Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Manager

Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Manager

Building Projects. Leading People. Owning Results.

Position Summary

At R-2 Contractors, we build the civil, structural, and underground infrastructure supporting America's utility-scale power & renewables industry. The Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Manager owns the commercial, contractual, financial, and administrative success of assigned projects from turnover through closeout. Working as a true partner to Field Operations, this leader anticipates risks, protects profitability, supports execution, and builds lasting customer relationships.

Position:
Utility-Scale Power & Renewables Project Manager
Locations

Gilbert, AZ | Prineville, OR and or located on Project sites

Travel

Up to 20% nationwide

Compensation

$140,000–$220,000 annually, DOE

Benefits

Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision benefits

Work Arrangement

On-site; remote work is not available

Project Leadership & Ownership

• 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 elevate material risks with recommended solutions.

Financial Accountability & Project Controls

• Own project budgets, cost coding, commitments, and reliable estimates at completion, including labor, equipment, materials, subcontractors, and indirect costs.
• Review budget versus actual costs, production-based earned hours, margin trends, and projected cost to complete with Field Operations.
• Maintain accurate monthly forecasts, explain variances, and execute margin-protection and recovery plans.
• Manage progress billings, payment applications, receivables, cash flow, and timely financial closeout.
• Identify unbudgeted costs and pursue legitimate contractual cost recovery.

Preconstruction & Mobilization Readiness

• Lead scope-letter, proposal, pricing schedule, contract, drawings, specification, and exclusion reviews at project turnover.
• Build a mobilization-driven preconstruction schedule covering permits, access, submittals, shop drawings, procurement, fabrication, and deliveries.
• Confirm material quantities, vendor lead times, subcontractor commitments, and approval requirements.
• Partner with Field Operations to align staffing, equipment, critical milestones, and the first two weeks of executable work.
• Identify scope gaps, design conflicts, and unresolved prerequisites before mobilization.

Scheduling & Field Execution Partnership

• Own the contractual master schedule, milestone tracking, customer coordination, and documentation of schedule impacts.
• Coordinate with Superintendents on the two-week lookahead, predecessor work, constraints, inspections, and resource readiness.
• Communicate major foundation placements, shutdowns, mobilizations, and critical-path milestones early enough for operational support.
• Support recovery plans and timely decisions without displacing Field Operations authority over means, methods, crews, and daily production.
• Ensure current approved drawings, submittals, changes, and customer direction reach field leadership.

Contracts, Changes & Risk

• Administer contractual notices, RFIs, submittals, correspondence, change directives, and required project records.
• Identify, document, price, submit, negotiate, and track change orders, delays, differing conditions, and disruptions.
• Capture supporting labor, equipment, material, and productivity records with Field Operations.
• Maintain visibility into open commercial exposure, unresolved claims, and decisions required to protect R-2.
• Coordinate safety, quality, testing, inspection, and corrective-action requirements with responsible field leaders.

Customer Relationships & Reporting

• 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.

Project Closeout & Continuous Improvement

• Coordinate punch lists, turnover documents, as-builts,…