Transmission Project Manager: Site & Land Acquisition

Leidos; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 92,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Engineering is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our Strategic Program Consulting team within Power Delivery Solutions. In this role, you will coordinate across Real Estate, Survey, Engineering, Siting, Environmental, Permitting, and other stakeholders to move transmission projects through siting and land acquisition.

The PM will report to a Senior Project Manager and manage a portfolio including siting and land acquisition activities across the Carolinas.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of demonstrated project management experience in electric utility industry.
• Bachelor's degree preferred, but relevant experience considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience managing project 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 siting, land acquisition, ROW, permitting, environmental or related activities preferred.
• Ability to operate with limited oversight under a Senior Project Manager.
• Strong organizational, communication, coordination, and documentation skills.
• Primavera P6 familiarity preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support execution of transmission projects through Site & Acquire phase.
• Serve as central point of coordination across Real Estate, Survey, Engineering, Siting, Environmental, Permitting, Legal, Project Controls, Finance, and other stakeholders.
• Track acquisition milestones and parcel-level activities, including surveys, title work, environmental considerations, permitting dependencies, documentation, negotiations, and closing milestones.
• 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 project scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and progress to support in-service dates.
• Coordinate environmental, permitting, compliance, and governance requirements.
• Support funding requests, forecasting, risk assessments, change management, and reporting.
• Maintain project documentation and turnover to downstream teams.
• Conduct site visits and document relevant project/site information.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Scheduling

Budget management

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Leidos Engineering is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our Strategic Program Consulting team within Power Delivery Solutions. In this role, you will coordinate across Real Estate, Survey, Engineering, Siting, Environmental, Permitting, and other stakeholders to move transmission projects through siting and land acquisition.

The PM will report to a Senior Project Manager and manage a portfolio including siting and land acquisition activities across the Carolinas.