Remote Power Delivery Project Manager

Leidos; Columbia (SC); Remote; USD 92,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PMP certification

Mentorship programs

Learning & Development resources

Leadership training

Job summary

Leidos Engineering in the Power Delivery Solutions division seeks an experienced Project Manager to support a key electric utility client across siting, land acquisition, and project coordination. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration among Real Estate, Survey, Engineering, and Legal teams, with mobility to travel in the Carolinas.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in electric utility project management, a track record of managing scope, schedule, budget, and risk, and familiarity

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of demonstrated project management experience within the electric utility industry.
• Bachelor's degree 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

Cross-functional coordination

Scheduling

Communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Leidos Engineering in the Power Delivery Solutions division seeks an experienced Project Manager to support a key electric utility client across siting, land acquisition, and project coordination. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration among Real Estate, Survey, Engineering, and Legal teams, with mobility to travel in the Carolinas.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in electric utility project management, a track record of managing scope, schedule, budget, and risk, and familiarity