Senior Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Lead

R-2 CONTRACTORS, INC; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid medical, dental, and vis

Job summary

R-2 Contractors, INC is seeking a Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Manager to own commercial, contractual, financial, and administrative success from turnover through closeout. You will lead budgets, schedules, and customer relationships, partnering with Field Operations to protect margins and deliver results.

This on-site role requires travel up to 20% nationwide and offers employer-paid medical, dental, and vision benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience managing heavy civil, solar, BESS, substation, transmission, or underground infrastructure construction projects in the utility-scale market.
• Demonstrated command of contracts, estimating handoffs, project budgets, forecasting, scheduling, and change management.
• Ability to read construction plans, specifications, scope letters, and pricing schedules and translate them into execution requirements.
• Strong negotiation, communication, organizational, leadership, and problem-solving skills; willingness to travel nationwide as required.
• Preferred: someone who has worked their way into the project management department through hands-on experience in the field performing the work.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned projects from estimating turnover and preconstruction through execution, customer acceptance, and final closeout.
• Serve as the primary commercial and contractual point of contact for customers, general contractors, and project stakeholders.
• Establish project priorities, responsibilities, decision deadlines, and clear communication between all participating departments.
• Own commitments, solve problems proactively, and upscale material risks with recommended solutions.

Skills

Heavy civil projects

Solar projects

BESS projects

Substation projects

Transmission projects

Budget forecasting

Change management

Travel nationwide

Job description

R-2 Contractors, INC is seeking a Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Manager to own commercial, contractual, financial, and administrative success from turnover through closeout. You will lead budgets, schedules, and customer relationships, partnering with Field Operations to protect margins and deliver results.

This on-site role requires travel up to 20% nationwide and offers employer-paid medical, dental, and vision benefits.