Project Management Consulting Employee

Description

Position Overview

This role serves as a senior leader and trusted advisor within EIA, driving strategic initiatives that advance organizational growth, strengthen core capabilities, and enhance operational performance. The successful candidate will lead through influence, fostering collaboration across divisions to deliver innovative solutions, exceptional program execution, and sustainable business results.

Working closely with EIA and sector leadership, this individual will help shape strategy, drive operational excellence, develop future leaders, and ensure EIA continues to differentiate itself in the marketplace through innovation, quality, and client-focused delivery.

About EIA

From grid infrastructure to data center development and industrial efficiency, EIA delivers engineering and consulting solutions that keep critical energy systems running. We partner with utilities, developers, and industrial organizations to improve reliability, manage risk, and operate safely and efficiently at scale.

Our professionals combine deep technical expertise with strategic insight to solve complex challenges across the energy ecosystem. By integrating engineering excellence, operational discipline, and innovative thinking, EIA helps clients navigate evolving market demands while delivering measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Differentiate

• Drive innovation and differentiation by fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing across EIA divisions and functional teams.
• Expand and strengthen EIA's core capabilities in alignment with strategic priorities and evolving market needs.
• Identify opportunities to enhance service delivery, operational effectiveness, and client outcomes through innovative approaches and best practices.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, translating strategic objectives into actionable initiatives that create measurable business value.

Grow

• Contribute to the development and execution of EIA's strategy as part of the broader sector strategic planning process.
• Assess market trends, client needs, and organizational capabilities to identify opportunities for growth and capability expansion.
• Partner across the organization to advance strategic initiatives that support revenue growth, market differentiation, and long-term business objectives.
• Support business development efforts through thought leadership, client engagement, solution development, and strategic relationship building.

Execute

• Maintain an unwavering focus on quality, consistency, and delivery excellence across all divisions.
• Drive operational performance by identifying and implementing efficiency improvements and cost-saving initiatives that support margin objectives.
• Ensure program execution, transparency, and accountability across the portfolio, proactively addressing risks and performance challenges.
• Lead Recovery-to-Green (RTG) efforts when needed, developing and executing corrective action plans to restore program performance.
• Develop project and program management capabilities through mentoring, coaching, and the sharing of best practices.
• Establish and monitor performance metrics that drive execution excellence and continuous improvement.

Engage

• Develop and mentor high-potential talent, with a particular focus on succession planning and leadership pipeline development.
• Foster collaboration, engagement, and knowledge sharing across teams, divisions, and functional areas.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels to drive alignment, trust, and organizational effectiveness.
• Serve as a role model for EIA's values, culture, and commitment to client success.

Background & Experience Requirements:

• Recognized leader with the ability to influence outcomes across organizations without direct authority.
• Demonstrated success leading complex initiatives, driving strategic change, and improving organizational performance.
• Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to balance growth, quality, execution, and profitability objectives.
• Completed Bachelor's degree Required
• Proven ability to develop talent, mentor emerging leaders, and build organizational capability.
• Exceptional communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience operating in a consulting, engineering, utility, energy, infrastructure, or related professional services environment.
• Requires verbal and written communication

This position will work on an as-needed basis, rather than a typical 40 hour work week, and the pay rate is $124/hour.

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Pay Range:

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About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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.