Senior Project Manager

Repsol; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Repsol in Downtown Houston is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead utility-scale wind, solar, and battery storage projects from late-stage development through construction and handover. You will drive safety, schedule, budget, and governance across cross-functional teams.

Reporting to the Head of Project Management, you will manage EPC performance, risk, and executive-level reporting, ensuring alignment with contracts, financing, and operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in utility scale renewables (wind, solar, and battery storage - only).
• 10+ years of progressively responsible project management experience in energy, infrastructure, construction, or a related industry, with demonstrated ownership of safety, cost, schedule, risk, contract administration, and contractor performance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer. Repsol does not offer sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Drive cross-functional project execution, ensuring clear accountability for safety, quality, schedule, budgets, cost, cash flow inputs, risk, commercial commitments, stakeholder alignment, and timely issue resolution of overall project economics.
• Manage EPC contractor performance against contractual obligations, including milestones, deliverables, notices, reporting, recovery plans, change control, quality expectations, and project execution requirements.
• Prepare executive-level reporting that clearly communicates project status, key risks, decisions required, commercial exposure, mitigation plans, and confidence in COD and budget outcomes.
• Maintain an integrated project risk register covering safety, permitting, interconnection, engineering, procurement, construction, schedule, commercial, and financial risks, with clear mitigation owners, due dates, escalation triggers, and quantified impacts where appropriate.
• Lead disciplined project governance, including decision logs, action registers, change logs, correspondence records, approval records, lessons learned, closeout documentation, and handover materials.
• Support development and validation of procurement and CAPEX estimates, contingency assumptions, commercial inputs, schedule assumptions, and execution risks to inform investment decisions and financial approvals.
• Capture and present project lessons learned so recurring execution, safety, commercial, contract, and governance issues are translated into practical improvements for future projects.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Safety leadership

Project governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related technical discipline

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Power BI

Procore

Oracle

SAP

Job description

Senior Project Manager### Senior Project ManagerApply: Downtown Houston: Full time: Posted Yesterday: End Date: November 27, 2026 (16 days left to apply): 84509## We explore and discover the limitless possibilities of energy so we can all progress. We believe in the power of talent to shape the future. That’s why we’re looking for curious, bold individuals who are eager to grow and create new ways forward—people who want to join us in building a more sustainable, innovative, and inclusive world. We strongly believe that diversity fuels creativity and innovation. That’s why we welcome professionals who are ready to grow, learn, and bring their perspective to the energy challenges of today and tomorrow. Here, you’ll find a place to grow and unlock your full potential. **Company Profile:**Repsol is a globally integrated multi-energy company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. With a team of 25,000 employees across more than 20 countries, we proudly serve 24 million customers worldwide. Our diversified renewable energy portfolio totals nearly 3,700 MW of installed capacity, with a strong presence in Spain, the United States, and Chile. As part of our commitment to a more sustainable future, low-emissions generation is at the core of our strategy to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Repsol Renewables North America (RRSNA) plays a key role in this vision, with aims to increase generation capacity to between 3,000 MW and 4,000 MW by 2027. We are driven by innovation, collaboration, and purpose. Repsol offers a comprehensive Employee Value Proposition (EVP), including a holistic Total Rewards program that supports the wellbeing, growth, and contributions of our people. Join us in shaping the future of energy. **Job Summary:**The Senior Project Manager will report to and support the Head of Project Management in leading the execution of utility-scale wind, solar, and battery storage projects. This role is accountable for delivering assigned projects safely, on schedule, within budget, and in alignment with commercial, contractual, financing, and operational commitments. The Senior Project Manager will lead cross-functional project teams from late-stage development through construction, commissioning, COD, and handover, with responsibility for safety leadership, EPC contractor performance, schedule and cost control, risk mitigation, contract administration, change management, claims avoidance, stakeholder alignment, and executive-level reporting. This position requires strong commercial judgment, technical fluency, disciplined governance, and the ability to drive decisions across internal teams, contractors, utilities, investors, consultants, and senior leadership. **The position is based in Downtown Houston with a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.** **Main Responsibilities**:* Drive cross-functional project execution, ensuring clear accountability for safety, quality, schedule, budgets, cost, cash flow inputs, risk, commercial commitments, stakeholder alignment, and timely issue resolution of overall project economics.* Manage EPC contractor performance against contractual obligations, including milestones, deliverables, notices, reporting, recovery plans, change control, quality expectations, and project execution requirements.* Prepare executive-level reporting that clearly communicates project status, key risks, decisions required, commercial exposure, mitigation plans, and confidence in COD and budget outcomes.* Maintain an integrated project risk register covering safety, permitting, interconnection, engineering, procurement, construction, schedule, commercial, and financial risks, with clear mitigation owners, due dates, escalation triggers, and quantified impacts where appropriate.* Lead disciplined project governance, including decision logs, action registers, change logs, correspondence records, approval records, lessons learned, closeout documentation, and handover materials.* Support development and validation of procurement and CAPEX estimates, contingency assumptions, commercial inputs, schedule assumptions, and execution risks to inform investment decisions and financial approvals.* Capture and present project lessons learned so recurring execution, safety, commercial, contract, and governance issues are translated into practical improvements for future projects. **Qualifications:*** 5+ years of experience in utility scale renewables (wind, solar, and battery storage - only)* 10+ years of progressively responsible project management experience in energy, infrastructure, construction, or a related industry, with demonstrated ownership of safety, cost, schedule, risk, contract administration, and contractor performance.* Strong knowledge of technical and commercial project execution activities, including scope definition, contractor evaluation and selection, project economics, EPC contracts, constructability reviews, risk management, project controls, and executive reporting.* Demonstrated experience managing utility-scale wind, solar, and/or battery storage projects, including major equipment, engineering, pre-construction, construction, commissioning, energization, and handover processes.* Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders across Development, Engineering, Procurement, Legal, Finance, HSE, Asset Management, utilities, contractors, investors, consultants, and senior leadership.* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical discipline.* Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer. Repsol does not offer sponsorship. **Preferred Qualifications:*** PMP certification or equivalent project management credential.* Understanding of utility interconnection requirements, including familiarity with FERC rules, ISO/RTO tariffs, interconnection agreements, and utility energization requirements.* Familiarity with AACE cost estimate classes, schedule maturity standards, project controls best practices, and stage-gate governance.* Experience using project management and project controls platforms such as MS Project, Primavera P6, Power BI, Procore, Oracle, SAP, or equivalent tools. ***Repsol is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran/Disability/Veteran***