Senior Project Leader, East Coast

Bloom Energy•Newark, DE

2d•$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 in the commercial and industrial, utility, and data center industries. The role is based at Bloom Energy’s manufacturing facility in Newark, Delaware, and reports to the Director, Global Program Management. When not traveling, the position is fully onsite in the office five days per week. Travel is required as needed for large projects and is estimated at 40%. The salary range is $149,300 to $214,700. Before customer contract execution, the leader supports the contract deal team by delivering early project-management work, including duration-based schedules, front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies, risk registers, and pre-contract execution plans. After contract execution, the leader finalizes the baseline schedule and execution strategy and manages project cost, schedule, and risks. The role oversees project team structure and temporary hiring, design and construction contracts, documentation, permitting and regulatory outreach, gas and electrical utility interconnection, construction bid documents, and commissioning. The leader works with Bloom Energy’s cross-functional teams and subject matter experts, contributes to product-offering innovation, tracks safety and performance metrics, and is accountable for customer satisfaction with the product and installation experience. The position also requires confident presentations to project stakeholders and the ability to advocate for ideas with senior leadership and customers.

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 is required; other technical degrees such as Construction Management or Architecture will be considered.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.
Project-management experience with budgets, earned-value forecasting, schedules, design contracts, and construction contracts.
Ability to communicate project status and risk-mitigation strategies to senior executive leadership, including regular, disciplined reporting on project performance.
Experience with Microsoft Project and/or P6 scheduling software.

Nice To Haves

Power generation experience at scales greater than 50 MW.
Experience producing results with gas and electrical utilities.
Experience leading local, state, and federal permitting efforts.
Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional teams of subject matter experts.

Responsibilities

Support the contract deal team before customer contract execution with project-management deliverables, including duration-based schedules, FEED studies, risk registers, and pre-contract execution plans.
After contract execution, finalize the baseline schedule and execution strategy to deliver the statement of work to the client.
Manage project cost, schedule, and risks using project-management fundamentals.
Finalize project team structure and identify and hire temporary staff to support projects.
Negotiate and fulfill design and construction contracts.
Complete construction and project documentation to meet technical and governmental standards.
Lead regulatory outreach and permit acquisition.
Manage gas and electrical utility interconnection processes.
Develop construction bid documents.
Manage project commissioning.
Regularly interface with Bloom Energy cross-functional resources and subject matter experts.
Participate in Bloom Energy’s product-offering innovation process.
Ensure safety and performance during site construction and commissioning using specific metrics.
Ensure customers are satisfied with the product and their site energy-server installation experience.
Present confidently to project stakeholders and promote ideas to Bloom Energy senior leadership and customers.
Travel as needed for large projects; travel is estimated at 40%.