Assistant Project Manager – Transmission & Distribution Program

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Location: Akron, OH;
Reading, PA; or Morristown, NJ
Job Type: Full-Time
Experience Level: 2+ years

About Us

CARIAN is a purpose-driven, woman-owned consulting and advisory firm dedicated exclusively to the power sector. We partner with leading electric and gas utilities to provide strategic advisory and disciplined execution across program management, business intelligence, and field execution oversight. Guided by integrity, trust, excellence, and accountability, our team helps deliver complex capital programs and build the resilient energy infrastructure that communities depend on.

Position Overview

CARIAN is seeking an Assistant Project Manager – Transmission/Substation Program Support to support a major electric utility transmission and distribution program. This role will support Senior Project Managers with project coordination, cost management, schedule tracking, documentation, stakeholder communication, construction coordination, and project closeout activities.

The Assistant Project Manager will work closely with project managers, engineers, schedulers, construction teams, contractors, client stakeholders, and other project partners to help drive successful project execution. This role is intended for a motivated project professional who wants to build deeper experience in utility transmission, substation, networks/telecommunications, and construction project management.

This is a hands‑on project support role requiring strong organization, communication, follow‑through, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced utility program environment.

This role may be based in Akron, OH;
Reading, PA; or Morristown, NJ. his role is expected to be approximately 80% office‑based and 20% field‑based
, with field visits to support project coordination, construction progress tracking, stakeholder alignment, and field visibility. Project site visits are typically within a reasonable distance from the reporting location.

Key Responsibilities

Support Senior Project Managers with planning, execution, monitoring, and closeout of transmission, substation, and related utility infrastructure projects.

Assist with scope review, project work plan development, and coordination with engineering, client stakeholders, construction teams, and subject matter experts.

Support development of outage requests, sequenced work plans, and construction coordination activities.

Coordinate with engineering teams to support material planning, major and minor equipment procurement, and project readiness.

Support environmental and non‑environmental permitting review, tracking, and submittal coordination.

Assist with development of RFP packages for construction bid events, including scopes of work, baseline schedules, permitting packages, and supporting documentation.

Support contractor bid evaluation, recommendation packages, and award coordination as needed.

Participate in pre‑construction meetings, progress meetings, and regular project coordination discussions.

Help drive schedule and project progress during design, procurement, construction, and closeout phases.

Meet regularly with schedulers to support updates and maintenance of detailed Primavera P6 project schedules.

Support project budget management, financial forecast updates, accrual tracking, and cost reporting.

Track project action items, deliverables, milestones, risks, issues, procurement concerns, and open decisions.

Support contract administration activities, including invoice review support, change order tracking, field change documentation, and contractor coordination.

Navigate client systems for financial updates, contract management, project documentation, reporting, and project controls support.

Prepare and support internal and client‑facing project reports, meeting materials, dashboards, and status updates.

Report on construction progress, cost and schedule metrics, procurement issues, safety or environmental concerns, design questions, potential impacts, and items requiring escalation.

Maintain organized project files, logs, trackers,…