Senior Project Manager, Owners Engineering

DNV; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DNV Group’s Owner’s Engineering team is seeking a Senior Project Manager-Owner’s Engineering to lead complex renewable energy and infrastructure projects, guiding development through operations and helping customers navigate the energy transition. The role supports a dynamic hybrid schedule with offices across the US, including Austin/Houston, and emphasizes collaboration with DNV experts.

The position focuses on delivering safe, sustainable design, construction and commissioning while mentoring

Responsibilities

• Lead complex renewable energy and infrastructure projects from development and design through procurement, construction, commissioning and operations.
• Serve as trusted advisor, integrating technical, commercial, development and delivery considerations to inform decisions and manage risk.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams, coordinating engineering, permitting, energy assessment, technology, and construction to deliver actionable advice.
• Own project delivery: scope, schedule, budget, communications, quality, and stakeholder coordination.
• Help customers solve complex problems as they enter new markets, technologies or project types.
• Shape scopes and proposals for new work, translating needs into compelling technical approaches and growing relationships.
• Provide owner/developer perspective to help technical teams address customer decisions.
• Improve OE delivery by developing new services, tools, and digital solutions.
• Mentor and support other project managers to strengthen delivery across the team.
• Help grow OE business across solar, storage, wind and emerging technologies.
• Support our mission and have fun while you work.

Job description

DNV’s Owner’s Engineering (OE) team is seeking a Senior Project Manager-Owner’s Engineering to perform a variety of engagements related to storage, solar, wind and other emerging technologies; where project stages vary from pre-feasibility development, design engineering and construction, through end-of-life management strategies.

The Owner’s Engineering team is growing rapidly! In this role, we are seeking an engaging, curious and confident individual who can leverage the expertise of DNV’s subject matter experts to enable our Customers to navigate and deliver on the energy transition.

Our OE team strives to develop long-term partnerships with our customers, acting as their trusted advisor from the earliest layouts through construction. Our Customers are at the forefront of the energy transition. Our team is nimble, and driven by our mission to ensure renewable energy projects are safely and sustainably designed, constructed and installed.

Broadly, our work falls into four categories:

• Ad-hoc technical advisory, including but not limited to Feasibility studies, site selection, layout creation and optimization, offtake/construction/supply agreement negotiation and support, technical studies and risk assessments, repowering studies, CAPEX, OPEX and decommission cost estimates;
• Engineering Design (preliminary wind, solar, and storage; and Engineer of Record on solar PV electrical design); development of technical specifications and engineering design standards
• Technical Procurement support, including development of tender documents, RFPs, bid evaluation, EPC and supplier contract negotiation, and equipment risk mitigation recommendations and selection; and
• Comprehensive OE services, including construction design review, construction monitoring, commissioning and acceptance testing support
  

This position can be located in our Austin, TX; Houston, TX; Medford, MA; Oakland, CA; San Diego, CA; Portland, OR; and Seattle, WA offices, presenting a dynamic hybrid schedule where employees will typically spend three (3) days per week working from either a DNV office or client location/site. Further details regarding role-specific requirements will be shared during the interview process.

What You'll Do:

• Lead complex renewable energy and infrastructure projects on behalf of owners and developers, helping customers navigate projects from development and design through procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to customers, bringing together technical, commercial, development, and project-delivery considerations to help them make informed decisions and manage project risk.
• Lead multidisciplinary project teams, coordinating DNV specialists across engineering, permitting, energy assessment, technology, construction, and other disciplines and turning their expertise into clear, actionable advice for customers.
• Own project delivery, including scope, schedule, budget, customer communication, quality, and coordination of internal and external stakeholders.
• Help customers solve difficult or unusual problems, particularly as they enter new markets, technologies, or project types where the answer may not be obvious.
• Shape scopes and proposals for new work, translating customer needs into compelling technical approaches and growing long-term customer relationships.
• Bring the owner/developer perspective into DNV, helping our technical experts understand the decisions customers need to make and ensuring our work addresses those decisions.
• Improve how we deliver Owner’s Engineering, including developing new services, tools, digital solutions, and better ways of working.
• Mentor and support other project managers and team members, sharing lessons learned and strengthening project delivery across the team.
• Help shape the continued growth of the Owner’s Engineering business across solar, storage, wind, and emerging technologies.
• Support our mission and vision and have fun while you do it!