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Project Manager - Commercial Solar & Battery Storage Construction

FourGen Holdings
Brook, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 2/13/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/12/2025

Summary:

Manage commercial solar or solar plus storage projects from the inception/estimating phase, through design, engineering, construction, and handover to O&M, taking full ownership of the projects and coordinating all internal and external stakeholders to achieve the identified project requirements.  The Project Manager also oversees associate project managers who are doing the same. 

 

What you’ll do:

  • Act as the main point of contact for clients, installers, inspectors, and internal teams
  • Project manage multiple multi-million dollar PV and/or ESS contracts simultaneously
  • Create and maintain project CPM schedules
  • Manage and reduce project costs and conduct project financial projections for the team’s projects monthly
  • Conduct internal and external project team meetings
  • Provide status reports to various project stakeholders
  • Drive internal and/or external engineering teams to develop design drawing packages for various milestones of the project development cycle (interconnection, permitting, construction)
  • Identify & develop project-specific scopes of work and assemble complete budgets and estimates based upon civil, structural, & electrical drawings and specifications
  • Request, analyze, & negotiate project-specific pricing for equipment, material, & subcontracted scopes of work
  • Mitigate project risk by identifying & implementing contingency plans, and ensure projects adhere to engineering, utility, AHJ, and legislative requirements/specifications
  • Achieve or improve upon baseline project margins & schedule


What you’ll need for success:

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related field desired
  • 3 years in commercial solar and/or battery storage EPC project management role
  • Demonstrated engineering and/or project management of commercial BESS experience desirable
  • Proven success managing multi-million dollar PV and/or ESS contracts simultaneously
  • NABCEP PV Installation Professional (desired)
  • FAA part 107 (desired)
  • NEC code knowledge (required)
  • Thorough understanding of commercial PV installations, components, and solutions required
  • Demonstrated success satisfying KPIs, managing budgets and timelines, and achieving profitability targets
  • Effective time management, organization, and prioritization abilities
  • Demonstrated leadership and influence skills
  • Proven analytical abilities
  • Intermediate software knowledge:
    • MS Office Suite: Outlook, Word, Excel
    • Bluebeam/Adobe Acrobat Pro
    • Primavera/MS Project desired
    • Helioscope desired


Continental Energy Solutions (CES) offers end-to-end commercial renewable energy solutions. We design, engineer, procure, install, commission, monitor, and maintain solar arrays, solar plus battery storage, and full microgrid solutions.  Our experienced team, including NABCEP Certified Professionals, plus our extensive project portfolio of both rooftop and ground mount systems for big-box retail, warehouse, and campus solutions have put CES at the top of our industry in the Midwest.


Working for Continental Energy Solutions provides:

  • Assistance, tools, and resources for success
  • A collaborative, engaging and respectful workplace
  • Fulfilling career opportunities and skills development
  • A value based working environment:

E:  Everyone United

N: Nurture Communication

E: Enforce Accountability

R: Relationships Matter

G: Growth and Development

Y: You Make the Difference


Continental Energy Solutions offers a competitive salary may vary based on the scope and responsibilities of the role and the candidate’s relevant experience, education, and skills.  We also offer a rich benefits program that includes medical insurance with a generous company subsidy and HRA; dental and vision; 401(k) with 100% match up to 5% of salary deferrals; profit sharing; retirement benefit; company-provided life and disability insurance; liberal paid time off including PTO, paid holidays, parental leave and volunteer time off; tuition assistance; Employee Assistance Program and company subsidized wellness .


Continental Energy Solutions is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate in employment on account of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, military status or unfavorable discharge from military service, arrest or conviction record, source of income or credit history.

Salary : $80,000 - $120,000

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