Project Management Services

Utility transformation programs move at the pace of their project management. Weak PM discipline produces schedule drift, scope creep, accountability gaps, and the kind of slow-motion failure that is obvious in hindsight and preventable from the start. Conduit provides experienced project management professionals who have managed major utility programs — not generalist PMs learning the utility industry on your program's timeline.

Program-Embedded Project Management

Conduit's project managers embed directly into your program structure, integrating with your internal team, your system integrator, and your executive stakeholders. We own the schedule, the risk register, the issue log, and the reporting cadence — operating as a functional part of your program management office rather than as an external oversight layer. Our PMs bring a practitioner's understanding of what utility program work actually involves, which makes them more effective at both planning and replanning when reality diverges from the baseline.

Schedule Development and Control

A project schedule is only useful if it reflects the real sequence, duration, and dependencies of the work. Conduit builds integrated master schedules from the workstream level up — working with technical teams, business analysts, change managers, and vendor project managers to capture the actual work plan rather than a high-level framework dressed up as a schedule. We maintain schedule integrity through the life of the program, identifying slippage early and modeling recovery scenarios before compression becomes crisis.

Risk and Issue Management

Risk management that lives in a spreadsheet is not risk management. Our PMs establish and operate an active risk and issue process — with defined owners, mitigation actions, escalation thresholds, and reporting that gives leadership genuine visibility into program health. We distinguish between risks that are being managed and risks that are being watched, and we escalate the difference.

Vendor Coordination and Accountability

CIS and ERP implementations involve multiple vendors — the primary SI, subcontractors, data migration specialists, infrastructure providers, and integration partners. Coordinating that vendor ecosystem is one of the most complex PM responsibilities in a utility program. Conduit's project managers understand vendor contracts, milestone structures, and performance management well enough to hold vendors accountable without creating adversarial dynamics that undermine delivery.

Executive Reporting and Governance Support

Executive teams and boards need accurate, decision-ready information about program status — not status reports written to reassure. Conduit's project managers produce reporting that reflects actual program health, surfaces the decisions that leadership needs to make, and communicates clearly about schedule, budget, scope, and risk. We support steering committee preparation, board briefings, and the governance rhythm that keeps a major program accountable to its objectives.