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 utility-scale power and renewables projects, from estimating turnover through execution and closeout. The role partners closely with Field Operations to anticipate risks, protect profitability, support project delivery, and build lasting customer relationships. The Project Manager leads project planning and controls, including budgets, cost forecasts, billing, scheduling, procurement coordination, contract administration, change management, customer communication, and closeout. The role works with Field Operations on mobilization readiness, cost control, schedule coordination, risk resolution, and project outcomes, while Field Operations retains authority over construction means and methods, crews, daily production, equipment deployment, and field safety and quality execution. The position is based on-site in Gilbert, Arizona, Prineville, Oregon, and/or at project sites. Remote work is not available, and nationwide travel of up to 20% is required. Compensation is $140,000–$220,000 annually, depending on experience.
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; the position specifies up to 20% travel.
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on field experience performing the work, with progression 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 communication practices across participating departments.
- Proactively resolve problems, own commitments, and escalate material risks with recommended solutions.
- Manage project budgets, cost coding, commitments, and estimates at completion, including labor, equipment, materials, subcontractors, and indirect costs.
- Review budget-versus-actual costs, production-based earned hours, margin trends, and projected cost to complete with Field Operations.
- Maintain monthly forecasts, explain variances, and carry out margin-protection and recovery plans.
- Manage progress billings, payment applications, receivables, cash flow, and financial closeout.
- Identify unbudgeted costs and pursue legitimate contractual cost recovery.
- Review scope letters, proposals, pricing schedules, contracts, drawings, specifications, and exclusions at project turnover.
- 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, critical milestones, and the first two weeks of 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 lookaheads, predecessor work, constraints, inspections, and resource readiness.
- Communicate major foundation placements, shutdowns, mobilizations, and critical-path milestones early enough to support operations.
- Support recovery plans and timely decisions while respecting Field Operations' authority over means, 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.
- Work with Field Operations to capture supporting labor, equipment, material, and productivity records.
- Maintain visibility into commercial exposure, unresolved claims, and decisions needed to protect R-2.
- Coordinate safety, quality, testing, inspection, and corrective-action requirements with responsible field leaders.
- Build customer trust through timely, accurate, professional communication and consistent delivery of commitments.
- Provide concise weekly reports on project 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
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
