Lead Project Manager - Electric Utilities

Description Job Description:Leidos Engineering has an opportunity for a Lead Project Manager who will work alongside engineers and management for various clients supported by the Power Delivery Services (PDS) division. The position will have internal and client facing responsibilities, such as driving scope execution, schedule/resource management, financial management, contract management and risk mitigation.The Project Manager will be part of an established Project Management Office (PMO) within the PDS Division that provides consulting services to both public-owned and investor-owned electric utilities. These consulting services provide clients with overall project management tasks in the areas of comprehensive engineering design of electrical transmission and distribution, substation, and transmission line projects nationwide.Project Manager Responsibilities:

Managing various sized capital Distribution, Substation and Transmission line projects for public-owned and investor-owned electric utilities

Take lead in communicating and maintain relationships with clients and stakeholders across the business

Responsible for overall project performance as well as managing the scope, schedule, budget, and safety performance

Ensuring project costs, schedule and scope are managed, including the development of recovery plans, to stay within approved limits

Working with Engineering Leads and Managers to track and execute client deliverables

Creation and maintenance of client and office schedules

Development of controls reports to produce weekly/monthly reports for client and internal management review (i.e. Financial Reports, Action Item Lists, Resource loading analysis and schedules, Meeting Minutes, etc.)

Interfacing directly with the client and internal management to report progress, costs, schedule, and risks across a portfolio of distribution projects

Assist with the preparation of bid documents, development of requests for proposal responses and cost estimates

Creation and maintenance of comprehensive project dashboard reports and KPI tracking

Monthly client invoicing

Ensure project managers have the tools and training necessary

Manage and supervise up to eight (8) direct reports

Project Manager Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in the following disciplines: Engineering, Business or Finance required with eight plus (8+)years of relevant Project Management experience.

Familiarity with electric power industry and knowledge of business issues associated with power delivery services

Must have the capability for planning, organizing, directing, and tracking technical efforts on assigned tasks

Experience with MS Project, Primavera P6, or WorkFront PM Platforms

Should be capable of tracking cost and schedule status of assigned tasks

Ability to develop and maintain relationships with project managers and project teams

Must be able to interact with customer representatives in an effective manner in briefings meetings

Must have demonstrated success with a team approach to the consulting business

Strong writing and verbal communication skills

Periodic travel is required

Project Manager Preferred Experience:

Specific experience in Substation Engineering is strongly preferred

Accounting or Operations Management Background

Should be good with excel, analytics, and mathematics

PMP Certification

Leidos Engineering is a trusted and future-focused solutions provider. Utilities consistently come to Leidos for reliable power expertise, as reflected through our work with more than 50 investor-owned utilities and more than 160 municipals/cooperatives across the country as well as a growing number of local utility providers and private developers. Our project portfolio includes large energy projects for electric utilities, power generation owners, and industrial clients. In addition, Leidos works with an established group of industry-leading construction partners delivering meaningful energy delivery solutions. Our recognition as an industry leader is confirmed by the latest national rankings by Engineering News-Record (ENR) ranking Leidos within: the Top 10 T&D Firms, Top 10 Program Management Firms, and Top 20 Power Firms PowerDeliveryPDSPMPay Range:Pay Range $84,500.00 - $130,000.00 - $175,500.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. REQNUMBER: R-00107336-OTHLOC-PL-2D0475All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.