Director, Preconstruction

RWE Clean Energy, LLC
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Engineering; Project Management
Remuneration: Exempt

The Director of Preconstruction is responsible to lead a team of Preconstruction Project Managers to prepare and optimize solar, wind, and energy storage projects for the South Region for build ready construction from early development to handover to construction team. Supports the South Region Development team to meet critical development timelines by driving engineering, procurement, permitting, interconnection, construction planning, and other activities as needed to achieve FID. Supports the Project Execution team by ensuring the project is build ready ahead of mobilization, and is able to meet capex and schedule requirements.

Role Responsibilities:

• Provide day to day management of the PreConstruction team including:
• Resource planning: develop and periodically update a resource plan to ensure team is staffed to a level necessary to complete all required tasks
• Project assignment: assign team members to projects based on capacity, capabilities and needs of the project
• Performance management: provide oversight into work being completed by each team member. Provide coaching and feedback to ensure high quality and timely outputs. Co-develop development plans to continue to improve team capabilities and progress individuals within the organization
• Problem solving and issue resolution: provide problem solving support for the team to address any issues, and step in to directly support where issues are not able to be resolved at the working team level. Escalate issues as appropriate to leadership
• Manage internal RWE relationships with Development, Execution, Engineering, Procurement, I&V, etc.
• Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with the VP of South Development and the rest of the Development team. Provide a high level of support to enable the Region to meet and exceed development targets
• Develop and maintain a strong working relatinohsip with the SVP of Execution, VPs of Execution and their teams. Provide a high level of support to enable Execution to meet targets. Provide inputs to allow Execution to resource plan, and facilitate a successful handover of projects from PreConstruction to Development
• Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with leaders in critical support funcations such as engineering, procurement, transmission, I&V. Ensure the teams are working well together to achieve the development and execution targets
• Manage relationships with 3rd party contractors
• Provide leadership and oversight for relationships with all 3rd party contractors
• Provide guidance and oversight to negotiations with contractors
• Provide input into vendor scorecards / performance dialogues
• Provide technical knowledge, experience, and oversight for projects
• Provide deep technical knowledge in preconstruction activities for Solar, Wind and BESS projects
• Leverage experience to identify opportunities to improve cost and schedule, project risks and opportunities to de-risk projects ahead of FID and mobilization
• Provide oversight for projects especially during critical decision points (e.g., FID) ensuring risks are properly communicated and mitigated where possible. Review and project documentation for accuracty and completeness
• Drive continuous improvement in the PreConstruction Team
• Lead documentation of day to day work processes, onboarding of new team members and ongoing training to continue to build capabilities within the team
• Capture lessons learned and ideas from each project and the team, lead initiatives to improve projects and processes based on the learnings
• Act as an initiative owner for cross-functional initiatives to drive improvements across the organization

Job Requirements and Experiences:

• Degree in Engineering or Construction Management preferred
• Extensive experience in the construction industry managing projects and specific