Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Orbital Energy is a renewable energy engineering, construction, and consulting company. They are seeking an Experienced C&I Solar/ BESS Project Manager to oversee the full project life-cycle, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead feasibility, site selection, and preliminary design reviews
• Drive financial modeling, PPA/pricing inputs, and investment memos
• Oversee entitlement, permitting, utility interconnection, and environmental studies
• Coordinate early stakeholder engagement—landowners, utilities, AHJs, community groups
• Develop baseline schedules, risk registers, and cap-ex/op-ex budgets for hand-off to EPC
• Convert development deliverables into detailed project execution plans
• Manage EPC partners, subcontractors, and vendors—RFPs, contract negotiation, change orders
• Control schedule, cost, scope, and quality using earnedvalue and critical-path methods
• Lead weekly progress meetings; publish KPI dashboards and executive reports
• Own startup, commissioning, punch-list close-out, and turnover to O&M or asset management
• Mentor project managers and coordinators; foster a culture of safety and continuous improvement
• Serve as the single point of contact to senior leadership, investors, and clients
• Champion proactive risk management, regulatory compliance, and ESG standards

Skills

• MANDATORY C&I SOLAR AND/OR BESS EXPERIENCE
• Ability to adapt and change focus quickly and often
• Experience managing multiple projects in different stages of their project cycles
• Experience leading feasibility, site selection, and preliminary design reviews
• Experience driving financial modeling, PPA/pricing inputs, and investment memos
• Experience overseeing entitlement, permitting, utility interconnection, and environmental studies
• Experience coordinating early stakeholder engagement—landowners, utilities, AHJs, community groups
• Experience developing baseline schedules, risk registers, and cap-ex/op-ex budgets for hand-off to EPC
• Experience converting development deliverables into detailed project execution plans
• Experience managing EPC partners, subcontractors, and vendors—RFPs, contract negotiation, change orders
• Experience controlling schedule, cost, scope, and quality using earned value and critical-path methods
• Experience leading weekly progress meetings; publishing KPI dashboards and executive reports
• Experience owning startup, commissioning, punch-list close-out, and turnover to O&M or asset management
• Experience mentoring project managers and coordinators; fostering a culture of safety and continuous improvement
• Experience serving as the single point of contact to senior leadership, investors, and clients
• Experience championing proactive risk management, regulatory compliance, and ESG standards

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