Sr Project Management Consultant - E&C

NextEra Energy•Juno Beach, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position assists in the overall management of assigned projects, to ensure compliance within required budgetary, scheduling, and safety goals. Employees in this role support construction work performed by contractors and/or vendors at the project site. You will work for the largest renewable construction company in the world working mostly independently as business and project support in collaboration with the Solar Regional Lead Project Manager. The primary responsibility is to take ownership of and work independently to actively manage a portfolio of assigned Solar projects through the Early-Stage process in preparation for turnover to the Construction team. You will leverage technical, commercial, and financial expertise to support and guide the broader team towards overall project, business unit, and/or corporate targets. You will analyze technical and financial data, extrapolate notable variables, indicators, and trends. Proactively investigate, calibrate, and integrate broader market impacts into your portfolio of projects. Daily management of each assigned Solar project is all-encompassing. You are wholly responsible for delivering a technically feasibility, schedule appropriate, commercially supported, and financially viable project. Serve as development and permitting support, coordinate with and leverage subject matter experts, facilitate Engineering, actively engage in problem resolution, proactively manage your capital budget thru approvals, develop a viable construction plan/schedule, negotiate and execute on commercial contracts, investigate optimization opportunities. Support in the creation of, take ownership over, and actively manage not only each individual Solar project capital budget, but balance +/- variances across your portfolio of projects. Engage in a variety of software applications to support your activities, manage critical data and deliverables as well as report on key indicators. Support the larger Early-Stage team with process, tool, and training initiatives. Actively communicate and interface with Executive Leadership, Suppliers, Regulatory Agencies, Local Communities, and other stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
4+ years of Experience
Project Management Experience
Strong financial and data analysis skillset
Mechanical awareness and/or interest in technical variables
Highly Organized
Proactive attitude
Inherent ability to manage fast paced high stress environment
Capable of working independently

Nice To Haves

Construction, Energy Industry, and/or Solar experience is a plus
Preference for degree to be in Business, Finance, Accounting, or Engineering

Responsibilities

Take ownership of and work independently to actively manage a portfolio of assigned Solar projects through the Early-Stage process in preparation for turnover to the Construction team.
Leverage technical, commercial, and financial expertise to support and guide the broader team towards overall project, business unit, and/or corporate targets.
Analyze technical and financial data, extrapolate notable variables, indicators, and trends. Proactively investigate, calibrate, and integrate broader market impacts into your portfolio of projects.
Deliver a technically feasible, schedule appropriate, commercially supported, and financially viable project.
Serve as development and permitting support, coordinate with and leverage subject matter experts, facilitate Engineering, actively engage in problem resolution, proactively manage your capital budget thru approvals, develop a viable construction plan/schedule, negotiate and execute on commercial contracts, investigate optimization opportunities.
Support in the creation of, take ownership over, and actively manage not only each individual Solar project capital budget, but balance +/- variances across your portfolio of projects.
Engage in a variety of software applications to support your activities, manage critical data and deliverables as well as report on key indicators.
Support the larger Early-Stage team with process, tool, and training initiatives.
Actively communicate and interface with Executive Leadership, Suppliers, Regulatory Agencies, Local Communities, and other stakeholders.
Assesses productivity, schedule compliance, work quality, and safety performance on assigned projects.
Participates in walk downs of planned work, validates acceptance of completed work to design requirements, and reviews contractor payment requests.
Verifies constructability, ensures proper resource allocation, assesses field status, and resolves issues as needed.
Coordinates project activities with vendors, suppliers, regulatory agencies, local community officials and the company.
Assists in scope control, budget oversight, resolution of technical issues, performance reporting, scheduling, and work-in-progress.
Interfaces with landowners, local regulators and state agencies.
Reinforces expectations related to safety, procedure compliance, lessons learned, corrective action and appropriate work behaviors for employees and contractor staff.
Coordinates activities or groups such as safety programs, engineering, construction, budget, analysis and contract administration.
Interfaces with project’s designated management committee.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.