Remote Transmission Project Manager — Land & Permitting

Leidos; North Carolina; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Engineering is seeking an experienced Project Manager for our Strategic Program Consulting team in Power Delivery Solutions. The role supports a key electric utility client and coordinates Real Estate, Survey, Engineering, Siting, and other stakeholders to advance transmission projects across the Carolinas.

The PM will operate largely remotely with periodic client-site travel in North/South Carolina, reporting to a Senior Project Manager.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project management experience in electric utility industry.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; relevant experience considered in lieu.
• Experience managing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, milestones, and reporting.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams and multiple stakeholders.
• Recent experience with transmission capital projects preferred.
• Familiarity with transmission siting, land acquisition, easements, ROW, permitting, environmental, or related activities.
• Ability to work with limited oversight under a Senior Project Manager.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate land acquisition activities for substation sites, easements, and ROW.
• Track acquisition milestones, surveys, title work, permitting dependencies, and closing milestones.
• Facilitate project meetings, status reviews, and stakeholder communication.
• Maintain project schedules and milestones with Project Controls (Primavera P6).
• Monitor scope, schedule, budget, risks, and acquisition progress for in-service dates.
• Coordinate environmental, permitting, compliance, and governance requirements.
• Support funding requests, forecasting, risk assessments, and change management.
• Maintain project documentation and turnover-ready deliverables.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Electric utility experience

Scheduling (Primavera P6)

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Leidos Engineering is seeking an experienced Project Manager for our Strategic Program Consulting team in Power Delivery Solutions. The role supports a key electric utility client and coordinates Real Estate, Survey, Engineering, Siting, and other stakeholders to advance transmission projects across the Carolinas.

The PM will operate largely remotely with periodic client-site travel in North/South Carolina, reporting to a Senior Project Manager.