Project Manager

LG Energy Solution Vertech, Inc. is a leading supplier and integrator of energy storage systems. The Project Manager will oversee large-scale battery storage projects, managing deliverables from design to installation while coordinating between customers and project stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Lead battery storage system projects from initiation through installation, commissioning, and closeout
• Stakeholder Management: Project point of contact for external and internal stakeholders including Engineering resources, subcontractors and suppliers
• Conduct regular project status meetings, follow up actions, and provide reports to customers as well as internal Management, including project cost, scope, schedule, and quality
• Coordinate preparation and submittal of manuals, drawings, reports and other documentation and deliverables to meet customer requirements
• Manage suppliers independently to manage supply chain + technical issues to support project work. Coordinates suppliers to site
• Contract Management: Understand contracts, issue change orders as needed using supervisor review and contracts help, if needed
• Understand all the LD, financial & Schedule risk drivers
• Responsible for compliance with all contractual requirements and development of change orders. Work with a team to develop solutions to address any gaps
• Project Controls (Financial and Schedule)
• Tracks when vendors or 3rd party need to get paid
• Learns the interworking on the Financial Project Tracking Sheet (PTS) and assists in PTS/Revenue Tracking/ Forecast/ Scheduling duties for the project
• Has regular meetings with project scheduler to keep the P6 schedule updated
• Technical Design & Engineering Support: Identifies technical issues and routes to proper resources (Project Engineering, Software Engineering, PLC ) for solution
• Has a basic understanding of AEROS, Battery, PCS products
• Delegates any technical decisions to engineering/software teams
• Commissioning: Supports Cx coordination activities, attends daily PODs and supports the team as needed
• Manages vendor and customer during commissioning process and interfaces with Field Service team to drive commissioning to complete
• Interfaces with performance engineering to generate commissioning reports
• Risk Management: Creates and manages a risk register

Requirements:

• Must be located out of one of these areas: Sacramento, San Diego, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, or Colorado
• Responsible for managing project deliverables to design, procure, install, commission and close out large-scale battery storage systems at customer sites throughout North America
• Define and manage project scope, schedule, budget, internal and external stakeholder management, change and risk management, project reporting and contracts management
• Lead battery storage system projects from initiation through installation, commissioning, and closeout
• Project point of contact for external and internal stakeholders including Engineering resources, subcontractors and suppliers
• Conduct regular project status meetings, follow up actions, and provide reports to customers as well as internal Management, including project cost, scope, schedule, and quality
• Coordinate preparation and submittal of manuals, drawings, reports and other documentation and deliverables to meet customer requirements
• Manage suppliers independently to manage supply chain + technical issues to support project work
• Understand contracts, issue change orders as needed using supervisor review and contracts help, if needed
• Understand all the LD, financial & Schedule risk drivers
• Responsible for compliance with all contractual requirements and development of change orders
• Tracks when vendors or 3rd party need to get paid
• Learns the interworking on the Financial Project Tracking Sheet (PTS) and assists in PTS/Revenue Tracking/ Forecast/ Scheduling duties for the project
• Has regular meetings with project scheduler to keep the P6 schedule updated
• Identifies technical issues and routes to proper resources (Project Engineering, Software Engineering, PLC) for solution
• Has a basic understanding of AEROS, Battery, PCS products
• Delegates any technical decisions to engineering/software teams
• Supports Cx coordination activities, attends daily PODs and supports the team as needed
• Manages vendor and customer during commissioning process and interfaces with Field Service team to drive commissioning to complete
• Interfaces with performance engineering to generate commissioning reports
• Creates and manages a risk register
• Professional, proactive, adaptable individual with a strong results-oriented work ethic
• Proven record of achieving successful completion of complex projects
• Customer facing role with excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• A strong, collaborative, team player able to thrive within a matrix organization
• Ability to prioritize responsibilities and multi-task in fast-paced environment
• Embodies LG's values of Humble, Hungry and Smart
• A Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent, in a technical discipline
• 4+ yrs. Project Execution experience required
• This position requires approximately 20% travel annually
• PMP Certification or demonstrated competency in managing complex projects
• Experience with electrical equipment or power/utility/renewables market