We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our client's Solar team. This is a permanent position that can be based in Oakland or San Jose, California. You will be responsible for managing all technical aspects of the project, including scope development, savings analysis, and constructability of the measures to drive project scope and develop comprehensive programs that fit customers' unique needs. You will be the customer's primary contact during development and implementation phases, striving for their complete satisfaction.
Responsibilities:
- Actively manage the project team through regular team meetings to discuss and document project updates, needs and progress
- Assign responsibilities to project team/establishes schedules for individual team members to investigate, develop and implement energy and water related customer improvements (such as solar PV, energy storage, LED lighting retrofits, HVAC/control upgrades, EV charging, water fixture and water meter retrofits, and SCADA upgrades)
- Prepare and negotiate, in conjunction with Legal, Sales and Management, all customer/vendor contracts and change orders
- Qualify vendors/subcontractors and source materials
- Manage all cost components of the project during implementation, and maintain precise and updated actual costs versus budget throughout the project
- Work with construction manager and vendors/subcontractors to establish a project schedule (in both MS Project and Excel) with adequate milestones for regular progress measurement. Continually monitor progress against the schedule and adjusts as necessary, communicating any changes with sales, construction manager, subs/vendors, and the customer
- Ensure that the customer has signed off on all project submittals
- Manage the job to completion within the schedule
- Issue regular job progress reports
- Execute with accuracy all fiduciary requirements including installation budgets, revenue and expense invoices, project cash flow and monthly forecasts
- Work with Accounting to invoice the customer monthly on each project
- Complete budget analysis and forecasting on monthly basis for each project, while managing and approving all vendor invoices
- Utilize Procore to ensure all construction project documentation is up to date and complete throughout implementation and at time of project closeout.
- Work with Labor Compliance Team to ensure all local labor compliance regulations are met. Follow up with subcontractors as needed to assist Labor Compliance in collection of documents
- Coordinate with post-construction teams and ensure that the monitoring set-up package (if applicable) and final job close-out information are completed on time
Skills:
- Strong negotiation skills that protect interests on a given project, while building customer and vendor/subcontractor rapport
- Ability to prepare and write accurate customer reports and RFX responses, with attention to customer goals and needs
- Capability to create and execute project development and delivery schedules
- Excellent adherence to schedule, and collaborative problem-solving skills to maintain budget, schedule, and customer satisfaction
- High standards of accuracy, appearance, and thoroughness of project documentation
- Ability to review engineering work across all typical energy project scope types
- Knowledge of contract scopes of work, and alignment with subcontractor scopes of work
- Ability to review and improve energy analysis performed by others for all project sizes
- Understanding of Project Engineer job responsibilities in project development
- Understanding of customer contract scopes of work, and alignment with subcontractor scopes of work
- Knowledge of durations and requirements of energy measure development and delivery
- Superior understanding of general construction methods and can work with the construction manager to implement the project
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field preferred
- A minimum of seven (7) years of related work experience, including training and/or certifications
- State Professional Engineering license preferred
- OSHA 10 preferred
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