Assistant Project Manager

Location:

Denver, CO preferred;
Illinois, East or West Coast, remote considered

Pivot Energy is seeking a motivated and organized Assistant Project Manager to join our Project Management Department with a myriad of technical and administrative tasks supporting the delivery of renewable energy projects. The Assistant Project Manager will contribute to our projects' success by ensuring Pivot and our contracting partners deliver projects on time, on budget, and are appropriately administered.

The position requires a familiarity for understanding of the general construction business, typical project controls, safety compliance, is a resourceful individual, and the ability to work under pressure and delivery work within deadlines. Ideal candidate is a strong problem-solver and possesses the ability manage change including company priorities and project scope, schedule, and other elements of the project lifecycle. Expectations are focused on managing financial funding requirements, issue logs, submittals, updates for budgets, schedules, sterile document management, and data rooms while maintaining a high level of communication with both internally and external stakeholders.

This position offers a great opportunity to join a growing renewable energy IPP, a strong Project Management team, and growth potential at a cutting-edge company who is a developer, constructor, owner, and operator of renewable energy assets. Pivot is rapidly growing its EPCM team, and this position is crucial to the success of its growing pipeline of projects.

• Help progress projects through development workflow under direction of Project Operations Manager, PM Team
• Support the organization and review of contracts in internal document library
• Interface with vendors and subcontractors
• Support Project Managers with monitoring subcontractor construction progress on a regular basis, reinforcing safety and quality with subcontractors and addressing any issues that arise during construction
• Initiate close-out procedures and prepare close-out documents
• Work alongside the Finance Team to prepare EPC specific documents and checklist items
• Attend and provide support on most contractor and utility scheduled meetings
• Maintain internal and external data rooms
• Support PM team in management of Procore
• Monitor and track schedule changes and flag issues on scheduled milestones
• Support in review and creation of team processes
• Travel to sites as necessary

• 2+ years related solar ground mount or construction management experience
• 2+ years total professional experience
• Proven working experience in project management; knowledge in construction means and methods
• Understanding of basic site diligence documents to ensure the EPC scope accurately captures the site constraints, including:
  Geotech, ESAs, permits, interconnect agreements & land-use agreements
• Strong communication skills – both written and verbal
• Working knowledge of scheduling concepts such as CPM, Gantt charts, etc.
• Working knowledge of spreadsheets, word processing, scheduling software

• Experience working for a large design build general contractors
• Experience specifically with an renewable energy IPP who executes their own construction projects.
• Basic knowledge of Procore or basic project management information systems that track project controls, financials, deliverables and schedules
• Basic knowledge of construction lending and project financing
• OSHA 30 is a preferred
• CAPM PA and DBIA education

$80,000 - $95,000 a year

The estimated base salary range for this position is $80,000-$95,000 depending on relevant experience, along with eligibility for the company’s substantial bonus plan, with a target bonus of 30% of annual salary (prorated in first year based on start date).

Pivot Energy is dedicated to providing a great work experience for all employees, placing an emphasis on company culture, and a focus on our people. To that end, Pivot offers an outstanding benefits package that includes:

• Excellent health/dental/vision insurance benefits with up to 100% of premiums covered by the company
• Four weeks of vacation plus…