Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Lead

R-2 Contractors; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid medical, dental, and (d)

Vision benefits

Job summary

R-2 Contractors seeks a Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Manager to own commercial, contractual, financial, and administrative success from turnover through closeout on heavy civil infra projects. You’ll partner with Field Operations, anticipate risks, and protect profitability while building client relationships.

Locations include Gilbert, AZ and Prineville, OR, with travel up to 20%. On-site work only; remote work is not available.

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 escalation material risks with recommended solutions.
• Build trust through timely, accurate, professional communication and consistent delivery of commitments.
• Provide concise weekly reporting on project financial health, schedule, change orders, constraints, risks, and leadership decisions.
• Keep action registers current with owners and due dates; promptly communicate significant changes to cost, scope, or schedule.
• Identify repeat-work opportunities and share lessons learned with estimating, procurement, and operations.
• Coordinate punch lists, turnover documents, as-builts, warranties, final acceptance, and outstanding commercial items.
• Close open commitments and change orders, reconcile final costs, and support collection of final payment.
• Lead lessons-learned reviews and improve planning, reporting, and project delivery systems.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Negotiation

Communication

Organizational

Leadership

Problem-solving

Travel

Job description

R-2 Contractors seeks a Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Manager to own commercial, contractual, financial, and administrative success from turnover through closeout on heavy civil infra projects. You’ll partner with Field Operations, anticipate risks, and protect profitability while building client relationships.

Locations include Gilbert, AZ and Prineville, OR, with travel up to 20%. On-site work only; remote work is not available.