About the Role
The Project Manager is responsible for overseeing and coordinating renewable energy projects from concept to completion. This role requires technical expertise, project management skills, and effective collaboration with stakeholders, consultants, and agencies. The Project Manager will also mentor and guide project engineering staff as needed.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with team lead/senior engineer to develop project scopes, schedules, and budgets.
- Develop comprehensive project plans and resolve conflicts to ensure adherence to schedules.
- Identify and raise issues regarding resource sharing and conflicts to the team lead.
- Track key deadlines and communicate critical path items to the project team.
- Adhere to budget by monitoring expenses and implementing cost-saving measures.
- Prepare essential correspondence, proposals, change orders, and project-related documents.
- Manage project-related paperwork, ensuring all materials are current and properly filed.
- Research project location, jurisdictions, fees, proposals, reports, and submittal requirements.
- Track project performance to analyze goal completion.
- Provide support and/or supervise concurrent projects, ensuring workflow stays on track.
- Approve client billing and secure contract amendments for scope changes and fees.
- Plan and organize project team activities.
- Develop working relationships with clients, contractors, stakeholders, and relevant agencies.
- Provide accurate designs for solar and/or renewable energy projects, potentially involving grading, drainage, utilities, and/or stormwater treatment.
- Develop working drawings for civil design plans in AutoCAD Civil 3D.
- Prepare civil engineering calculations, SWPPPs, and other engineering reports.
- Conduct construction cost estimating.
- Produce entitlements/planning documents.
- Manage construction processes.
- Understand surveying basics, including topographic and boundary surveys.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent experience preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in renewable energies or related fields.
- 5+ years’ experience as a project manager or assistant project manager.
- Professional Engineering License, TX preferred.
- General knowledge of computers, Microsoft Office, Adobe, Internet, etc.
- Experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D and Bluebeam required.
- Ability to lift and/or carry items up to 20 lbs.
- Ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions for field checks.
- Occasional travel for offices, jobsites, client meetings, etc.
Skills
- Project Management
- Technical Expertise
- Collaboration
- AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Bluebeam
Location
- Remote
- Hybrid
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent experience
Salary/Compensations
- $104,000 - $135,000 DOE, Location, and work model
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision 100% paid for by Kier & Wright for you + family
- 401(k) and Profit Sharing
- Paid Holidays
- Generous PTO
- Free office snacks
About the Company
- Great culture – Team Collaboration, Innovative problem solving, Responsive to clients, Passionate about work
Equal Opportunity
- Kier + Wright does not accept unsolicited candidate submissions from agencies that do not have an executed agreement in place or have not been specifically engaged for a particular search. Any unsolicited candidate information submitted outside of this process may be considered the property of Kier + Wright, and no placement fee or other financial obligation will be incurred.
