Power Consultant Assistant Project Manager Transaction Services

The energy industry is transforming. Older inefficient power generation and transmission systems are being upgraded and replaced with modern environmentally friendly alternatives. These changes arent just driven by a desire to improve the health of our planet they also make good business sense for the utilities developers and investors that are driving those transformations.

As an Assistant Project Manager within Leidos Energy & Infrastructure Consulting Practice you will play an important part in those transactions giving you an opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way to making our world a better place. The Assistant Project Manager will report to the Power Transaction Services Managing Director and work to assist Project Managers. After gaining sufficient experience the Assistant Project Manager with the help of a Project Manager will: lead projects be responsible for billing clients and collecting payment interface directly with clients and manage those relationships develop proposals to support business development and work to meet the divisions rigorous standard operating procedures.

You will be an integral part of an exceptional team of power industry experts providing consulting services and work products that our clients view as critical inputs to their business decisions. Assistant Project Managers must regularly work with project developers utilities equipment manufacturers engineering firms investors bankers and legal and financial advisors among others. We evaluate a wide variety of technologies from wind turbines and solar panels to battery storage systems fuel cells thermal projects and advanced fuel conversion technologies.

The interactions on each engagement provide opportunities to grow and diversify your strengths as a consultant. When leading multiple engagements with a Project Manager (as will often be the case) every day will bring a new and interesting challenge and you will have the privilege of working with some of the smartest and most dedicated consultants in the industry finding solutions that drive projects forward.

You will find that growth opportunities at Leidos abound. We are a small 100-person division with a flat organizational structure and youll be making an impact on Day 1. As you expand your capabilities and expertise youll take on larger more challenging projects and will develop and sustain relationships with clients and top industry experts. The expectation is for an Assistant Project Manager to take advantage of opportunities to learn from Project Managers and Subject Matter Experts so that they may grow into a Project Manager position. There are also opportunities within the division to grow into line management roles or into technical excellence leadership positions.

In this role the qualified individual will be expected to:

• Manage data requests between our Subject Matter Experts and Clients
• Manage report preparation and dissemination to technical team for required inputs including collecting and reviewing report sections and information from Subject Matter Experts and organizing those into final work products through coordination with the Project Manager and administrative assistants.
• Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures
• Determine monitor and review all project economics including costs operational budgets staffing requirements sub-contractors resources and risk.
• Attending internal and clientfacing meetings;
• Plan schedule monitor and report on activities related to the project.
• Lead the project teams based on client requirements milestones and objectives.
• Facilitate status review meetings among project team members and clients.
• Work with senior management on project proposals bids contracts estimates and schedules.
• Manage project requirements scope and change issues.
• Maintaining quality control to ensure accuracy and quality of content;
• Work with members of cross-functional teams to accomplish project goals to meet established schedules and resolve technical or operational issues.
• Learn from Project Managers and Subject Matter Experts to advance their skills knowledge and project management capabilities.

This role reports directly to the Power Transaction Services Section Manager.

Work location: This is a hybridposition; candidates must be located within a commutable distance of Denver CO or Framingham MA to be considered. The selected candidate(s) will be expected to be available for in-person meetings and assignments throughout the customer territory on an as-needed basis.

If you like a challenge seek opportunities to grow and learn and want to be a critical part of a team that consists of industrys finest consultants and thought leaders keep reading!

WHAT WE DO We provide expertise guidance and consultation to our clients and our work is centered on (although not exclusively devoted to) supporting financial transactions- the development financing acquisition and sale of generation (and non-generation) hard assets. We identify technical and commercial risks and help our clients to find and/or evaluate solutions to their challenges. Because we are exposed to numerous unique projects over short periods of time we (i) are diversified in technologies and commercial approaches to project execution; (ii) contribute to and learn how problems are solved by industry leaders and how those solutions drive financial viability; and (iii) benefit from this knowledge as a team and as individuals resulting in a professional experience that evolves is dynamic and is well-rounded.

What will you bring to the table:

• Bachelors degree in engineering science business or related discipline from an accredited university with four plus (4) years of experience in a broad range of independent engineering assignments and/or related business functions including: engineering construction site work and consulting for lenders funds utilities and independent developers.
• Experience in energy consulting and the evaluation of distributed generation combined heat and power plants utility consulting electric power generation facilities including renewable (solar wind) hydroelectric energy storage thermal (combustion turbine solid-fuel) carbon capture and sequestration and/or other power generation technologies.
• Experience with evaluation of commercial risks in construction procurement permits/compliance or operating and services contracts.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

It would be nice if you had:

• Masters degree
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification.
• MBA
• Bilingual (Spanish)
• Proficiency in technical writing

Leidos is a trusted and technology-focused solutions provider. At Leidos we take care of our employees. We seek the best and the brightest and in return we invest in you with an eye on your future through career advancement growth opportunities and continuous improvement via mentoring formal and informal project management training and assistance with obtaining pertinent certifications. We challenge you to help solve problems associated with successful project implementation and reward you with a welcoming culture that recognizes the importance of a strong work/life balance as well as competitive compensation and benefits. We believe that diversity and inclusion make us all better and offer the chance to have fun and make a difference.

Are you ready to make an impact Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career; share your resume with us today!

We take care of our employees. Leidos seeks the best and the brightest and in return we invest in you with an eye on your future through career advancement growth opportunities and continuous improvement via mentoring formal and informal project management training and assistance with obtaining pertinent certifications. We challenge you to help solve some of the worlds toughest problems and reward you with a welcoming culture that recognizes the importance of a strong work/life balance as well as competitive compensation and benefits. We believe that diversity and inclusion make us all better and offer the chance to have fun and make a difference.

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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The 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.