About the Role
Title: Associate Project Manager – Solar Construction (Utility Scale experience required)
Location: United States United States
Job Description:
Company Overview
Intersect Power is a team of friends driven to preserve our planet for future generations through low-carbon energy and infrastructure solutions. Intersect Power is a privately held clean energy company bringing innovative, scalable, American-made, low-carbon solutions to its customers in global energy markets. We develop, own, and operate some of the world’s largest grid-tied clean energy resources, as well as co-located facilities for large industrial loads, including data centers, e-fuels, and other energy-intensive products. We are laser-focused on the largest, most transformative clean energy projects that decarbonize the existing power grid and bring new loads to clean generation without the need for new transmission. Intersect is redefining the scope of the clean energy industry by enabling new pathways between clean electricity and the broader economy. We are on an aggressive growth trajectory and are looking to fill key roles with talented professionals who want to make an impact.
Location & Team Gatherings
Intersect has been a fully flexible workplace since its founding in 2016. We’ve been very intentional about the way we do things. We are not work-from-home, hybrid, or in-office – we are any and all of those options! Deepening social connections and offering shared experiences is a cornerstone of the way we work. We connect as a team at our Team Week experiences four times a year and at our recently established Hub locations – SF Bay Area and San Diego, CA; NYC Metro Area, NY; Denver, CO; Houston, TX; Calgary, AB; and Toronto, ON.
About This Position
We are seeking an Associate Project Manager to support the construction project management team in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. This role will report to a project manager and will assist cross-functional partners in Development, Finance, Engineering, Procurement, Legal, and Operations. The successful candidate must be an experienced multi-tasker with the ability to work on multiple (2-3) projects simultaneously. Our ideal candidate is team-oriented, proactive, and comfortable in a deadline-driven environment.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Weekly and monthly budget review and reporting including: forecast cash flows, invoice review, lien waiver review, actuals, accruals, forecasts
- Review and monitor schedules from different parties to ensure they are fully aligned and track contractor milestones, updates or changes to the schedule
- Read and understand construction and consulting contracts. Track owner, contractor, and 3rd party deliverables in the EPC contracts and land contracts.
- Develop project trackers to manage the quality and commissioning process
- Track delivery of owner supplied materials and ensure that the milestone payments and contractual notices are completed
- Assist project finance team in compiling monthly documentation such as lien waivers, invoices, subordination agreements, estoppels, warranties and supporting documentation
- Review PODs, weekly and monthly reports from the contractor and propose edits/corrections to the project manager and use these reports to generate monthly external progress reports with data on schedule and budget, coordinating across departments (project finance, development, legal)
- Liaise with the owner’s engineer, manage the deliverables per the project schedule
- Review invoices weekly with the project manager and approve or reject, verify classifications are correct. Communicate with vendors on corrections needed
- Review and manage EPC engineering documents (IFP, IFC, RFI, submittals,transmittals, as builts) and ensure they are answered or cleared in a timely manner
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Construction Management, Supply Chain, Finance, Accounting, Engineering or related field
- Minimum 2 years experience working in solar or wind construction with a focus on project management, budget ownership, invoice tracking, and schedule monitoring
- Worked for a project manager or equivalent on at least 2 solar or wind projects from start of construction to substantial completion
- Advance knowledge of Excel, Google suite, Microsoft suite, Slack, Bluebeam and other collaboration tools
- High attention to detail and standards for work products
- Able to translate complex findings into powerpoint presentations
- Has spent time working at project sites
- A note on qualifications: Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they are able to perform every task in the job description. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job and will consider any equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education and experience to meet minimum qualifications. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to think broadly about your background and skill set for the role.
Physical and Sensory Requirements
- Mostly sedentary work; using standard office equipment including: a computer, keyboard, and telephone.
- Position is part of a remote team, with regular electronic and video communication
- Position requires some travel for company-wide meetups (4 weeks total through a calendar year), monthly visits to the project site with the Project Manager to meet with the contractor and ad hoc visits as needed.