Power Delivery Associate Project Manager

Leidos provides engineering and project management services to electric utilities through its Power Delivery Solutions division. The Associate Project Manager will support transmission line engineering projects by managing project performance, costs, schedules, scopes, deliverables, client communications, invoicing, and related proposal materials.

Responsibilities:

• Assist project managers to manage various sized transmission line design projects for public-owned and investor-owned electric utilities
• Accept responsibility for overall project performance and reporting
• Ensure project costs, schedule and scope are managed, including the development of recovery plans with a focus on change management, to stay within approved limits
• Communicate with clients, internal project teams, multiple engineering disciplines, functional leaders, subcontractors, and support personnel
• Create and maintain resource loaded schedules
• Coordinate with Engineering Leads to track and execute client deliverables
• Assist with the preparation of bid documents, cost estimates and responses to Requests for Proposal
• Complete monthly client invoicing, accruals, and accounts receivable within prescribed time frames

Requirements:

• • 1+ year of relevant experience in project management
• • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Finance or related discipline is required
• • Must be capable of planning, organizing, directing, and tracking technical efforts on assigned tasks
• • Must be capable of tracking cost and schedule status of assigned tasks
• • Ability to take direction from and discuss decisions with the direct supervisor, and to coordinate with project team members
• • Experience with MS Office Software (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Projects)
• • Strong written and verbal communication skills
• • Must be able to interact with customer representatives in an effective manner
• • Familiarity with electric power industry and knowledge of business issues associated with power delivery services
• • Ideal Candidates will have a desire to obtain PMP Certification
• • Experience with project management software (e.g., PWA, MS Project or P6)