Construction Project Manager

• Compensation: USD 90,000 - USD 120,000 - yearly

Working at Knobelsdorff

Along with building state-of-the-art projects, we build meaningful careers, lasting opportunities, and teams of dedicated individuals who truly own their work. As a leading turnkey specialty contractor specializing in Automation, Electric, Energy, and Power Services, our team tackles challenging, cutting-edge projects that provide opportunities to build new skills, confidence, and gain valuable hands‑on experience in a variety of different industries. We tackle industrial electrical installations, advanced automation systems, and renewable energy solutions.

Since our founding as a family‑owned company in 1988, we've grown while staying true to our core values. Starting your career with Knobelsdorff means joining a culture that values your contributions, moves quickly, takes calculated risks, and celebrates team members who step up and own their work.

If you're ready to join a team where your voice matters, your growth is supported, and your impact is celebrated, Knobelsdorff (KE) is the place for you.

Purpose:Maintain complete accountability for the scope of each assigned project, ensuring completion according to schedule and within budget. Serve as the primary customer interface within the enterprise ensuring appropriate communication flow between internal and external project team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple solar projects from handoff through closeout, overseeing project scope, contracts, schedules, budgets, safety requirements, and overall execution.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, coordinating with Construction Managers and the General Superintendent to ensure personnel, equipment, materials, and subcontractors are available to meet critical milestones.
• Manage project financials, including weekly budget and cost‑code reviews, cost‑to‑complete forecasting, revenue forecasting, billing, SOVs, and financial updates in Viewpoint.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, providing project updates, managing deliverables, addressing contract requirements, and creating, submitting, and tracking change orders.
• Partner with Engineering, Pre‑Construction, and Estimating on project scope, submittals, RFIs, constructability, customer requirements, and clarification needed for successful execution.
• Coordinate materials, equipment, and subcontractors, including tracking orders and delivery timelines, requesting subcontractor quotes, awarding work within budget, and ensuring work meets project requirements.
• Support safe field execution by partnering with Construction Managers to ensure required safety materials, documentation, forms, and reporting are in place and KE safety procedures are followed.
• Lead project handoff, kickoff, coordination, and closeout meetings with field and support teams to align on scope, schedule, budget, benchmarks, performance goals, and project expectations.
• Monitor project performance through regular site visits, communicating with field teams on progress, scheduled versus actual completion, cost‑code performance, and support needs.
• Manage project closeout, including customer punch‑list items, final invoicing and deliverables, lessons learned, and feedback to Pre‑Construction and Estimating to improve future bids and project execution.

* This position will be based in our Goodhue location 5 days per week with 20% travel to project sites.

• Proven working experience in utility grade photovoltaic project management.
• Ability to oversee and report progress daily to the leadership team, to ensure the projects are completed on time and on budget.
• Experience with basic Project Management and resource coordination, to include: estimating,…