Senior Project Manager, Renewables

IPDN-Professional Diversity Network is seeking a Senior Project Manager for its Renewables Program in Condado de Multnomah, OR. The role involves managing solar and energy efficiency construction projects, ensuring compliance with grant and contract requirements, and fostering partnerships for community impact. Ideal candidates should have construction management experience, critical thinking skills, and a commitment to delivering economic benefits to underserved communities.
Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) is an entrepreneurial nonprofit working on environmental solutions at the intersection of renewable energy and freshwater. Partnerships are key to our success. We build long-term relationships with our education, corporate, utility and philanthropic partners by first understanding their goals and needs and providing solutions that achieve those goals while achieving real, measurable environmental benefits.


Who are we looking for?


BEF is seeking a Senior Project Manager for our Renewables Program who brings a strong blend of construction management expertise and compliance acumen. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented, self-directed professional who can manage the full lifecycle of solar and energy efficiency construction projects — from pre-development through closeout — while maintaining rigorous adherence to grant, contract, and prevailing wage requirements. This person thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and is energized by the complexity of managing multiple projects, contractors, and compliance obligations simultaneously.


Beyond coordinating projects, this role requires someone who can think critically and problem-solve through project challenges, anticipate risk, and develop practical solutions that protect project timelines and budgets. The ideal candidate brings hands-on familiarity with solar PV systems and energy efficiency construction, and is motivated by the opportunity to deliver projects that create meaningful economic benefits for underserved communities across Oregon.


About the Renewables Program
BEF’s Renewables Program partners with affordable housing providers, tribes, utilities, nonprofits, community groups, businesses and school districts to bring projects to life.
Program priorities include community-scale solar, community resilience hubs, energy efficiency and other renewable energy technologies. BEF works as a catalyst to coordinate technical assistance, project development support and financial support for partners by leveraging funding from BEF and from local, state and federal programs. A core focus for the Renewables Team is developing projects that deliver meaningful economic benefits to underserved communities.


We align our extensive industry expertise with our partners’ energy goals to achieve community impact today while helping solve tomorrow’s biggest sustainability challenges.


Why Join Us? Our Values Are:


Partnership: We believe we can accomplish more by working together.


Adaptability: We evolve, adapt, and apply what we learn to improve our approaches and outcomes.


Knowledge: We seek out and value diverse perspectives, embrace new ideas, and advance new approaches.


Innovation: We recognize that the scope and pace of the change we need demands innovation, drawing on knowledge from the past and new information and tools.


Integrity: We are honest with our employees, customers, and our partners. We seek to deliver outcomes that benefit the environment and people we serve.