Project Manager

SGC Power; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Pivot Energy’s Project Manager supports owner-side project delivery from handoff through turnover and closeout, coordinating cross-functional teams to meet scope, schedule, budget, and quality goals.

The role acts as the primary project-level operator, translating negotiated terms, budgets, and risk positions into executable plans while aligning internal and external stakeholders, including EPCs, utilities, and asset management.

Qualifications

• Experience leading owner-side project delivery across multiple phases (preconstruction to closeout).
• Ability to coordinate internal teams and external partners (EPCs, utilities, engineers, legal, finance).
• Strong focus on scope, budget, schedule, quality, safety, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder Management: coordinate internal teams and external partners.
• Serve as primary project-level coordination lead across cross-functional groups.
• Maintain alignment among Preconstruction, Engineering, Construction Management, Procurement, Accounting, Legal, Compliance, Project Finance, Asset Management, Revenue Operations, O&M, EPC contractors, utilities, AHJs, OE, and IE.
• Lead regular project working sessions, health reviews, lookaheads, milestone coordination meetings, and issue-resolution meetings.
• Escalate aged decisions, unresolved cross-functional conflicts, and issues threatening cost, schedule, quality, or commercial outcomes.
• Preserve continuity from preconstruction assumptions and negotiated contract positions into live project execution.
• Coordinate APMs, coordinators, consultants, and external partners to support clean execution and timely issue closure.
• Contract Management: Administer Prime EPC agreements, sub-EPC agreements, purchase orders, exhibits, notice provisions, milestone obligations, and change management requirements.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Contract Management

Quality Management

Financial Management

Schedule Management

Compliance Management

Risk Management

Document Management

Job description

• Financial Management

Role Overview

The Project Manager supports Pivot Energy’s owner-side project delivery function from formal handoff out of preconstruction and contract readiness through engineering, procurement, permitting, construction, commissioning, testing, turnover, and final closeout. This role is accountable for leading project execution with discipline across scope, budget, schedule, quality, safety, compliance, documentation, and stakeholder alignment.

The Project Manager acts as the primary project-level operator on behalf of Pivot, translating negotiated commercial terms, preconstruction assumptions, budgets, schedules, and risk positions into executable plans and controlled outcomes. The role protects Pivot’s business interests while coordinating internal stakeholders and external partners including EPCs, suppliers, engineers, utilities, AHJs, owner’s engineers, independent engineers, asset management, revenue operations, legal, project finance, procurement, accounting, compliance, and operations.

This role materially supports Pivot’s eight focus areas throughout execution: Stakeholder Management, Contract Management, Quality Management, Financial Management, Schedule Management, Compliance Management, Risk Management, and Document Management.

This role sits primarily within the execution phase of the project lifecycle and is responsible for maintaining continuity, control, and accountability across the following stages:

• Preconstruction handoff and execution readiness
• EPC and subcontract execution alignment
• Engineering phase
• Procurement phase
• Permitting phase
• Construction through Mechanical Completion
• Mechanical Completion through Substantial Completion, including commissioning, performance testing, and capacity testing
• Substantial Completion through Final Completion
• Turnover to O&M, Asset Management, Revenue Operations, and Finance
• Internal project closeout and record completion

Primary Responsibilities

• Stakeholder Management
• Serve as the primary project-level coordination lead across internal teams and external delivery partners
• Maintain alignment among Preconstruction, Engineering, Construction Management, Procurement, Accounting, Legal, Compliance, Project Finance, Asset Management, Revenue Operations, O&M, EPC contractors, utilities, AHJs, OE, and IE
• Lead regular project working sessions, health reviews, lookaheads, milestone coordination meetings, and issue-resolution meetings
• Ensure stakeholders understand current project status, forecast dates, financial exposure, required decisions, and open risks
• Escalate aged decisions, unresolved cross-functional conflicts, and issues that threaten cost, schedule, quality, or commercial outcomes
• Preserve continuity from preconstruction assumptions and negotiated contract positions into live project execution
• Coordinate APMs, coordinators, consultants, and external partners to support clean execution and timely issue closure
• Contract Management
• Administer Prime EPC agreements, sub-EPC agreements, purchase orders, exhibits, notice provisions, milestone obligations, and change management requirements
• Understand how contract terms, scope exhibits, specifications, schedule commitments, owner obligations, payment mechanics, and relief provisions interact in