Job Description
- Collaborates with the safety department to ensure all safety goals are the highest priority
- Provides excellence in the management and delivery of the project, in-line with the companies expectations.
- Creates a culture of continuous improvement.
- Prepare and manage the project execution plan, co-ordinate and host the project kick off meetings, and prepare and manage effective project close out.
- Work with the Commercial Manager to ensure all contracts (prime and sub-contracts) are effectively managed, including change orders and documentation of variances.
- Onsite owner’s representative; monitoring of utility scale solar construction completed by 3rd party EPC Contractors
- Cultivate positive working relationships with 3rd party EPC Contractors
- Manage the construction of utility scale solar projects to the 3rd party EPC contract and permit requirements including schedule, budget, scope of work, deliverables,
- Complete daily safety walks and submit a daily safety walk report to head of internal safety programs
- Manage internal safety goals with 3rd party EPC Contractors
- Attend internal and external meetings as necessary (e.g., daily, weekly).
- Track project progress against the schedule and manage schedule remediation plans
- Discuss daily objectives with 3rd party EPC Contractor and promptly report back perceived risks, and other issues/observations.
- Verify and sign-off on various construction milestones (civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical) and update internal tracking software
- Ensure thorough and quality work by verifying items against scopes of work and design plans to minimize punch lists and deliver the best-in-class assets.
- Verify 3rd party EPC Contractors adhere to QA/QC plans
- Work with in-house engineering to provide information and attend job walks to facilitate reports from 3rd party independent engineers.
- Collect 3rd party EPC deliverables and either upload to an internal data room or send to the appropriate team member for sign off (e.g., test reports, progress reports, etc.)
- Review draft invoices with 3rd party EPC Contractor and sign off on work completed
- First line of defense against proposed change orders; escalating to internal Project Manager as necessary
- Proactively communicate and manage an ongoing punch list with 3rd party EPC Contractor; managing final punch list from Mechanical Completion to completion
- Makes certain that the company is being represented in accordance with AES Clean Energy’s corporate values.
- 10+ years of construction management experience.
- 5+ years of onsite utility scale solar construction management experience.
- Highly knowledgeable in EPC contract
- Advance knowledge of solar construction management processes, means and methods
- Understand Safety, QA/QC, and Environmental
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite required
- Driver’s license required
- Ability to manage personnel and interface with the client
- Ability to manage contractors, sub-contractors, and the public
- Ability to manage several activities at once; organize and prioritize work; meet deadlines and prepare reports