Project Manager - PV Solar Fields (In-Office)

Primary Accountabilities (Essential Duties)

• Own and manage all aspects of projects, schedules, budgets, profitability, procedures, etc. through comprehensive project completion working in close collaboration with cross-functional teams for sales, legal, engineering and production.

• Create a written workflow and manage project from RFQ through comprehensive completion and close out with document delivery to include submittal package of drawings, specifications, manuals, cut sheets and warranty.

• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities to generate project efficiency and generate savings.

• Develop and refine relationships with customers, responsible for providing effective and continuous communication internally and externally regarding project status and reporting to ensure zero unplanned deviations.

• Sales Stage:

  • Partners with Sales and Estimating to ensure visibility to project budget pre-contract (Pre-BOM).

  • Owns operational translation of contract to internal systems.

  • Responsible for identifying, initiating, and owning to recovery, all scope changes via change orders, including pre-BOM.

  • Owns the creation, dissemination, and tracking of schedule and timelines; owns and partners with resources to secure subs, logistics, mobilization, materials, and resources.

  • Working with the Safety Department, owns and responsible for the project safety plan.

  • Continuously identifies and builds risk mitigators back into contract.

• Construction Stage:

  • Owns all knowledge of site, project, conditions, percent completions, and situational awareness of day-to-day production, ensuring issues are addressed rapidly.

  • Owns inventory control, continuously verifying MRP, and coordinating all site deliveries.

  • Manages and coordinates owner/developer meetings and tempo, weekly customer communication, schedule changes, and all invoicing.

  • Assist in the oversight of field crew and sub-contractors to ensure adherence to quality, project timelines, and cost.

  • Understands impact of all cost adjustments, reflects costs accurately in Epicor for P&L, forecasts, and reports to senior management of any future cost overrun concern.

  • Maintain appropriate documentation throughout the project including change order logs, submittal logs, etc. and prepare and present project status reports.

  • Follow up on all PO deliveries, tracking shipments, and/or missing items.

  • Identifies and corrects project issues in a timely and cost-effective manner through diligent oversight, ensuring PO matches quote and BOM.

  • Owns the Quality Assurance program, ensuring projects are constructed to drawings, using self-perform and/or contract labor; conducts site visit at least once and depending on size of project.

• Closeout Stage:

  • Assure close out and execution of all open change orders.

  • Work with accounting to assure complete invoicing to customer; collections of past due if applicable.

  • Complete the Demob-checklist including:

    • Schedule pick-up of inventory or material.

    • Request warranties from legal.

    • Generate torque letter.

    • Send final documents of project completion to client PM.

  • Process, complete and save all Closeout Docs, to include:

    • Warranty document with PM countersignature and Legal conformation.

    • Substantial Completion Document.

    • Warranty Transfer.

    • As Built Drawings.

    • Project sign off sheet.

    • Commissioning Report, if applicable.

  • Review all QC items; confirm corrective actions have been performed

  • Complete after-action/post-mortem with supporting departments, submit lessons learned.

• Complete all required or directed training, certification, licensing, and other learning and development as assigned.

• Abide by all Federal, State, and local laws; uphold and maintain accountability to all Company policy.

• All other duties as assigned.

Secondary Accountabilities

• Conflict management and problem-solving skills.

• Conceptual planning ability and critical thinking.

• Manufacturing industry experience.

• Familiarity with project and department budget process and tools.