Senior Project Leader, East Coast

Bloom Energy•Newark, DE

1d•$149,300 - $214,700•Onsite

About The Position

Bloom Energy is seeking a Senior Project Leader for its Customer Installations Group to manage large-scale commercial and industrial fuel cell deployments across the C&I, utility, and data center industries. The position reports to the Director, Global Program Management and is based at Bloom Energy’s manufacturing facility in Newark, Delaware. When not traveling, the role is fully onsite in the office five days a week. Travel is required as needed for large projects, approximately 40%. The salary range is $149,300 to $214,700. Before customer contract execution, the Senior Project Leader supports the contract deal team by preparing duration-based schedules, driving front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies, preparing risk registers for internal review, and hosting war rooms to advance pre-contract execution plans. After contract execution, the role finalizes the baseline schedule and delivery strategy for the customer’s statement of work and manages project cost, schedule, and risk. The role oversees project team formation, including identifying and hiring temporary project staff, and manages design and construction contract negotiation and fulfillment, project documentation, regulatory outreach and permitting, gas and electrical utility interconnection, construction bid documents, and commissioning. The Senior Project Leader works with internal cross-functional teams and subject matter experts, contributes to product innovation, promotes strong safety and performance during construction and commissioning, and is accountable for customer satisfaction with the product and installation experience. The role also communicates project status and risk mitigation strategies to stakeholders and senior leadership, and presents and advocates for new ideas.

Requirements

12–15+ years of project management experience, including 5+ years of distributed energy solution experience, or 5+ years managing hyperscaler data center projects.
Experience managing installation budgets greater than $100 million, excluding product cost.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical, Civil, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering; other technical degrees such as Construction Management or Architecture will be considered.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required.
Experience with scheduling software such as Microsoft Project and/or P6.
Strong organization and communication skills, including the ability to report project status and risk mitigation strategies to senior executives with little notice.
Ability to travel approximately 40% as needed for large projects.

Nice To Haves

Power generation experience at scales greater than 50 MW.
Experience producing results with gas and electrical utilities and leading local, state, and federal permitting efforts.
Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional teams of subject matter experts.
Project management experience with budgets, including fundamental understanding of earned value forecasting, schedules, design contracts, and construction contracts.

Responsibilities

Support the contract deal team before customer contract execution by preparing duration-based schedules, driving FEED studies, preparing risk registers, and hosting war rooms for pre-contract execution planning.
Finalize the baseline schedule and execution strategy after contract execution to deliver the statement of work to the client.
Manage project cost, schedule, and risks using project management fundamentals.
Finalize project team structure, including identifying and hiring temporary project staff.
Manage design and construction contract negotiation and fulfillment.
Ensure construction and project documentation is completed to technical and governmental standards.
Conduct regulatory outreach and acquire permits.
Manage gas and electrical utility interconnection processes.
Develop construction bid documents.
Manage project commissioning.
Interface regularly with Bloom Energy cross-functional resources and subject matter experts.
Participate in Bloom Energy’s product offering innovation process.
Ensure exemplary safety and performance through specific metrics during site construction and commissioning.
Ensure customers are satisfied with the product and their site energy server installation experience.
Deliver presentations to project stakeholders and advocate for new ideas to Bloom Energy senior leadership and customers.
Regularly report project performance, status, and risk mitigation strategies to executive leadership.