Construction Cost & Schedule Engineer
About the role
The Leidos Energy, Infrastructure, and Automation operation helps solve utilities' complex challenges through our full life-cycle, performance-based solutions. Our services include engineering, planning, project management, construction management, and commissioning for electric power substations and transmission and distribution lines; protection and controls design; and electrification programs. Utilities consistently come to Leidos for reliable power expertise, as reflected through our work with more than 75 investor-owned utilities and more than 100 municipals/cooperatives across the country as well as a growing number of private developers.
Responsibilities
- Support project managers during transactional due diligence reviews.
- Serve as subject matter expertise in cost estimating and project scheduling, review of EPC Contract exhibits, and review of project budgets, forecasts, estimates, and schedules.
- Provide Owner’s Engineering and Advisory support.
- Affiliate with the team in support of managing projects, developing sales proposals, and technology reviews.
Requirements
- Junior Level: Bachelor's of Science degree in engineering or construction disciplines with two plus years of experience working on industrial, power delivery, or power generation project design or other relevant experience.
- Mid-Level: Bachelor's of Science degree in engineering or construction disciplines with four plus years of experience working on industrial, power delivery, or power generation project design or other relevant experience.
- Senior Level: Bachelor's of Science degree in engineering or construction disciplines with eight plus years of experience working on industrial, power delivery, or power generation project design or other relevant experience.
Qualifications
- Construction experience to include estimating, scheduling, project controls, or project engineering with increasing responsibility.
- Field engineering experience during the construction of projects.
- Team player with ability to communicate effectively with internal staff such as Project Manager’s and SMEs from other disciplines, as well as with external parties such as Owners, Developers, Lenders, Investors and Manufacturers.
- Experience with project controls, to include estimating, reviewing contractor proposals, reviewing equipment supply agreements, creating, progressing and reviewing project schedules, and overall experience with various phases of construction projects.
- General knowledge of construction safety.
- Familiar with project scheduling software such as primavera and project.
- Self-starter, with the ability to work both independently or as part of a team.
- Able to successfully meet client deadlines under pressure.
SkillsExperience in the construction of power generation projects, including natural gas combined and simple cycle, wind turbine projects, solar racking/trackers and the pile foundations, and rooftop solar systems is a strong differentiator.
Benefits
At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Pay
Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00
Schedule
Location: Fully remote is possible for experienced candidates and will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. The ideal candidate would be located within commuting distance of Denver, CO or Framingham, MA and work three days per week in-person at a Leidos managed office.