Remote Power Delivery Project Manager

Leidos Inc; Clemson (SC); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our Strategic Program Consulting team in Power Delivery Solutions. You will coordinate real estate, surveying, engineering, siting, environmental, permitting, and stakeholders to advance transmission projects across the Carolinas.

Remote work with travel to client sites is expected; seven-figure portfolio oversight is not required, but strong cross-functional leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 8 years of Demonstrated project management experience within the electric utility industry.
• Bachelor's degree is preferred, but relevant experience can be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, milestones, and reporting.
• Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary project teams and multiple internal/external stakeholders.
• Recent experience supporting or managing electric transmission capital projects preferred.
• Familiarity with transmission siting, land acquisition, easements, ROW, permitting, environmental, or related project-development activities strongly preferred.
• Ability to operate with limited oversight while working under the direction of a utility Senior Project Manager.
• Strong organizational, communication, coordination, and documentation skills.
• Primavera P6 familiarity is preferred.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Scheduling

Primavera P6

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Leidos is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our Strategic Program Consulting team in Power Delivery Solutions. You will coordinate real estate, surveying, engineering, siting, environmental, permitting, and stakeholders to advance transmission projects across the Carolinas.

Remote work with travel to client sites is expected; seven-figure portfolio oversight is not required, but strong cross-functional leadership is essential.