Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Manager

R-2 Contractors•Fort Stockton, TX

1d•$140,000 - $220,000•Onsite

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, 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, with no remote work available, at the Gilbert, Arizona or Prineville, Oregon locations and/or project sites. Nationwide travel of up to 20% is required. Compensation is $140,000–$220,000 annually, depending on experience. Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision benefits are offered.

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, up to 20%.

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 among participating departments; proactively solve problems and escalate material risks with recommended solutions.
Own project budgets, cost coding, commitments, and estimates at completion for 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, execute margin-protection and recovery plans, and identify unbudgeted costs for legitimate contractual recovery.
Manage progress billings, payment applications, receivables, cash flow, and timely financial closeout.
Lead turnover reviews of scope letters, proposals, pricing schedules, contracts, drawings, specifications, and exclusions.
Develop a mobilization-driven preconstruction schedule covering permits, access, submittals, shop drawings, procurement, fabrication, and deliveries.
Confirm material quantities, vendor lead times, subcontractor commitments, and approval requirements; partner with Field Operations on staffing, equipment, milestones, and executable initial 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 placements, shutdowns, mobilizations, and critical-path milestones early.
Support recovery plans and timely decisions while preserving 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.
Capture supporting labor, equipment, material, and productivity records with Field Operations, and maintain visibility into commercial exposure, 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 financial health, schedule, change orders, constraints, risks, and leadership decisions; maintain action registers 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 commitment.