Senior Project Manager

The Company

Cypress Creek Renewables is driven by the belief that solar makes our world cleaner and healthier. From development to construction to operations, we create projects that benefit communities for decades. As a leader in utility and community scale solar, Cypress Creek welcomes and supports a diverse group of innovative thinkers from all backgrounds. Cypress Creek has corporate offices in North Carolina and California, as well as local offices throughout the country.

The Role

In collaboration with the Vice President of Project Execution, the Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing projects from late-stage development and financial close through commercial operation, ensuring Company’s EPCM KPI’s are exceeded in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Improvement by third party EPC contractors.  The Senior Project Manager will support constructability review for development projects, oversee all EPC activities during construction phase, and support closeout to final acceptance. They may oversee multiple utility-scale solar and BESS projects in construction and will support engineering, legal, and finance staff supporting the projects. 

Responsibilities include:

• Ensure Safety is held to the highest level in all aspects of managing projects
• Partnering with the Development team to ensure an efficient transition of projects through the construction and financial close-out stage
• Supporting review and analysis of EPC bids to support overall RFP negotiation
• Managing requests for Information and Change Management processes during construction
• Experience should include tracking deliverables, schedules, cashflow, managing change orders, and providing notices or dispute resolution if required
• Identifying risks to project success and work with internal and external parties to establish, where needed, mitigation plans, to maintain project schedules and budgets
• Ensuring internal and external teams work to satisfy close out of zoning, construction and financial conditions
• Arranging, organizing, and maintaining regularly scheduled project meetings communication and projects’ statuses and delegate project tasks
• Presenting and reporting to management on cash flow, schedule and risks
• Working closely with the Project Finance Leads to review accurate input to financial models and close out of requirements for financing milestones
• Understanding compliance requirements of project contracts like power purchase agreements, Interconnection agreements, and land use permits and all other required permitting
• Ensure EPC’s maintains positive relationships with landowners, AHJ’s, and utilities during the construction.
• Working with procurement leads to understand long lead equipment and ensure timing and costs are accurately reflected in schedules.
• Managing deliverables from the Owner’s Engineer
• Improving and developing project management tools and processes
• Ensuring effective coordination and information sharing within the multi-disciplinary project team
• Managing Operations and Maintenance contract handoff and coordination and ensure closeout of EPC contract at Final Acceptance
• Act as a project liaison with all internal departments, consultants, landlords, governing authorities, etc. and coordinate towards common goals while making critical decisions in a professional manner
• Ability to effectively coordinate and handle, under pressure, multiple projects with a high degree of independence and professional judgment to deliver projects and meeting Company/Team KPI’s of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Improvement.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Undergraduate Degree in engineering, project management, construction management, or equivalent preferred
• PMP study or similar coursework around the principles of project management.
• Minimum of 5 years professional experience in a utility scale solar projects or construction project management.
• Strong organizational skills and high attention to detail, decision making/problem solving, analytical and time management skills.
• Proficient understanding of entire solar project life cycle
• Experience with High Voltage Interconnection aspects of a projects scope of work 
• Preference to have experience with BESS project management and construction.  
• Ability to work both independently and as a part of team and knowing when to seek help
• Flexibility to modify course in real-time in response to fluid facts and circumstances
• Proactive and solution-focused communication skills which extend across all organizational and management levels.
• Exceptional ability to instill confidence as a credible, reliable and expert subject matter expert for team members in technical matters.
• Procore, Sales Force, SharePoint, Scheduling Software experience and proficiency preferred.
• Experience in support of negotiating contracts with contract managers
• Ability to travel 35%, on average.

Location(s): We are open to remote - preferably west coast based to easily support our PNW sites.  

Benefits:

• 15 days of Paid Time Off, accrual up to 20 days, 11 observed holidays.
• 401(k) Match
• Comprehensive package including medical, dental, vision and health insurance
• Wellness stipend, family planning stipend, and generous parental leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Phone Bill Reimbursement
• Fully expensed company travel, mileage reimbursement
• Annual Holiday Parties and Company Swag

A note to Recruiting Agencies Cypress Creek Renewables Human Resources team does not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiters, staffing firms, or related agencies. The Human Resources team coordinates all recruiting and hiring at our company. We do not accept resumes from third-party recruiters unless authorized by the Human Resources team and if a signed agreement is in place. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered property of CCR and we are not responsible for any related fees. All communication related to recruiting partnerships should ONLY be directed to the Human Resources team.  

Cypress Creek Renewables is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace that is inclusive and values diversity, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.