Project Manager

Project Manager

St. Petersburg, FL

Type: Contract

Category: Program/Project Management

Industry: Energy

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -102026-109244

Date Posted: 10/28/2026

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Description:

Hybrid 3 days on-site in St. Petersburg, FL

Our client seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead early-stage development and planning of infrastructure work across transmission, generation, telecom, solar, facilities, real estate, and regional IT initiatives. The role will intake and clarify new work requests, define scope, gather financial inputs, coordinate preliminary estimates with engineering, and prepare complete, documented handoffs for execution by regional teams. The position requires organization, cross-functional coordination, meeting facilitation, and accurate documentation in tools such as JIRA and P6.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $45.00 to $48.00/hr. w2

JN -102026-109244

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business partners and internal customers to intake new work, clarify scope, and document requirements.
• Develop early project scope, assumptions, constraints, financial inputs, and planning details for intake and development.
• Coordinate preliminary estimates by gathering inputs, issuing estimate requests to engineers, reviewing returns, and resolving gaps.
• Prepare and maintain labor planning, contingency planning, and financial planning based on engineering feedback.
• Create JIRA Epics, Features, and related records to route work to regional teams for execution.
• Use Transmission P6 schedule and systems of record to verify accounting details and align planning with schedules and timelines.
• Attend frequent meetings with business partners, engineers, regional teams, and product owners.
• Track decisions, issues, assumptions, risks, dependencies, and action items with timely follow-up.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, financial inputs, status updates, and handoff packages.
• Support coordination across telecom, transmission, generation, solar, facilities, and regional IT teams.

Experience Requirements:

• Experience in project management, coordination, estimating, planning, or project development for infrastructure, utilities, telecom, construction, facilities, generation, transmission, solar, or renewables.
• Ability to gather requirements, clarify scope, document assumptions, and coordinate across internal teams.
• Experience supporting estimates, financial planning, budget inputs, labor and contingency planning, or project controls.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple requests, meetings, follow-ups, and documentation.
• Clear written and verbal communication for business partners, engineers, regional teams, and leadership.
• Experience facilitating or documenting meetings including decisions, risks, dependencies, action items, and follow-ups.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and maintain attention to detail.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to attend in-office staff meetings every Tuesday in St. Petersburg, FL.
• Ability to work in-office three days per week, including Tuesday and Wednesday.
• Preferred: Experience with Microsoft Office, Outlook, Teams, JIRA, Primavera P6, Business Objects, or similar tools.
• Preferred: Familiarity with Transmission P6 schedules, accounting verification, project cost structures, estimates, forecasts, or funding processes.
• Preferred: Coordination experience with engineers, technical teams, product owners, business partners, regional teams, or field organizations.
• Preferred: Familiarity with telecom or infrastructure disciplines such as data networking, transport equipment, RF systems, DC power, fiber optics, construction, or facilities.
• Physical capability to climb 6–12 foot ladders and lift up to 50 pounds. PPE required including face shield, FRE, hard hat, safety gloves, and steel toe shoes.

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Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( noreply@eliassen.com , 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

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