Power Delivery Project Manager

Leidos is a technology-focused solutions provider delivering power delivery and telecommunications expertise to utilities and mobile operators. The Project Manager will coordinate transmission projects through the Site & Acquire phase, managing multidisciplinary stakeholders, land acquisition activities, schedules, budgets, risks, reporting, and project documentation.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a central point of coordination across Real Estate, Survey, Engineering, Siting, Environmental, Permitting, Public Engagement, Legal, Project Controls, Finance, and other project stakeholders
• Coordinate land acquisition activities associated with substation sites, easements, and transmission line rights-of-way
• Track acquisition milestones and parcel-level activities, including surveys, title work, environmental considerations, permitting dependencies, property documentation, negotiations, and closing milestones
• Facilitate project meetings, status reviews, issue resolution, stakeholder communication, and project reporting
• Support and maintain project schedules and milestones in coordination with Project Controls, including Primavera P6 schedule updates
• Monitor project scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and acquisition progress to support required in-service dates
• Coordinate environmental, permitting, compliance, and project governance requirements
• Support funding requests, forecasting, risk assessments, change management, and project reporting
• Maintain project documentation and ensure required Site & Acquire deliverables are completed before turnover to downstream project execution and construction teams
• Conduct occasional site visits and document relevant project/site information

Requirements:

• This role requires previous experience working with power delivery projects in the electric utility industry
• A minimum of 8 years of Demonstrated project management experience within the electric utility industry
• relevant experience can be considered in lieu of a degree
• Demonstrated Experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, milestones, and reporting
• Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary project teams and multiple internal/external stakeholders
• Ability to operate with limited oversight while working under the direction of a utility Senior Project Manager
• Strong organizational, communication, coordination, and documentation skills
• Completed Bachelor's degree is preferred
• Recent experience supporting or managing electric transmission capital projects preferred
• Familiarity with transmission siting, land acquisition, easements, ROW, permitting, environmental, or related project-development activities strongly preferred
• Primavera P6 familiarity is preferred