Technical Project Manager

Bloom Energy; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 111,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Bloom Energy is seeking a Customer Proposals Senior Technical Project Manager to join our on-site San Jose team. You will collaborate with sales, drafting, and engineering to develop comprehensive proposal packages, manage milestones, and ensure risk mitigation across the project lifecycle.

Ideal candidates bring 5–8 years in Civil/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering with PM experience, renewables exposure, and strong skills in AutoCAD and Bluebeam.

Qualifications

• Engineering background required.
• Minimum 5-8 years in Civil, Mechanical, and/or Electrical Engineering with Project Management experience a plus.
• Renewables experience preferred.
• AutoCAD and Bluebeam experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of front-end processes, proposal development, and risk management.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with diverse teams.
• Ability to read and interpret civil and electrical construction drawings.

Responsibilities

• Develops and coordinates proposals with front-end sales to meet contractual requirements.
• Manages milestones across proposal phases and ensures consistency and risk mitigation.
• Prepares site information packages and conceptual designs, including drawings and layouts.
• Coordinates with Sales Engineers and drafting teams to produce timely conceptual designs.
• Maintains project risk register and conducts due diligence for electrical, gas, and permitting aspects.
• Communicates requirements, timelines, and expectations to stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Oversees handover to downstream teams with complete documentation for execution.

Skills

Engineering background

Project management

Renewables

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Proposal development

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Drawing interpretation

Data-driven improvement

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Job description

Our team at Bloom Energy embraces the unprecedented opportunity to change the way companies utilize energy. Our technology empowers businesses and communities to responsibly take charge of their energy. Our energy platform has three key value propositions: resiliency, sustainability, and predictability. We provide infrastructure that is flexible for the evolving net zero ecosystem. We have deployed more than 30,000 fuel cell modules since our first commercial shipments in 2009, sending energy platforms to data centers, hospitals, manufacturing facilities, biotechnology facilities, major retail stores, financial institutions, telecom facilities, utilities, and other critical infrastructure customers around the world.

Our mission is to make clean, reliable energy affordable globally. We never stop striving to improve our technology, to expand and improve our company performance, and to develop and support the many talented employees that serve our mission!

We are looking for a Customer Proposals Senior Technical Project Manager to join our team in one of today’s most exciting technologies.

This role will report to the Proposals Operations Leader and based in San Jose, CA. This is a fully on-site, in office role.

Role and Responsibilities

• Proposal Development:
• Collaborate with front-end sales teams to gather project requirements and objectives during each contractual phase.
• Coordinate project milestones throughout escalating phases of proposal maturity.
• Prepare comprehensive site information package and conceptual design drawings.
• Validate contractual proposal documents against each other to ensure consistency, thoroughness, and appropriate risk mitigation
• Plan Set Review and Development:
• Work closely with Sales Engineers and global drafting teams to prepare conceptual design drawings inclusive of site layouts and single line drawings in a timely manner
• Review and validate drawings against proposed site configurations, scope of work and division of responsibility, internal design specifications, high-level site optimization, and internal drawing template standards
• Due Diligence and Risk Management:
• Coordinate and support the preparation of a thorough site due diligence package inclusive of electrical network screening, gas screening, and permitting due diligence.
• Develop and maintain a project risk register that properly identifies potential challenges and mitigation measures to ensure proactive risk management.
• Collaboration and Communication:
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including sales account executives, sales engineers, cost estimators, global drafting teams, downstream project managers, supply chain, site design, utility and permitting teams, construction, and service teams to effectively capture and manage information flow.
• Effectively communicate project requirements, timelines, and expectations to all relevant stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional execution teams to develop a duration-based delivery schedule.
• Proactively manage and ensure alignment of project milestones with overall contracting and execution timelines.
• Handover and Execution:
• Create the final handover package, including all necessary documentation and deliverables.
• Conduct comprehensive project handover meetings to downstream teams, relaying all necessary project information, ensuring a smooth transition for execution and setting up downstream teams for success.

Skills and Experience

• Engineering background required.
• Minimum 5-8 years of experience in the fields of Civil, Mechanical, and/or Electrical Engineering, with Project Management experience a plus.
• Experience in Renewables preferred.
• AutoCAD and Bluebeam experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of front-end processes, proposal development, and risk management.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work effectively with diverse upstream and downstream teams.
• Highly accountable and proactive, with a keen eye for detail to ensure completeness of proposals.
• Ability to read and interpret both civil and electrical construction drawings.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of projects and drive them to successful completion at project handover.
• Results-oriented and collaborative individual with a passion for driving successful project outcomes in the dynamic fuel cell industry.
• Ability to leverage data-driven insights for continuous improvement and ensure the highest standards of project performance.

For more information visit: www.bloomenergy.com and view a video on What Powers Us!

Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions, unless undue hardship would result.

Salary Ranges: $110,700.00 - $159,300.00