Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Manager

R-2 Contractors • Rayville, LA

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 construction 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 customer relationships. Projects involve heavy civil, solar, BESS, substation, transmission, or underground infrastructure construction. The position is based on-site in Gilbert, Arizona; Prineville, Oregon; and/or project sites, with nationwide travel up to 20%. Remote work is not available. 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, up to 20%.
• Ability to work on-site; remote work is not available.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on field experience performing the work, with a career path 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 contact for customers, general contractors, and project stakeholders.
• Set project priorities, responsibilities, decision deadlines, and communication expectations across participating departments.
• Own project budgets, cost coding, commitments, estimates at completion, forecasts, variance explanations, and margin-protection or recovery plans.
• Review budget-versus-actual costs, production-based earned hours, margin trends, and projected cost to complete with Field Operations.
• Manage progress billings, payment applications, receivables, cash flow, financial closeout, and legitimate contractual cost recovery.
• Lead turnover reviews of scope letters, proposals, pricing schedules, contracts, drawings, specifications, and exclusions.
• Develop mobilization-focused preconstruction schedules for permits, access, submittals, shop drawings, procurement, fabrication, and deliveries.
• Confirm material quantities, vendor lead times, subcontractor commitments, and approval requirements; coordinate staffing, equipment, milestones, and executable initial work with Field Operations.
• 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 in advance.
• 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; coordinate supporting labor, equipment, material, and productivity records with Field Operations.
• Track 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 financial health, schedule, change orders, constraints, risks, and leadership decisions; maintain action registers and promptly communicate significant changes to cost, scope, or schedule.
• 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 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.
• Collaborate with Field Operations on planning, cost control, and risk resolution while maintaining the stated division of responsibility between project management and field operations.
• Live, teach, defend, and reinforce R-2's PRIDE, GRIT, and OWN IT! core values and leadership commitment.

Benefits

• Employer-paid medical benefits.
• Employer-paid dental benefits.
• Employer-paid vision benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed