Project Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 18, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 22, 2026.
GIG - South / GIG - Generation, Industrial & Govt
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Mesa is seeking a Project Manager to manage a multi-discipline projects for GIG South region working with technical teams located in Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Project Manager implements corporate mission and vision statements on a project level. They independently lead projects (up to $2M) of moderate complexity and risk. They provide project leadership to small groups of highly qualified professional personnel engaged in complex work and they are accountable for maintaining a solid customer relationship and ensuring the successful execution of the project.
Responsibilities
- Performs all field assignments following all customer, Mesa, and regulatory safety requirements
- Performs basic functions required to verify, check-out, and startup simple to complex electrical, instrumentation, and control equipment and systems
- Communication with personnel to update project status and scope, schedule, or budget changes
- Must understand general construction methods and electrical testing requirements
- Provides effective leadership by delegating specific responsibilities to immediate subordinates to ensure that Project Execution Plans are appropriately implemented
- Plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate detailed phases of engineering/design work for projects
- Work with the project team to minimize schedule and budget impacts resulting from changes
- Track design changes and communicate the impact of the change order to the client for approval
- Reviews monthly cost reports to ensure all projects operate within the approved budget guidelines
- Ensures that Mesa’s policies, systems, and procedures for technical work, management, and administration are implemented and reviewed regularly
- Ensures effective work planning and profit control systems are implemented
- Provides leadership for a project, including the work scope, work outline, budget, and schedule for completion
- Monitor and track project expenditures, earned value, cost, and schedule performance to satisfy corporate requirements and ensure satisfactory budget performance on all projects
Competencies
- Ability to perform a broad range of supervisory responsibilities over others
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to coordinate and interface with clients, vendors, engineers, colleagues, and electric utilities personnel
- Ability to identify, analyze, and solve complex technical and management problems related to engineering projects; facilitate change management
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships and work effectively in a team environment
- Possess a strong knowledge of power generation types - Coal, Gas, Hydro, and Nuclear
Education and Experience
- BS or MS Eng or BS/MS in Related Field + 6 years of Project Management experience
- PE or PMP Desired/ Contract may require PMP
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