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Project Manager (Utilities)

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Strategic Staffing Solutions

Roanoke, VA (In Person)

Full-Time

Posted 3 days ago (Updated 15 hours ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/21/2026

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Job Description

STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS
(S3)
HAS AN OPENING!
Project Manager (Utilities) Roanoke, VA (Local/Onsite) W2 contract role 12 Months with opportunity to extend or convert •Travel (25%) consists of daytrips or multiple overnight stays to visit sites in West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. Estimated one week a month for travel. Job Description We are looking for a Project Manager with a background in Electric utility, Trans Line, Forestry, Environmental and Regulatory. This is a long term project, potentially 5+ years.
Responsibilities:
Conduct planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating assigned project activities. Support and hold employees and contractors accountable for the client System Safety Process, ensuring a safe working environment focused on Zero Harm. Develop, review and coordinate the project plan, schedule, budget, tools, and staff. Perform coordination role as assigned to increase awareness in all knowledge areas of project plans. Communicate project details and status updates. Lead planning meetings and project/outage updates with supportive role in stakeholder presentations. Provide written and oral reports and other communication. Develop working relationships with the project team, plant and operating company staff, internal and external customers or partners, contractors, vendors, and suppliers. Foster teamwork and seek customer satisfaction. Provide guidance and feedback, to improve design, systems, procedures, schedules, and costs. Provide specific guidance in these areas and begins to challenge others at an apprentice level of informed understanding in all project work. Ensure, or assist the lead PM in ensuring, efficient and timely performance of project work activities. Proficient and effective in assisting the lead PM and/or delivers similarly when leading intermediate projects on their own. Develop and manage procurement plans for necessary outside resources. Conduct or assist in closeout processes, including an analysis of the success of the project with respect to accomplishing the project objectives and realizing project benefits.
Basic Qualifications:
Qualified experience includes outage management activities, business administration, major construction field experience, project estimating, controls, and engineering, and/or comparable experience in a competitive production environment. Knowledge in construction safety, negotiations, scope development/control, cost estimating, construction contracting, project controls/reporting, and quality control are beneficial. Experience in utilities or power systems.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, business, project management, or related field of study with 3 years qualified experience, or two-year Associate's degree in the same disciplines with 5 years of qualified experience.
Preferred:
PMP certification is preferred. Knowledge of P6 and PMBOK Proficient in Microsoft Office Excellent written and verbal communication. Multi level collaboration. • Beware of scams. S3 never asks for money during its onboarding process.