Associate Project Manager- Capital Projects

Deriva Energy•Charlotte, NC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Deriva Energy is a leading Independent Power Producer in the US renewables market, with over 6.5 GW of operating or under-construction wind, solar, and storage projects across the country. Formerly a part of Duke Energy, Deriva is now a Brookfield Renewable company. Brookfield Renewable operates one of the world’s largest publicly traded, pure-play renewable power platforms. Join a dynamic team committed to excellence and innovation who envision a future of energy independence using resilient, carbon-free generation. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to make a significant impact in the rapidly evolving energy industry. Deriva empowers customers with innovative clean energy solutions that strengthen communities and serve future generations. Deriva Energy is seeking an Associate Project Manager to plan and execute capital projects supporting the operating wind fleet as well as other projects as assigned, including major projects across other technologies. The role will manage assigned capital campaigns and site improvement projects, including major corrective work, component replacement campaigns, reliability improvements, and other sustaining capital initiatives. The Associate Project Manager will coordinate work from project definition and authorization through procurement, construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout. The role is accountable for day-to-day management of scope, schedule, cost, quality, safety, risk, communications, and project integration, working closely with Wind Operations and cross-functional support teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or a related field AND five (5) or more years of relevant project, construction, maintenance, or operations experience
In lieu of a bachelor's degree, a high school diploma or GED AND ten (10) or more years of relevant experience

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or a related field AND five (5) or more years of relevant project, construction, maintenance, or operations experience including one (1) year of direct reports
Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders, contractors, schedules, budgets, risks, and project deliverables
Ability to travel to wind project sites and contractor or supplier locations as business needs require
Experience managing capital projects in an operating power-generation, renewable energy, industrial, utility, or heavy construction environment
Wind energy experience, including turbine major components, balance-of-plant systems, planned outages, maintenance campaigns, or site construction
Knowledge of project controls, cost forecasting, scheduling, change management, construction management, and contractor oversight
Working knowledge of procurement, contracting, invoice review, material planning, logistics, and project closeout
Demonstrated ability to organize multiple concurrent projects, communicate clearly, solve problems, and make sound decisions in a field-oriented environment
PMP, CAPM, PE, or other relevant project, engineering, construction, or safety credentials

Responsibilities

Serve as the project manager and primary point of coordination for assigned capital projects and multi-site campaigns
Develop project charters and execution plans that define scope, schedule, budget, contracting strategy, outage requirements, quality expectations, risks, communications, and turnover criteria
Partner with wind operations, site leadership, engineering, procurement, finance, EHS, legal, and asset management to validate project need and develop executable scopes
Plan and coordinate major component replacements and other campaign work involving turbines, balance-of-plant systems, cranes, specialized labor, transportation, tooling, materials, and site access
Establish and maintain integrated project schedules, including engineering, material readiness, contractor mobilization, outage windows, construction activities, commissioning, and return-to-service milestones
Manage approved project budgets, commitments, forecasts, cash flow, contingency, invoices, change orders, accruals, and variance reporting
Lead contractor and supplier interfaces during execution, monitor performance, and drive timely resolution of safety, quality, schedule, commercial, and technical issues
Maintain project risk and action registers; identify emerging issues, develop mitigation and recovery plans, and escalate decisions with clear recommendations
Ensure projects are executed in accordance with Deriva requirements for safety, environmental compliance, quality, security, regulatory obligations, and operational readiness
Provide concise project updates, dashboards, forecasts, and decision materials for operations and company leadership
Coordinate project closeout, including punch-list completion, turnover documentation, warranty information, lessons learned, final cost reconciliation, and transition to the operating site