Project and Account Manager/ Electric Utilities

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Project and Account Manager/ Electric Utilities – Atlanta GA

Leidos Engineering has an opportunity for a Transmission & Distribution Project and Account Manager who will work alongside lead engineers and senior management for various clients supported by the Power Delivery Services division in our Atlanta GA office.  The Project/Account Manager will be part of an established Project and Account Management team 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 transmission and distribution projects for public-owned and investor-owned electric utilities
•    Responsible for overall project performance as well as managing the scope, schedule, budget, and safety performance 
•    Ensures project costs, schedule and scope are managed, including the development of recovery plans, to stay within approved limits
•    Interfaces directly with the client and internal management to report progress, costs, schedule and risks across a portfolio of substation, transmission and distribution projects
•    Proposal development: including scope, schedule and budget development
•    Writing comprehensive and technical project reports

Account Manager Responsibilities: 
•    Leverage existing contracts and identify new contract and project opportunities to increase project portfolio
•    Establish detailed account plan and implement business development strategies to achieve account growth
•    Consistently communicate and work with ease across multiple programs and with external and internal stakeholders including: client, project teams, functional leadership, subcontractors, and support personnel
•    Ensure a good working relationship between the project team, line managers, and interfacing organizations

Qualifications:
•    Bachelor’s degree in the following disciplines: Engineering, Business or Finance required with  an additional 10 + years’ of relevant Project Management experience or a Masters with 8+ years of relevant Project Management experience  
•    In addition, 5+ years of relevant account management / business development experience required
•    Must demonstrate recent and in-depth expertise in electric power infrastructure projects and transmission and distribution design
•    PMP Certification is preferred but not required 
•    Must have demonstrated success with a team approach to the consulting business 
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
•    Familiarity with electric power industry and knowledge of business issues associated with power delivery services
•    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 Firm
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About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500^® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 38,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $11.09 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2020. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

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Commitment to Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.