Senior Project Manager

TAR•Austin, TX

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

TAR's mission is to power intelligence for the world by building the world’s first off-grid power plant for data centers powered by renewable technologies. The company is focused on delivering GW-scale power faster than anyone by rethinking every layer of the stack, from racking systems to power electronics to dispatch algorithms to on-site construction. TAR is both a hardware and software company building critical physical infrastructure and is working with a large compute provider to deploy 5GWs by 2028. The Senior Project Manager will own the day-to-day execution of utility-scale renewable energy projects, ensuring they stay on target schedule and budget from initial planning through commissioning. This role operates on an owner-led, EPCM-as-agent delivery model, requiring direct administration of EPC contracts and coordination of suppliers, engineers, and field crews. The position is based in Austin with regular travel to project sites in West Texas.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in project management roles.
Project management experience on utility-scale solar+PV projects.
Proficiency in Microsoft Project or Primavera P6.
Experience administering EPC contracts, including scope, change orders, and contractor performance management.
Strong understanding of schedule analysis and project baselines.
Sound judgment with a bias toward action, comfortable making high-consequence decisions with incomplete information on a compressed schedule.

Nice To Haves

Experience delivering multi-generation source medium-large scale microgrids.
Experience on multi-hundred-megawatt projects.
Owner-side experience at a developer or IPP.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain the project schedule as the single source of truth from initial planning through commissioning.
Drive engineering, procurement, and construction workstreams to hold the critical path.
Control project costs by tracking budgets and forecasts, managing change orders, and surfacing variances.
Administer EPC contracts directly under the owner-led delivery model, holding contractors accountable to scope, schedule, and quality.
Coordinate supply chain, engineering, commissioning, and field resources.
Identify potential gaps before they arise.
Manage scope creep and negotiate change orders.
Identify project risks, build mitigation plans, and drive them to closure.