Portfolio Delivery Lead: EV Charging & BESS Projects

Highlandfleets 2; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Collaborative team environment

Health, Vision, and Dental coverage

Generous Paid Time Off

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Highland Electric Fleets is seeking a Portfolio Execution Manager to build and lead a large EV charging, BESS, and edge compute project portfolio from construction-ready to energized and operational on an aggressive timeline.

You will mobilize and manage general contractors and specialty subs, own budgets and schedules, and drive projects through inspections, commissioning, and energization to handoff to operations with about 25% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of directly related professional experience.
• Experience managing the construction of infrastructure, energy, or electrical projects, including general contractors and subcontractors.
• Experience owning construction budgets and schedules across multiple concurrent projects.
• Project management experience in construction and/or engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive construction delivery of a portfolio of EV charging, BESS, and edge compute projects from construction-ready to energized and operational.
• Take handoff of build-ready sites from the Development team and mobilize construction quickly.
• Select, contract, and manage general contractors, EPCs, and specialty subcontractors.
• Own construction budgets, schedules, quality, and safety across the portfolio.
• Coordinate utility construction, inspections, commissioning, and energization (permission to operate).
• Manage change orders, resolve field issues, and clear roadblocks to keep projects on schedule.
• Prepare each project for a clean handoff to the operations and Customer Success teams.
• Contribute installed-cost actuals to support a repeatable unit-cost installation model.

Skills

Portfolio Management

Construction management

Budget & schedule ownership

Vendor/contractor management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Procore

Bluebeam

Job description

Highland Electric Fleets is seeking a Portfolio Execution Manager to build and lead a large EV charging, BESS, and edge compute project portfolio from construction-ready to energized and operational on an aggressive timeline.

You will mobilize and manage general contractors and specialty subs, own budgets and schedules, and drive projects through inspections, commissioning, and energization to handoff to operations with about 25% travel.