Project Management Consultant - E&C

NextEra Energy; Florida; On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Competitive benefits

Job summary

NextEra Energy Resources, LLC is seeking an Early-Stage Solar Engineering & Construction professional to lead assigned Solar projects under the Solar Regional Lead Project Manager. You will manage technical, financial, and regulatory aspects to prepare projects for turnover to Construction.

Ideal candidates bring strong financial and data analysis skills, mechanical awareness, and a passion for career growth in project management within the renewable energy sector.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience in related field.
• Strong financial and data analysis skills.
• Mechanical awareness or interest in technical variables.
• Construction/Energy Industry experience is a plus.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Assesses productivity, schedule compliance, work quality, and safety performance on assigned projects.
• Participates in walk downs of planned work and validates acceptance of completed work to design requirements.
• Verifies constructability, ensures proper resource allocation, assesses field status, and resolves issues.
• Coordinates project activities with vendors, regulators, local officials, and the company.
• Assists in scope control, budget oversight, and performance reporting.

Skills

Financial analysis

Data analysis

Mechanical awareness

Construction/energy experience

Career growth in PM

Highly organized

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or Engineering

Job description

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!

Position Specific Description

Welcome to Early-Stage Solar Engineering & Construction (E&C)

You will work for the largest renewable construction company in the world under limited direction of the Solar Regional Lead Project Manager as system, business, and project support. This is a progressive role that offers opportunity for career growth.

Daily activities can include, but are not limited to:

• Primary responsibility is to take ownership of assigned Solar projects while working collaboratively with your Regional Lead to actively manage projects through the Early-Stage process in preparation for turnover to the Construction team.
• Daily management of each assigned Solar project is all-encompassing. You are responsible for delivering a technically feasible, schedule appropriate, commercially supported, and financially viable project.
• Analyze technical and financial data, extrapolate notable variables, indicators, and trends as related to the assigned Solar projects.
• Support in the creation of, take ownership over, and actively manage assigned Solar project capital budget.
• Serve as development and permitting support, coordinate with and leverage subject matter experts, facilitate Engineering, actively engage in problem resolution, support capital budget activities thru approvals, work to develop a viable construction plan/schedule, support negotiations and execution of commercial contracts, investigate optimization opportunities.
• Engage in a variety of software applications to support your project activities, manage critical data and deliverables.
• Communicate and interface with Executive Leadership with the support of your Regional Lead
• Any and all other daily tasks required by Regional Lead to maintain overall group organization, data deliverables, team readiness, and individual project viability.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong financial and data analysis skillset
• Mechanical awareness and/or interest in technical variables
• Construction, Energy Industry, and/or Solar experience is a plus
• Strong interest in career growth on the Project Management path
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or Engineering
• Highly Organized
• Inherent ability to manage fast paced high stress environment
• Capable of working independently

Job Overview

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Assesses productivity, schedule compliance, work quality, and safety performance on assigned projects
• Participates in walk downs of planned work, validates acceptance of completed work to design requirements, and reviews contractor payment requests
• Verifies constructability, ensures proper resource allocation, assesses field status, and resolves issues as needed
• Coordinates project activities with vendors, suppliers, regulatory agencies, local community officials and the company
• Assists in scope control, budget oversight, resolution of technical issues, performance reporting, scheduling, and work-in-progress
• Interfaces with landowners, local regulators and state agencies
• Reinforces expectations related to safety, procedure compliance, lessons learned, corrective action and appropriate work behaviors for employees and contractor staff
• Coordinates activities or groups such as safety programs, engineering, construction, budget, analysis and contract administration
• Interfaces with project’s designated management committee
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 2+ years

Preferred Qualifications

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Maintenance/Construction
Organization: NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

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