Power Delivery Program Lead (Electric Utilities)

Leidos; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 92,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

PMP certification support

Mentorship programs

Learning & Development resources

Leadership training

Job summary

Leidos Engineering is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our Strategic Program Consulting team within Power Delivery Solutions, supporting a key electric utility client.

The role emphasizes coordination across Real Estate, Survey, Engineering, Siting, Environmental, Permitting, and more, while tracking land acquisitions, schedules, budgets, and risks. Candidates should have 8+ years in electric utilities and familiarity with Primavera P6.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of demonstrated project management in the electric utility industry.
• Bachelor's degree preferred, but relevant experience can be considered.
• Experience managing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, milestones, and reporting.
• Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary project teams and multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with electric transmission capital projects preferred.
• Familiarity with transmission siting, land acquisition, easements, ROW, permitting, environmental activities.
• Ability to operate with limited oversight while under a Senior Project Manager.
• Strong organizational, communication, coordination, and documentation skills.
• Primavera P6 familiarity is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as central point of coordination across Real Estate, Survey, Engineering, Siting, Environmental, Permitting, Public Engagement, Legal, Project Controls, Finance, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate land acquisition activities for substation sites, easements, and ROW.
• Track acquisition milestones and parcel-level activities including surveys, title work, environmental considerations, permitting dependencies, and negotiations.
• Facilitate project meetings, status reviews, issue resolution, stakeholder communication, and reporting.
• Support and maintain project schedules and milestones with Project Controls, including Primavera P6 updates.
• Monitor scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and acquisition progress to support in-service dates.
• Coordinate environmental, permitting, compliance, and project governance requirements.
• Support funding requests, forecasting, risk assessments, change management, and reporting.
• Maintain project documentation and ensure Site & Acquire deliverables finish before turnover to execution teams.
• Conduct occasional site visits and document relevant project/site information.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Scheduling

Budget management

Risk management

Documentation

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Office

Job description

Leidos Engineering is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our Strategic Program Consulting team within Power Delivery Solutions, supporting a key electric utility client.

The role emphasizes coordination across Real Estate, Survey, Engineering, Siting, Environmental, Permitting, and more, while tracking land acquisitions, schedules, budgets, and risks. Candidates should have 8+ years in electric utilities and familiarity with Primavera P6.