Project Manager III​/Solar Renewables

The Project Manager III position at ZipRecruiter involves managing multiple solar projects, focusing on safety, budget, and customer satisfaction. Responsibilities include project planning, execution, budget management, and collaboration with various teams. The role requires strong communication and analytical skills, along with knowledge of electrical work. The position can be performed from an office or remote project site, indicating flexibility in working arrangements.
Position: Project Manager III (Solar Renewables)
Location: St. Louis

Job Description:

For over twenty years, Cinterra has provided specialized electrical utility and solar construction services to support some of the nation's leading contractors, private industry and public utilities. Our commitment to quality and customer satisfaction is only rivaled by one of the highest safety ratings in the industry. The services we provide help to bring electric power and renewable energy sources to millions.

Come join our team today!

Position Summary:

The primary responsibility of the Project Manager is to manage multiple project(s) from an office location and/or remote project site, concentrating on safety, contract, schedule, budget, customer satisfaction, costs, and quality compliance. The Project Manager provides the knowledge, skills, and experience required to manage the day-to-day field operations on utility-scale solar projects. Employee will work closely with regional operations management and preconstruction in developing detailed project budgets and will be responsible for maintaining project financial performance.

Duties include but are not limited to:
• Preparation of overall project plan, overseeing project execution from handover to end of warranty.
• Keeping track of goals, tasks, resources, schedules, costs, contingencies, identifying risks and planning to mitigate.
• Frequent customer engagement, contract analysis, and oversight of project budgeting, change orders, and material procurement.
• Collaboration with associate project managers, site engineers, and multiple site managers to ensure proper utilization of site resources for assigned project(s) and maintain contract schedule and budget.

The position requires excellent communication skills, analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, strong computer skills, excellent knowledge of both AC and DC electrical work, substation, and basic knowledge of mechanical installation process. The employee will be working with all levels of Cinterra staff, including executive management.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Cultivate safety as a core value throughout the company, supporting the corporate safety program and personnel.

Planning:
• Coordinate with other teams and prepare overall project construction plan.
• Lead Project Kick Off meetings to engage key stakeholders.
• Conduct weekly check-in with customer project team to verify and confirm project status and mobilization dates; identify risk factors for delays and escalate issues accordingly.

Contract:
• Review and understand contracts and scope of work for assigned projects prior to project execution, addressing any concerns with the customer and/or project team.
• Execute the contract deliverables, ensuring they are provided to the customer on time.
• Identify and create change orders, discuss with regional operations team, and submit to Program director for review and approval.
• Submit contract required documentation to customer for response/approval, tracking through final execution.
• Recommend, review, and discuss all contract billing, including AIA documents and change orders with regional operations team.

Budget:
• Create and manage budgets for assigned project(s).
• Manage budget, review and report on variance and cost to complete.
• Monitor and report against monthly spend and contingencies.

Schedule:
• Use customer schedule to create project schedule, track project schedule to ensure milestone dates are achieved, documenting any schedule concerns to the project team and customer.
• Provide a weekly project forecast and coordinate with the team on any needed resource adjustments.
• Track progress of both customer and contractor furnished materials/equipment to ensure on-time delivery; notify customer, vendors, and supervisor of any material shortages and/or damages.

Risk:
• Identify risk to project and develop plans to mitigate, working with regional construction teams to identify risks to project and develop plans to mitigate.

Administration:
• Lead and facilitate relevant project meetings, providing summary reports and inputs to Program Director.
• Ensure that all project records are accurate and adequately maintained.
• Quote, award, and coordinate subcontractors required to facilitate project execution.
• Support vendor selection and procurement, including contractor provided materials and subcontractors.
• Review and approve all timecards submitted, including subcontractor provided labor hours and units completed.

Other Duties:
• Provide support and assistance to other Cinterra divisions as needed.
• Supervise, train, mentor, associate project managers and site engineers assigned to project manager.
• Handle special assignments and other duties as requested by leadership.

Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in project management, Business, Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent PM site execution experience.
• Certified Associate of Project Management (CAPM) certification or Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Six Sigma and/or Lean certification.
• 4+ years of project management and/or construction supervisory experience in solar,…