Technical Project Manager

Bloom Energy; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloom Energy in San Jose, CA, is seeking a Customer Proposals Senior Technical Project Manager to join our team in an on-site role. You will collaborate with sales and engineering to develop proposals, manage milestones, and ensure consistency across documents.

The position emphasizes risk management, site due diligence, and cross-functional coordination with cost estimators, drafting teams, and service groups. You will drive handovers and set up downstream teams for project success.

Qualifications

• Engineering background required.
• 5–8 years in civil, mechanical, or electrical engineering with PM exp.
• Renewables experience preferred.
• Proficient with AutoCAD and Bluebeam.

Responsibilities

• Develop proposals with sales teams and manage milestones.
• Review site plans and drawings for scope and risk.
• Prepare due diligence packages and risk registers.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and schedule delivery.
• Create handover package and enable smooth execution.

Skills

Project Management

Reading drawings

Communication

Cross-functional

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.

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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

Bloom Energy's mission is to make clean, reliable energy affordable for everyone in the world. With roots in NASA’s Mars Program, the company’s founder, chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. K.R. Sridhar, developed an innovative fuel cell technology that is shifting the energy paradigm and redefining the electric power market.

The Bloom Energy Server is a distributed electric power solution built for the digital age and capable of delivering highly reliable, uninterrupted, 24x7 constant power that is also clean and sustainable. Bloom’s unique on-site power generation systems are among the most efficient on the planet, providing significantly reduced operating costs and producing dramatically lower greenhouse gas emissions. By generating power where it is consumed, Bloom Energy offers increased electrical reliability and improved energy security, providing a clear path to energy independence.

Some of the largest companies in the world trust Bloom Energy to provide their businesses with clean, reliable and resilient energy. Bloom’s customers include many Fortune 100 companies and leaders in manufacturing, data centers, healthcare, retail, higher education, utilities, and other industries. The company, headquartered in San Jose, California, is growing quickly and looking to add to its dynamic team.

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