Solar Energy Construction Project Manager

As Scout’s Solar Energy Construction Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in the construction of utility-scale solar projects. You will be involved in all phases of facility construction, from pre-construction design and planning through commissioning and closeout.

Your attention to detail and ability to concurrently drive multiple work streams forward on time and on budget will be key to your success. Your technical knowledge of utility-scale solar and your ability to communicate with audiences who have a wide range of technical proficiency will determine your effectiveness in this role.

You will dive into Scout’s first solar construction project – the 161 MWAC Markum project near Waco, TX. The construction contractor has already mobilized, and the project is ready for your immediate impact. Travel to site is expected once or twice per month during project construction.

During project construction, you will:

• Be responsible for the successful execution of all activities at the project site, including BOS contractor, equipment suppliers, construction services and related work, including ensuring safety is a priority and is adequately addressed by all on site personnel associated with the project.

• Ensure QC/QA measures are implemented and documented.

• Manage the schedule, resolve potential delays, update the schedule, and keep relevant internal stakeholders informed of progress and challenges.

• Manage the third-party on-site team of quality control professionals representing the owner, including the site manager and the electrical and civil specialists.

• Manage the various construction contracts and interface with the BOS contractor, owner’s engineers, and independent engineers, including change orders and cost control of project within the approved budget.

• Manage and approve invoices and costs incurred under all project contracts.

Represent Scout professionally and communicate with internal and external team members, project partners, and stakeholders, including:

• Mentoring and collaborating closely with a high-performing, early career assistant project manager.

• Lead weekly meetings with the BOS contractor and host internal update meetings with the Development and Finance teams.

• Attend monthly meetings at the project site.

• Develop, write and distribute monthly reports on construction status, schedule, and cost controls.

• Respond to questions with independent engineers throughout construction and close out any open items to support the project’s achievement of on-time financial closure.

Close out the project, including:

• Coordinate final service acceptance inspections, punch list close out, and transition the project to Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and Asset Management.

• Conduct Lessons Learned meeting and report out to the Construction group.

For future projects or not while on an active construction project, you will also use your technical knowledge and practical experience to inform the Scout team’s approach to phase developing and designing the solar facilities during pre-construction including interfacing with Engineering, Development, Procurement, and Finance to optimize project design, including assessing project constructability, attending micrositing site visits, review of construction documents, and providing construction input into the permitting process.  As a project approaches construction, you will also provide technical input to BOS EPC contract negotiations and assist with reviewing and developing technical contract exhibits.

Requirements

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a relevant technical field required. Construction management or engineering degree preferred.
• Experience as project manager or progressing positions in solar construction is required.
• Remote position: Participated in 4+ solar construction projects to date with increasing levels of responsibility.
• Boulder office-based position: Participated in 2+ solar construction projects to date with increasing levels of responsibility.

• Experience mentoring and training junior team members preferred.

• Demonstrated understanding of reading technical designs, studies, and specifications.

Proficient with computers and has strong working knowledge of the following:

• Adept at MS Office and document management systems (e.g., SharePoint).  Procore familiarity a plus.

• Creating and managing schedules using MS Project and/or other scheduling software a plus.

• Familiar with the use of Google Earth. Understanding of ArcGIS and GlobalMapper a plus.<