Senior Project Manager – PV & Battery Energy Storage Systems
Pivot Energy
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Denver • Colorado, Illinois, Maryland • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $130,000 - $160,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Partner with Development to validate site feasibility, interconnection strategy, and BESS architecture (DC-coupled, AC-coupled, hybrid, standalone).
- Works with SVP to define short-term and long-term scalable processes.
- Own delivery planning late-stage development through hand-off to OnM | AM, closeout; establish baseline schedules, risk registers, and commissioning plans.
- Lead design coordination with EPC and internal engineering; conduct constructability reviews and manage design changes via Procore change events.
- Plan and manage long-lead procurement (BESS enclosures, PCS/inverters, transformers, MV gear, EMS/SCADA, fire suppression).
- Collaborates with all stakeholders, internal and external.
- Interface with AHJs (planning, building, electrical, and fire) to obtain permits; develop repeatable playbooks for NFPA 855/IFC compliance and UL 9540/9540A pathways.
- Coordinate safety and quality programs; ensure compliance with OSHA, NFPA 70/70E, and Pivot QA/QC standards.
- Develop BESS operating standards: templates, workflows, testing & cold and hot commissioning protocols (FAT, SAT, functional performance, capacity & duration tests).
- Integrate Prevailing Wage & Apprenticeship (PWA) compliance workflows with Deloitte/ORCA and LCPtracker; maintain audit-ready records.
- Negotiate and/or support EPC contracts and change orders; implement DOA-aligned workflows with Legal, Finance, and Supply Chain.
- Track project controls in Procore and report performance in Power BI; drive P90 forecasting for NTP/MC/COD/SC milestones.
- Lead cross-functional issue resolution (interconnection, EMS controls, fire code interpretations, supply chain constraints).
- Own stakeholder communication plans; present status and risk mitigations to executives and partners.
- Ability to travel to project sites, AHJs, and vendor facilities.
Requirements
- 7+ years of utility-scale or C&I renewable energy project management, with 3+ years delivering BESS projects to COD.
- Proven experience coordinating with AHJs, including fire departments, and navigating NFPA 855/IFC permitting.
- Working knowledge of NEC Articles 480/690/706/705, UL 9540/9540A, UL 1973, IEEE 1547/1547.1, and utility interconnection standards.
- Demonstrated success managing EPCs, negotiating commercial terms, and overseeing long-lead procurement for storage components.
- Proficiency with Procore (project controls), Microsoft Project or P6 (scheduling), and Power BI (reporting).
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
Benefits
- Excellent health/dental/vision insurance benefits with up to 100% of premiums covered by the company
- Four weeks of vacation plus employment milestone bonus vacations
- Company-paid life insurance and short- & long-term disability coverage
- Generous parental leave
- 401(k) matching
- Home Office setup stipend for new employees
- Public transit reimbursement
- PTO for volunteering in the community
- Charitable donation matching up to $500/year
- Professional development and educational reimbursements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
BESS architectureprocurement managementcommissioning protocolsproject managementrisk managementdesign coordinationinterconnection strategyconstructability reviewsnegotiationstakeholder communication
Soft skills
communicationnegotiationstakeholder managementcollaborationleadershipproblem-solvingorganizational skillscross-functional issue resolutionplanningpresentation skills
Certifications
OSHA complianceNFPA 70NFPA 70EUL 9540UL 9540AIEEE 1547IEEE 1547.1NEC Articles 480NEC Articles 690NEC Articles 706