially contentious environments
• Strong relationship-builder
• Available for evening meetings and presentations
• Valid driver's license required
• Frequent travel required, including off-hours, to projects across the DNY region