Description
Job Description:
Leidos Engineering has an opportunity for an Electric Utilities Project Coordinator who will work alongside project managers, associate project managers, engineers, and management for various clients supported by the Power Delivery Services (PDS) division in the Atlanta GA area.
The Electric Utilities Project Coordinator 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, distribution and substation projects nationwide.
Responsibilities
- Assist the PMO team with managing various sized transmission/substation projects for public-owned and investor-owned electric utilities located throughout the Southeast United States
- Helps the project management team to plan and manage projects
- Provides the project manager with schedule, resource management and financial information
- Assists with ensuring project costs, schedule and scope are managed, including the development of recovery plans, to stay within approved limits
- Coordinates with engineers, land agents, project managers and other analysts to update and execute project schedule
- Interfacing directly with the client and internal management to report progress, schedule and risks across a portfolio of electrical transmission/substation projects
- Provide analysis of schedule data to identify key project issues
- Verify progress and reviews performance trends
- Investigate causes of variances between planned and earned/actual progress and document discoveries
- Identify, analyze and document project schedule variances and conclude on possible impacts
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in the following disciplines: Engineering, Construction, Management, Business or Finance with two (2) or less years related experience, may consider more experience in lieu of degree.
- 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, JIRA or WorkFront PM Platforms is highly preferred
- Should be capable to assist with tracking cost and schedule status of assigned tasks
- Must be able to interact with customer representatives in an effective manner in briefings meetings
- Periodic travel is required
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.
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Pay Range:
Pay Range - -The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.
About Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 45,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
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