Remote Power Delivery Assistant Project Manager

WSP; City of Syracuse (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Disability and life insurance

Retirement savings program

Paid sick leave

Paid vacation and parental leave

Bereavement and voting time

Job summary

WSP’s Power Delivery team seeks an Assistant Project Manager for our Syracuse, NY office. The role supports administrative, commercial, and technical project components, with remote work options within the region.

You will help manage project scope, schedule, risk, and communications, coordinating with accounting, subcontractors, and stakeholders to drive on-time, on-budget delivery while upholding safety and QA/QC standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5–7 years of post-education experience in power delivery.
• Understanding of project delivery in power delivery and project management background.
• Analytical and organizational skills with business acumen.
• Strong interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Proficient with MS Office and PM tools.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing proposals, cost estimates, scope, schedules, and resource plans.
• Contribute to work breakdown structure (WBS) tasks and costs.
• Update documentation (Risk, PMP, QP, PSP, Communications Plan) in systems.
• Assist with project kick-off meetings with stakeholders.
• Support monitoring of metrics, cash management, and budgeted margin.
• Assist budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, cost and change control.
• Coordinate with managers to address resource and subcontractor needs.
• Oversee subcontractors and coordinate supplier submissions and payments.
• Participate in problem reviews and root-cause analysis with leadership.
• Provide regular project updates to clients and managers.
• Complete closeout activities and document lessons learned.
• Develop financial acumen for project data.
• Adhere to Code of Conduct and policies; ethical use of funds.
• Perform additional duties as needed.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Self-leadership

MS Office

Team coordination

Problem solving

QA/QC adherence

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or related field

Master’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Visio

SharePoint

MS Office

Job description

WSP’s Power Delivery team seeks an Assistant Project Manager for our Syracuse, NY office. The role supports administrative, commercial, and technical project components, with remote work options within the region.

You will help manage project scope, schedule, risk, and communications, coordinating with accounting, subcontractors, and stakeholders to drive on-time, on-budget delivery while upholding safety and QA/QC standards.