Senior Energy Storage Project Manager – Preconstruction

Role Overview

• Lead the Energy Storage Preconstruction Group’s efforts with daily management, coordination, and successful completion of the energy storage project scope, budget, and schedule from notice of award to project mobilization.
• Manage project meetings, performing cost comparisons, and updating project schedules.
• Manage contract exhibits through execution, and strategic buyout negotiations as needed to maintain budget.
• Maintain cost control ledger and job cost statements.
• Prepare billings and expedite payments.
• Set up and maintain all aspects of the CMiC system.
• Prepare bid packages and solicit and evaluate bids.
• Write project procedures.
• Review plans for completeness and accuracy.
• Supervise and train Preconstruction Project Engineers and clerical staff.
• Ensure procurement activities align with LNTP scope, budget, and schedules.
• Collaborate with the business development, engineering, accounting, construction, and legal departments to create contract scopes of work.
• Work with Engineering and Procurement to understand design constraints and material lead-times to ensure long lead procurement items are appropriately released during the LNTP phase.
• Define and create LNTPs.
• Research and understand project specific design requirements (internal requirements, owner/contract requirements, and permit requirements).
• Liaison with the Engineering Manager to track changes that impact project schedule and/or budget and provide those changes to the Project Executive.
• Represent SOLV Energy in owner meetings.
• Support estimating reconciliation for each design iteration.
• Maintain timely and accurate reporting to the Project Team and management, specifically cost forecasting and estimated cost at completion.
• Effectively manage project risk; evaluate probability and severity of risk events as they are identified/anticipated and prepare mitigation plans with project team operations management.
• Develop and maintain good relationship with Owner, Engineers, Vendors and Subcontractors; develop strategies and skills to build a strong partnership with the Owner, while still ensuring prompt owner notification of impacts and preservation of rights under the EPC.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of Energy Storage Construction Experience.
• Engineering, Construction Management or Architectural degree, or equivalent experience
• Thorough understanding of plans and specifications.
• Field experience (5-8 years, Project Engineer or Assistant Superintendent)
• Leadership ability – able to pull together team members from diverse backgrounds in a remote environment and organize them into a cohesive, high-performing project team
• Effective written and verbal communications skills and organizational skills
• Strong computer skills with MS Office suite, as well as other industry-standard tools, such as Bluebeam Revu
• Fundamental knowledge of contract law and project accounting
• Organizational and communication skills; must have strong people skills
• Detail-oriented, motivated self-starter
• Able to travel (estimated 25%)
• 5+ years construction experience
• 2+ years scheduling and estimating experience
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now or in the future.

Benefits

• Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance.
• Employees can enroll in our company’s 401(k) plan and are provided vacation, sick and holiday pay.