Onsite Solar and BESS Project Coordinator

ACTalent; Brownsville (TX); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Actalent seeks an Assistant Construction Project Manager to support onsite execution of utility-scale solar and BESS projects. You will collaborate with Project Managers, field teams, and subcontractors to ensure safety, schedule, and budget goals are met across multiple sites.

Typical duties include coordinating engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover; tracking schedules, costs, and changes; and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• 36 years of project management or construction experience within renewable energy, EPC contracting, or industrial construction.
• Experience supporting large-scale construction projects.
• Understanding of EPC project delivery, construction practices, and project controls.
• Experience with project schedules, budgets, forecasting, cost tracking, RFIs, and change orders.
• Experience coordinating subcontractors, vendors, procurement, and field teams.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced construction environment.
• Ability and willingness to travel and work onsite at project locations.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day construction activities and overall project execution.
• Assist with EPC project delivery, including engineering coordination, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project turnover.
• Track project schedules, budgets, forecasts, billings, and cost reports.
• Coordinate with subcontractors, vendors, procurement teams, and field personnel.
• Track material and equipment deliveries to support project schedules.
• Review invoices, payroll, and job-cost expenses for accuracy.
• Prepare, document, and track project change orders.
• Track RFIs and coordinate with engineering teams to resolve technical issues.
• Support Project Managers and Construction Managers with coordination of onsite project teams.
• Communicate project priorities, schedules, work assignments, and deliverables.
• Help ensure necessary materials, equipment, and resources are available to field teams.
• Support project safety requirements and established safety practices.
• Coordinate payroll, certified payroll reporting, and other onsite administrative requirements.
• Identify and elevate potential staffing, resource, schedule, or performance concerns.
• Maintain effective communication with clients, subcontractors, vendors, and project stakeholders.
• Communicate project updates, field conditions, schedule impacts, and outstanding issues.
• Participate in kickoff meetings, progress meetings, and project coordination meetings.
• Document action items and follow up on project commitments.
• Assist with resolving project issues in coordination with project leadership.
• Identify and track potential project risks, delays, scope changes, and cost impacts.
• Maintain accurate documentation related to contracts, clarifications, RFIs, change orders, and project requirements.
• Support compliance with applicable safety, environmental, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
• Assist with prevailing wage, certified payroll, and applicable labor reporting requirements.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Procore

Primavera P6

Bluebeam Revu

Microsoft Office

Job description

Actalent seeks an Assistant Construction Project Manager to support onsite execution of utility-scale solar and BESS projects. You will collaborate with Project Managers, field teams, and subcontractors to ensure safety, schedule, and budget goals are met across multiple sites.

Typical duties include coordinating engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover; tracking schedules, costs, and changes; and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory requirements.