Utilities Renewable Energy Project Manager
About The Position
The Utilities Renewable Energy Project Manager leads large-scale renewable energy projects, including utility-scale solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, from early development through transition to operations. The role is responsible for delivering projects on schedule and within budget while meeting company safety, quality, and performance standards. Projects may exceed 100 MW individually, and the position is based in Indianapolis, with a choice of generation facilities or the Electric Building as the work location. The Project Manager provides cross-functional leadership and coordinates internal teams and subject matter experts across engineering and construction, environmental, real estate, regulatory, interconnection, legal, finance, procurement, commissioning, asset management, and other functions. The role manages project milestones, schedules, budgets, forecasts, financial models, risks, dependencies, cost estimates, contracts, and project documentation, and supports functions securing project financing. It also serves as the Owner’s Representative for EPC contract management or Built Asset Transfer Agreements on high-impact projects, leading contractor selection and negotiations and coordinating project turnover to operations.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in engineering, project management, construction management, or equivalent.
- At least 8 years of professional project-management experience in the construction of energy projects.
- Familiarity with technical standards for battery energy storage systems and photovoltaic facilities.
- Experience leading EPC contract negotiations.
- Experience in construction or development of utility-scale PV solar and energy-storage projects.
- Strong proficiency with critical path method (CPM) scheduling.
- Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Strong stakeholder-management skills.
- Interpersonal skills to maintain calm and effective exchanges among parties during stressful situations.
- Excellent organizational skills, including developing clear project plans and executive-level reporting that support timely action and decision-making in time-pressured situations.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Procore, and Adobe Acrobat.
- Willingness and ability to travel to project locations up to 30%.
Nice To Haves
- Project Management Institute (PMI) PMP certification.
Responsibilities
- Conduct due diligence on potential solar and BESS sites, assess site suitability, and review analyses and reports such as environmental and geotechnical reports.
- Manage project schedules, budgets, forecasts, financial models, development risk registers, and cost-estimation support for regulatory filings.
- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, including engineering consultants, permitting agencies, landowners, utilities, customers, and contractors, to advance project milestones.
- Support discretionary permitting, public meetings, regulatory engagement, and environmental diligence.
- Coordinate engineering, site due diligence, land activities, and infrastructure planning to keep projects on schedule.
- Manage contracts and compliance with project agreements, including site-control, equipment-supply, and commercial contracts.
- Act as the Owner’s Representative for EPC contract management or Built Asset Transfer Agreements on high-impact, utility-scale solar and energy-storage projects in the United States.
- Lead contract negotiations with project legal, contract-management, and subject-matter-expert teams.
- Define and document RFPs and scopes of work for third-party EPC firms, and lead EPC selection and contract negotiations.
- Review and manage contractor schedules, budgets, scope, subcontractors, EHS plans, and permit compliance.
- Manage utility interconnection processes for construction projects and coordinate required interconnection and testing documentation.
- Represent the company in engagements with landowners, local government agencies, customers, contractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
- Coordinate with EPC contractors, consultants, and equipment vendors to ensure contract compliance and delivery of contractual commitments within budget and schedule.
- Coordinate internal project engineering, commissioning, procurement, asset-management, legal, finance, and accounting staff, as well as contractor, stakeholder, regulatory, and permitting-authority deliverables.
- Ensure quality control and safe construction practices through site inspections as needed and coordination with third-party firms when necessary.
- Lead project-status meetings with AES management, energy off-takers, utilities, EPCs, and finance counterparties, using project plans and status dashboards to facilitate discussion.
- Manage the collection, organization, and filing of project documentation for internal, external stakeholder, and project-financing needs.
- Lead project turnover from construction to the Asset Operations team.
- Assist in developing internal operating policies, standards, and procedures.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
