Project Manager, Energy & Power Systems

Elcco•Kahului, HI

About The Position

At ELCCO, we’re more than an electrical contractor — we’re a team of people committed to building a stronger, more resilient Hawaii. We create exceptional experiences for our employees and customers through trust, growth, and innovation. Recognized as one of Hawaii’s Best Places to Work, we take pride in being a company where people love what they do and feel proud of the difference they make every day. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, including career development.

Requirements

Min. 2 years of experience in solar construction.
Min. 4 years in construction
Bachelor’s degree required; Engineering degree preferred
Project Budget Experience managing preconstruction process.
Project portfolio management
Customer Management

Nice To Haves

NABCEP desired but not required
Manufacturer certification from an inverter and battery storage OEM

Responsibilities

Once contracts are awarded, responsible for bringing contracts into the PM Lifecyle, creating, and managing project schedule.
Successful project delivery through disciplined PM methodologies across design-build scopes, including solar PV, BESS, generators, and EV charging.
Collaborate with the Business Development Manager and Pre-Construction Engineer during design phases to review scope definitions, validate constructability, confirm schedule assumptions, and identify execution risks before notice to proceed.
Provide field grounded technical input to support contract negotiations; including review of deliverables, exclusions, assumptions, and risk allocation; ensuring final contract terms are clearly defined and executable.
Close collaboration with key stakeholders including clients, engineers of record, utility representatives, AHJs, subcontractors, and equipment vendors.
Clear and consistent communication of project status.
Mitigates unplanned surprises, risk to scope, cost, and schedule.
Develop and maintain standard project documentation – project plans, agendas, action items management, deliverable milestones with adherence to Project Management lifecycle best practices.
Manage utility coordination across all project types; including interconnection applications for solar/storage, service entrance upgrades for generators, utility make-ready programs for EV charging, and capacity requests for combined load projects.
Navigate federal, state, and utility incentive programs including the ITC, RETITC, bring your own device (BYOD), and utility rebate programs; ensure project documentation meets compliance requirements.
Measure results and monitor key performance indicators to ensure project objectives are met throughout the project.
Material, equipment, fees, billing, and financial reporting with accountability on project over/under based on project contracts.
Manage observation reports – create observation reports on client’s management platform, follow-up on observation reports actions and inform the team of outcomes and priorities.
Customer satisfaction.
Ability to mentor and coach junior staff; other PM duties as needed.
Responsible for managing overall performance and delivery of cross-functional projects, including scope, schedule, risk, issues, and budget.