Portfolio Manager

Knobelsdorff Enterprises•Goodhue, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Working at Knobelsdorff (KE) involves building state-of-the-art projects, meaningful careers, lasting opportunities, and teams of dedicated individuals. As a leading turnkey specialty contractor specializing in Automation, Electric, Energy, and Power Services, KE tackles challenging, cutting-edge projects that provide opportunities to build new skills, confidence, and gain valuable hands-on experience in various industries, including industrial electrical installations, advanced automation systems, and renewable energy solutions. Founded as a family-owned company in 1988, KE has grown while staying true to its core values, fostering a culture that values contributions, moves quickly, takes calculated risks, and celebrates team members who own their work. The Portfolio Manager is responsible for managing commercial relationships and overseeing the Preconstruction Teams’ advancement of projects. This role involves overseeing the development of accurate estimates, proposals, planning, and procurement activities, coordinating closely with operations, engineering, and project management teams. The Portfolio Manager ensures that developer expectations for design and schedule are met, and projects are optimally planned for successful execution. This role requires strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of design and execution practices, and the ability to foster collaboration across teams. Portfolio Managers lead the preconstruction process, ensuring consistency with company core values and project planning processes, including manpower forecasting, identifying and leveraging developer pipelines for volume opportunities with vendors and subcontractors, and resolving specific project opportunities and challenges. Additionally, they liaise with contractors, end users, and owners to ensure project scopes and expectations are met before construction begins.

Requirements

Proven working experience in utility grade photovoltaic project management.
Previous success with managing a team and providing direction.
Ability to oversee and report progress daily to the leadership team, to ensure the projects are completed on time.
Experience with Project Management and resource coordination, to include: estimating, planning, scheduling, cost management, materials/purchasing, operations and maintenance, and client-facing.
Ability to develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with clients as well as the project team.
Ability to meet with clients to take capture project details and clarify specific requirements of each project.
Excellent organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
Experience with tracking project performance, analyzing the project upon completion with short- and long-term milestones.
Ability to delegate project tasks to project team members, based on individual strengths, skill sets and experience.
Ability to work on tight deadlines under pressure.
Competency in Microsoft applications included Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Manage project files, drawings, documents & records in our project system.
Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills.
Willing to work occasional evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Willing to work on some out-of-town projects.
Additional duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

Supervise and lead the preconstruction team, including project managers, assistant project managers, procurement managers and other roles supporting the planning and execution of work.
Manage and support commercial relationships with existing and new customers.
Direct the hiring process and provide input on terminations for preconstruction team members.
Coach, train, and mentor preconstruction staff.
Stay informed of relevant regulations and codes, ensuring all preconstruction activities align with legal and safety standards.
Ownership of project pipelining activities for project portfolio(s)/developer(s)
Ensure precon team is driving project actions needed to keep critical path moving
Internal communication and visibility of long-term critical path plan/impacts
Customer engagement to drive continuous project flow and show capacity
Oversee full life-cycle preconstruction operations, including estimates, proposals, and project planning.
Ensure that design changes impacting budget are tracked through the preconstruction phase and properly managed.
Review and approve project estimates, budgets, and schedules to ensure accuracy and completeness.
Collaborate with the operations team to manage project handovers and ensure alignment between preconstruction planning and execution.
Oversee subcontractor/vendor negotiations and procurement to ensure best value.
Oversee project kick-off meetings to align project teams on scope, budget, and timeline.
Ensure preconstruction processes and best practices are consistently followed across projects.
Support resource planning efforts through project and portfolio forecasting and communication.
Support business development efforts by contributing to proposals and presentations for new project pursuits.