Assistant Project Manager

Generate; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Generate Capital seeks an Assistant Project Manager to coordinate the onboarding of landowners, assist in site diligence, and support EPC contractor oversight across the development-to-construction lifecycle.

The role emphasizes stakeholder communication, budget tracking, and documentation discipline to ensure project milestones are met and regulatory requirements are satisfied.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in development administration and/or project management, with some exposure to solar PV preferred.
• Ability to flex across the development and construction lifecycle.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and follow-through.
• Effective written and oral communicator capable of motivating colleagues and external parties.
• Unimpeachable integrity and glowing references.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including empathy and listening, plus writing and editing.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with flexibility and risk tolerance.

Responsibilities

• Support relationship building and onboarding of project landowners.
• Assist in site diligence with internal teams and consultants.
• Help oversee EPC contractors to align with goals, terms and timelines.
• Review EPC contractor deliverables, notices, change orders, and payment milestones.
• Monitor construction progress and provide timely updates to stakeholders.
• Coordinate engineering Reviews of designs, energy models, and permitting documents.
• Coordinate internal reviews of submittals, RFIs, and change orders with cross-functional teams.
• Track project budgets, invoices, and cost forecasts with financial controls.
• Maintain organized project docs in management systems for audit readiness.
• Attend project meetings and document action items, coordinating follow-through.
• Coordinate reviews with utilities and permitting authorities to maintain momentum and compliance.
• Assist in project turnover to Asset Management team.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Entrepreneurial spirit

Self-awareness

Job description

We are looking for an Assistant Project Manager to focus on our Community Solar portfolio. This person is organized and detail-oriented, loves to make chaotic situations run smoothly, understands the value of strong processes and will enthusiastically familiarize oneself with our software systems to assist in creating and then managing a seamless, efficient, and highly organized project onboarding process. This person is passionate about the type of work Generate is doing, looking to apply their experience to help scale a growing business and drive critical internal process efficiencies and initiatives. This person can juggle - and juggle well - managing a variety of stakeholders and projects simultaneously while providing the highest standards of performance.

What you will be doing at Generate Capital as an Assistant Project Manager:

• Support relationship building and onboarding of project landowners.

• Assist in site diligence in conjunction with internal teams and consultants including critical issues screening, preliminary design and energy model, landowner and utility issues.

• Support the Project Manager in overseeing EPC contractors and ensuring alignment with goals, contract terms, and project timelines

• Assist in reviewing and managing EPC contractors, including tracking key deliverables, notices, change orders, and payment milestones

• Help monitor construction progress and milestone achievement, ensure timely updates are provided to stakeholders

• Coordinate engineering review of EPC contractor site-specific designs, energy models, and permitting documents for accuracy and compliance

• Coordinate internal reviews of technical submittals, RFIs, and change orders with engineering, legal, and finance teams

• Track project budgets, invoice approvals, and cost forecasts, ensuring adherence to financial controls and reporting requirements

• Maintain organized documentation in internal project management systems, ensuring traceability and compliance with audit standards

• Attend project meetings with EPCs, consultants, and internal stakeholders, documenting action items and coordinating follow-through with Project Managers

• Coordinate review of project specific design and documentation with utilities, interconnection teams, and permitting authorities to maintain project momentum and regulatory compliance

• Help coordinate project turnover process, ensuring a smooth handoff to the Asset Management team

Candidate qualifications & core characteristics:

• A demonstrated passion for, or commitment to, our mission

• 2+ years’ experience in development administration and/or project management, with some exposure to solar PV projects preferred

• Ability to flex across the development and construction lifecycle

• Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and follow-through

• Effective written and oral communicator capable of motivating colleagues and external parties to collaborate and respond to requests.

• Unimpeachable integrity and glowing references

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including empathy, intuition, and listening as well as strong writing, editing, and basic design skills

• High level of self-awareness and humility, with excitement about confronting uncomfortable situations or new challenges

• Intellectual agility, curiosity, and creativity; problem-solving is your default mode

• Entrepreneurial spirit: flexibility, comfort with risk, recognition that "perfect can be the enemy of the good"

Generate’s compensation packages are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Salary decisions take into account a wide variety of factors including, but not limited to: skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, geographic location, and other business and organizational needs. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is $110,000 - $130,000. In addition, the compensation package may include a discretionary bonus and other benefits, including health care benefits, retirement benefits, benefits permitting paid days off (including sick leave, parental leave, and paid time off or vacation benefits), and other benefits that must be reported for federal tax purposes. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of this range.

Generate Capital is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or handicap, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.