Solar Project Manager

Knobelsdorff Enterprises • Goodhue, MN

74d • $64,000 - $138,000

About The Position

Working at Knobelsdorff means joining a culture that values your contributions, moves quickly, takes calculated risks, and celebrates team members who step up and own their work. As a leading turnkey specialty contractor specializing in Automation, Electric, Energy, and Power Services, our team tackles challenging, cutting-edge projects that provide opportunities to build new skills, confidence, and gain valuable hands-on experience in a variety of different industries. We tackle industrial electrical installations, advanced automation systems, and renewable energy solutions.

Requirements

• Proven experience in renewable energy projects.
• Motivated and goal-driven mindset with a strong commitment to achieving targets and contributing to organizational success.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with customers, partners, and internal teams.
• Ability to research and analyze market strategies, understand deal requirements, assess risks, and evaluate the financial viability of projects.
• Proficient in relevant software for cost estimation and project management.
• Degrees are great, but we place a greater emphasis on your commitment to our team, our partners and our customers.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally with Business Development, Engineering, Estimating, Procurement, Operations, and Legal to support deal progression from opportunity to construction.
• Collaborate with Estimating and Operations to manage bid packages, manage long-lead planning, materials and contractor RFPs, award and contract.
• Facilitate internal and external resources to execute early-stage design activities including conceptual designs, layouts, PV optimization, production analyses, value-engineering analyses, economic optimization activities, and interconnection coordination.
• Ownership of project pipelining activities for project portfolio(s)/developer(s).
• Internal communication and visibility of long-term critical path plan/impacts.
• Customer engagement to drive continuous project flow and show capacity.
• Manage pre-construction activities.
• Facilitate and maintain effective working relationships with subcontractors, vendors, and engineering during all phases of the project.
• Collaborating and coordination with engineers and contractors to facilitate seamless communication throughout the preconstruction phase.
• Coordinate constructability and technical review of projects with engineering, interconnection, and development teams.
• Engage with clients to understand their requirements, address concerns, and provide regular updates on preconstruction progress.
• Align EPC Agreement scope and schedule with interconnection, permitting, and other development needs.
• Stay informed of relevant regulations and codes, ensuring all preconstruction activities align with legal and safety standards.
• Track owner and subcontractor change order requests during preconstruction.
• Manage subcontractor onboarding and ensure all compliance requirements are met.
• Coordinate preparation and required reviews of project contractual documents and supporting exhibits.
• Identify design changes impacting budget and raise visibility to estimating team to ensure project proposals and budgets are properly updated.
• Identify and evaluate potential risks during contracting process, develop mitigation strategies, raise awareness, and minimize risk to schedule and budget, facilitate seamless handoff to operations team.
• Ensure turnover of a project from Pre-Construction to Construction is done properly.
• Lead appropriate handoff meeting and support as required thereafter to ensure no gaps.
• Collaborate with construction teams in resolving design and or constructability challenges during construction.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid health and dental coverage for employees.
• HSA contributions to support your medical expenses.
• Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage.
• 401(k) with competitive company match.
• Profit sharing and performance-based incentives.
• Paid weekly with competitive wages.
• PTO, six paid holidays, and education reimbursement.
• Exclusive employee discounts through Working Advantage.

What This Job Offers

• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees