Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Manager
About The Position
At R-2 Contractors, the Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Manager owns the commercial, contractual, financial, and administrative success of assigned projects from estimating turnover and preconstruction through execution, customer acceptance, and final closeout. The role partners closely with Field Operations to anticipate risks, protect profitability, support execution, and build lasting customer relationships. Project Management is responsible for contractual and commercial administration, forecasting, customer coordination, master scheduling, procurement coordination, and billing. Field Operations retains authority over construction means and methods, crew leadership, daily production, equipment deployment, and field safety and quality execution; both functions share accountability for project outcomes. The position is on-site in Gilbert, Arizona; Prineville, Oregon; and/or at project sites. Remote work is not available. Nationwide travel of up to 20% is required. Compensation is $140,000–$220,000 annually, depending on experience. The company offers employer-paid medical, dental, and vision benefits.
Requirements
- Experience managing heavy civil, solar, BESS, substation, transmission, or underground infrastructure construction projects in the utility-scale market.
- Demonstrated command of contracts, estimating handoffs, project budgets, forecasting, scheduling, and change management.
- Ability to read construction plans, specifications, scope letters, and pricing schedules and translate them into execution requirements.
- Strong negotiation, communication, organizational, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
- Willingness to travel nationwide as required, with travel of up to 20% stated for the position.
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on field experience performing the work and progressing into the project management department.
Responsibilities
- Lead assigned projects from estimating turnover and preconstruction through execution, customer acceptance, and final closeout.
- Serve as the primary commercial and contractual point of contact for customers, general contractors, and project stakeholders.
- Set project priorities, responsibilities, decision deadlines, and clear communication across participating departments.
- Own project budgets, cost coding, commitments, estimates at completion, monthly forecasts, variance explanations, and margin-protection or recovery plans.
- Review budget-versus-actual costs, earned hours, margin trends, and projected cost to complete with Field Operations.
- Manage progress billings, payment applications, receivables, cash flow, and financial closeout; identify unbudgeted costs and pursue legitimate contractual cost recovery.
- Lead turnover reviews of scope letters, proposals, pricing schedules, contracts, drawings, specifications, and exclusions.
- Develop mobilization-driven preconstruction schedules covering permits, access, submittals, shop drawings, procurement, fabrication, and deliveries.
- Confirm material quantities, vendor lead times, subcontractor commitments, and approval requirements; coordinate with Field Operations on staffing, equipment, milestones, and initial executable work.
- Identify scope gaps, design conflicts, and unresolved prerequisites before mobilization.
- Own the contractual master schedule, milestone tracking, customer coordination, and documentation of schedule impacts.
- Coordinate with Superintendents on lookahead schedules, predecessor work, constraints, inspections, and resource readiness.
- Communicate major placements, shutdowns, mobilizations, and critical-path milestones early enough to support operations.
- Support recovery plans and timely decisions while respecting Field Operations authority over construction means and methods, crews, and daily production.
- Ensure current approved drawings, submittals, changes, and customer direction reach field leadership.
- Administer contractual notices, RFIs, submittals, correspondence, change directives, and required project records.
- Identify, document, price, submit, negotiate, and track change orders, delays, differing conditions, and disruptions.
- Capture supporting labor, equipment, material, and productivity records with Field Operations; monitor commercial exposure, claims, and decisions needed to protect R-2.
- Coordinate safety, quality, testing, inspection, and corrective-action requirements with responsible field leaders.
- Maintain customer trust through timely, accurate, professional communication and consistent delivery of commitments.
- Provide concise weekly reporting on financial health, schedule, change orders, constraints, risks, and leadership decisions.
- Maintain action registers with owners and due dates and promptly communicate significant cost, scope, or schedule changes.
- Identify repeat-work opportunities and share lessons learned with estimating, procurement, and operations.
- Coordinate punch lists, turnover documents, as-builts, warranties, final acceptance, and outstanding commercial items.
- Close open commitments and change orders, reconcile final costs, and support collection of final payment.
- Lead lessons-learned reviews and improve planning, reporting, and project delivery systems.
- Live, teach, defend, and reinforce R-2's Core Values and leadership commitments.
Benefits
- Employer-paid medical benefits
- Employer-paid dental benefits
- Employer-paid vision benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
