Transmission Projects Coordinator

FirstEnergy; Greensburg (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 67,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

FirstEnergy is seeking a Project Manager/Coordinator to support transmission and distribution initiatives in Western Pennsylvania. The role emphasizes monitoring scope, cost, and schedule while coordinating across engineering, contractors, and suppliers.

The candidate will assist the Project Manager, review budgets, manage change requests, and help maintain project schedules and closeout documentation across multiple sites. Willingness to travel to project locations is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Construction Management or related field is required.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical ability are required.
• Successful candidate must be a team player and willingness to work in a team environment.
• Willingness to travel to assigned project locations throughout the service territory.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing for clarity and completeness and assist in development of project documents such as equipment and construction bid packages, requisitions, Bills of Material or Material Requests for Issue, Task Authorizations, and Engineering Work Requests.
• Reviewing project and contract budgets for adequacy and completeness; assist Project Manager in monitoring and reporting cost variances and forecasts.
• Coordinating change management requests for scope, schedule and costs as instructed by the Project Manager.
• Participating in and documenting weekly internal and external coordination meetings with contractors, engineers, suppliers, and others as necessary.
• Monitoring and/or reporting contractor resource levels.
• Understanding contract terms and documentation of services under contract/purchase order.
• Support the Project Manager in ensuring project challenge meetings, peer reviews and assessments are performed.
• Support the development, update and issuance of the project schedule.
• Assist the Project Manager in identifying additional resources or requirements necessary to meet project scope or schedule.
• Maintaining project files to support retrieval of information for closeout and auditing.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Written communication

Analytical ability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Engineering/Finance/Construction Management or related field

Job description

FirstEnergy is seeking a Project Manager/Coordinator to support transmission and distribution initiatives in Western Pennsylvania. The role emphasizes monitoring scope, cost, and schedule while coordinating across engineering, contractors, and suppliers.

The candidate will assist the Project Manager, review budgets, manage change requests, and help maintain project schedules and closeout documentation across multiple sites. Willingness to travel to project locations is required.