Associate Project Manager

Our Associate Project Manager supports the planning and execution of small to large utility-scale solar construction projects. You will work with the Project Manager to oversee the engineering and construction of a project through closeout while interfacing with subcontractors, vendors, and clients. This position is designated as a safety-sensitive position.

This position is 100% travel and offers per diem while working on our project sites. Site states include, but are not limited to: Virginia, Maryland, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

What You’ll Do:

• Assist the Project Manager to deliver successful and profitable results.
• Work with internal teams including project development, engineering, finance, accounting, safety, quality, and commissioning, and external clients to execute projects.
• Establish, update, and communicate project schedules to internal and external parties.
• Assist Project Manager with contract negotiations involving SOW, SOVs, budgets, and schedules.
• Manage all aspects of project documentation including submittals, RFIs, RFPs, and closeout documentation.
• Manage contract scope and perform change management.
• Facilitate purchasing and issuance of subcontracts and purchase orders.
• Represent company/project in meetings with clients, subcontractors, etc.
• Assist with job cost reports, ACRs, and cash flow forecasting.
• Enforce project reporting and documentation requirements to internal team members and external subcontractors.
• Assist Project Manager with coordination of utility requirements, inspections, and operation procedures.
• Ensure contractors meet company and owner safety and quality standards and regularly conduct safety-related inspections and reporting.
• Review Design documents for constructability and verify complete and accurate scopes.
• Identify and resolve design conflicts and missing information by preparing, tracking, submitting, and distributing pre-construction RFIs.
• Oversee and facilitate purchasing and issuance of subcontracts and purchase orders in IFS.
• Coordinate with O&M to ensure all EPC obligations have been met for a successful O&M turnover.  
• Develop weekly Project Status Reviews.
• Support tracking and attendance of FTE Employee to Apprenticeship ratios, as it relates to IRA compliance.
• Review and analyze project cost and assist cost controller to ensure cost is correctly coded to the correct project and corresponding budgets per project Work Breakdown Structures.
• Work with project cost controller to prepare Job Cost Adjustment (JCAs) entries to correct miscoded cost. 
• Evaluate unbudgeted costs and escalate through the change management process. Unbudgeted costs should result in a project cost deviation (internal) or potential change order (external). 
• Work with company schedulers to prepare necessary schedules to analyze cost components (e.g., Labor, supplies, permanent materials, subcontracts, equipment, etc.). 
• Analyze historical project cost, change management, schedule, and internal and external risk factors that indicate the financial direction of the project to produce a total estimate at completion forecasts. 
• Ability to generate and track project costs by using a Project Cost Report.

Must-Haves:

• 2+ years of experience in commercial building construction.
• Advanced written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of project scheduling concepts, techniques, and software such as MS-Project, Primavera P6, or other related industry scheduling tools.
• Working knowledge of MS Office suite, including advanced usage of MS Excel.
• Working knowledge of SharePoint.
• Strong work ethic, a high degree of detail orientation, and an extreme sense of urgency.  

Nice-to-Haves:

• 3+ years of experience in commercial building construction.
• Proficient in IFS enterprise resource planning software.

Education and Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, or business management or 2+ years of experience in commercial building construction required.
• Must possess and maintain a current valid driver's license required.

Working Environment and Physical Demand:

• 100% travel, project-based assignment.
• Must possess reliable transportation. 
• May require lifting/carrying items up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to sit, stoop, kneel, bend, stand, or walk short to long distances for 8-10 hours a day.
• Individuals in this position work in an outdoor environment and must be able to tolerate all climates.