Vacancy Overview
Distribution Project Specialist - Elizabeth City, NC

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process, and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients. With over 800 employees and 6,000 contractors operating in over 50 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry and the level of experience, exposure and expertise that the organization has is unparalleled.
Our client is seeking a Distribution Project Specialist to work within their facilities located in Elizabeth City, NC for a 1-year assignment.
The Distribution Project Specialist (DPS) manages and executes multiple simultaneous natural gas distribution projects and determines the best course of action based on sound feasibility analysis or business needs, including government relocation and replacement projects. The position is responsible for the full lifecycle of project management until the customer is provided natural gas service, including developing detailed and accurate project cost estimates, operational planning, permitting, as-building, and leadership of construction activities with both other internal teams (sales, System Planning, Engineering, TFO, CFO, Supply Chain, and Major Projects) and the distribution alliance contractors. This role ensures distribution projects and associated documentation are completed on time, in alignment with client's policies and procedures, and within budget.
Job Responsibilities:

• Plan and manage all aspects of the distribution construction projects (estimation, route selection, pipeline design, surveying, permitting, land acquisition, field inspection, and commissioning), including liaising with internal and external stakeholders where needed.
• This role includes service line installations, commercial services, main extensions, and standard Government Relocation projects.
• May assist with pre-construction activities for multiple projects to include planning and routing of proposed pipelines along with property owner identification and notification, when necessary.
• Prepare budgets and forecasts for short term and long-term planning.
• Conduct trend and reporting analysis of projects costs and develop quality standard costs.

Qualifications:

• Associate degree or high school diploma + 2 years project management experience, ideally in a utility or construction projects
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Valid driver's license
• Excellent analytical skills