Project Manager, Construction

Clearlight Energy; Oakville; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Clearlight Energy, based in Oakville, Ontario, seeks a driven project leader to manage utility-scale wind, solar, and storage developments across North America. You will oversee projects from late-stage development through construction and handover to operations.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage schedules and budgets, coordinate permitting and stakeholder engagement, and ensure strong technical and financial outcomes.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of project management or coordination experience.
• 5+ years in renewable generation or storage preferred.
• Undergraduate engineering or technical degree.
• Ability to interact at all organizational levels.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional team guidance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Detail-oriented with budget and scheduling discipline.
• Risk identification and mitigation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead late-stage development through construction and turnover to operations.
• Coordinate site acquisition, permitting, interconnection, and land control.
• Maintain project schedule and budget; report risks and develop solutions.
• Engage with public and private partners across Canada and USA.
• Support development, bid activities, market intelligence, and financing.
• Provide direction to due diligence and asset acquisition teams.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Budgeting & cost control

Risk management

Data analysis

Regulatory awareness

Education

Engineering degree (Bachelor)

Job description

Clearlight Energy, an LS Power company established in 2025, owns and operates more than 4,500 MW across 52 assets consisting of utility scale solar, wind, battery storage and renewable natural gas in North America. Approximately 4,000 MW of its operations are located in the U.S., across NYISO, MISO, PJM, ERCOT and CAISO markets, with the remaining 500 MW located in Canada. The Company is headquartered in Oakville, Ontario with employees in both Canada and the United States.

Clearlight Energy focuses on providing operational excellence to supply critical energy capacity and meet growing demand. Additionally, it has a 1,200 MW development pipeline of additional renewable resources to support grid reliability and decarbonization.

About the Role:

Reporting to the Director of Construction, this role supports the development and delivery of utility scale wind, solar, and energy storage projects across North America. Responsible for managing projects from late-stage development through construction and handover to operations, the successful candidate will lead cross functional teams, oversee project schedules and budgets, manage stakeholder relationships, and drive the execution of complex renewable energy projects while ensuring strong technical, commercial, and financial outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage project(s) at from late-stage development through to construction, including pre-construction planning, project delivery and taking the project(s) all the way through construction and turnover to operations.
• Manage progression of project tasks that may span site acquisition, permitting, interconnection, land control, energy offtake, contract development and construction; responsible for leading multidisciplinary meetings with internal and external resources and preparation of development plans which report on the progress of tasks.
• Accountable for maintaining and reporting on project schedule and budget. Communicate emerging schedule and/or budget risks and coordinate the development of solutions. Responsible for ensuring that project expenses receive the necessary approvals and are paid on a timely basis.
• External Relations - identify the need for, and coordinate, stakeholder events (e.g. open houses and other community engagement events); develop new and maintain existing relationships with public and private partners relevant to development and construction in the utility-scale wind, solar, and storage domains in Canada and the USA.
• Research - Support development and bid activities, through market intelligence, competitive landscape analysis, regulatory framework assessment, technology and pricing trends, suppliers, off-takers, utility resource planning, financing, etc.
• Technical - assist with the technical due diligence process and provide direction to the project or due diligence team supporting asset acquisitions or project financing.
• Financial Modeling – ability to understand and provide input/data such CAPEX and Spend Curves to Excel-based financial models for development opportunities. This literacy will allow for vetting of project economics with development and analytical teams, including but not limited to construction costs, production parameters, operations and maintenance costs, energy and revenue modeling.
• Contact Development and/or Execution – ability to create and develop working relationships with regional subject-matter contacts in Canada and the USA to advance the development and construction of utility-scale renewable generation and storage projects. These subject-matter experts may be consultants, accountants, engineers or lawyers.
• Possess and develop a considerable level of market knowledge for utility scale renewable generation project developments, including regional RPS standards, general permitting and regulatory processes, interconnection (Canadian markets plus knowledge of ERCOT, SPP, MISO, PJM and CAISO) and transmission, resource analysis, regional construction costs and development risk.
• Resource Management - Manage internal resources (engineering, technical and regulatory) and 3rd party service providers, related to various project development functions, budget and schedule compliance.
• Cost Management - Monitor project development costs related to projects to ensure compliance with project budgets with ability to prepare cash flows projections and future budgets as needed as well as variance reporting.
• Data Quality - Assess the adequacy, engineering and financial quality of the data being used in the project development cycle for the purpose of risk identification and analysis as well as recommending additional resources to address deficiencies. Assess the completeness, adequacy and relevance of deliverables prepared by external parties.
• Risk Management - Working with the project team identify project risks and develop mitigation and contingency measures to manage project risks. Lead regular risk review meetings during the project.

Qualifications

• 4 - 8 years of project management or coordination experience
• Previous experience within the power sector, ideally with 5+ years of direct experience in the renewable generation and/or storage sector
• Undergraduate degree, ideally in a technical/engineering field
• Ability to interact at all levels within the organization
• Strong leadership skills and can lead internal and external teams through all project stages.
• Provide clear direction to teams and foster strong working relationships.
• Maintain continuous communication with host landowners, subcontractors, consultants, authorities to address issues, resolve deficiencies, and ensure alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Track project status, costs and forecasts monthly; maintains accurate accounting and project documentation with high attention to details.
• Regularly attend site visits, champions a culture of safety and quality across all project phases.
• Possess strong written and oral communications skills
• Proficient with project coordination and management, with an aptitude for learning, and a high attention to detail
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate risks
• Persistent, team-oriented, problem solver

This is a replacement vacancy.

The Company does not use artificial intelligence (AI) in the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants.

Typical hiring range for this position for Oakville, ON is between $110,000 to $155,000 CAD per year, depending on experience and qualifications. The Company offers annual bonus, group benefits and RSP program.