Overview: The primary company representative responsible for the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of commercial and utility solar power plant projects. Directs and supervises activities related to project bidding, contract administration, change orders, submittals, procurement, project financial projections, and schedule requirements to ensure projects are completed in a high quality, profitable, safe and zero incident manner. Maintains a relentless focus on meeting and exceeding customer needs and expectations. Builds business with current customers by delivering on our promises and creates new business with potential customers in a proactive manner, promoting all of our construction services. The Project Manager, Commercial & Utility Projects shall be responsible for managing multiple installations at any given time. Duties - Plan, staff, and supervise all assigned work activities through site Construction Managers and subcontractors to insure a cohesive operational unit.
- Strong work ethic; e.g. roll-up your sleeves leader that requires minimal supervision
- Highly focused, organized, analytical thinker who is used to substantial autonomy while ensuring that the customer’s needs a met.
- Flexible to new ideas and new directions and can work in a dynamically changing work environment.
- Highly motivated to develop and implement cost reduction initiatives to meet the changing industry requirements.
- Pre-Construction: Coordinate with the engineering team to plan the design and installation of product and related items and review the contract documents to ensure compliance with all required provisions.
- Works with Contracts Manager to resolve contract issues and maintain contract compliance for both owner-facing and subcontractor-facing agreements
- Arranges directly or through subcontractors for the necessary site logistic in terms of site offices, connectivity, utilities connections, etc.
- Work closely with Construction Manager for oversight of contractors and trades
- Issues project progress reports and communicates proactively with team members.
- Checks the subcontractors progress reports and validate their associated payment requests
- Enforce quality control programs
- Manage customer audits and inspections
- Provides main day-to-day customer interface and point of contact
- Develop Project schedules for execution of the work within the project milestones
- Schedules the delivery of products; schedules and coordinates the installation of the products with the customer, subcontractors and inspectors
- Ensures that all ongoing project records and logs are up to date and closed at the end of the project.
- Provides feedback to project development and the Operations Team
- Closes out the project and turns it over to Operation and Maintenance Team
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements: - Proven working experience in Project management
- Advanced knowledge of Project management processes, means and methods
- Expert knowledge of building products, construction details and relevant rules, regulations and quality standards
- Understanding of all facets of the construction process
- Familiarity with construction management software packages
- Ability to plan and see the “big picture”
- Competent in conflict and crisis management
- Leadership and human resources management skills
- Excellent time and project management skills
- Ability to live in remote and harsh environments
- BS degree in electrical engineering, civil engineering, architecture engineering or related field
- PMP certificate
· Fluent in spoken and written English Reports to: Operations Director Location: Ankara, Turkey Experience: - 5+ years of commercial/Utility construction experience
- Solar PV experience on commercial or utility scale projects is a plus
- Prior project management experience on large scale projects
- Experience with electrical systems and wiring is desired
- EPC, PPA, Interconnection and site lease contract experience is a plus
Business Tools: - Proficiency required in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Knowledge of Microsoft Project and/or P6 Primavera strongly preferred
Working Conditions: Main office environment work. Will be expected to travel as needed to vendors, company subsidiaries/cooperation OTHER SKILLS AND STYLE CRITICAL TO SUCCESS - Well-developed and professional interpersonal skills; ability to interact effectively with people at all levels of the organization, customers and vendors
- Effective in managing customer demands and balancing speed with quality
- Has a problem-solving orientation. Can identify issues and produce a variety of solutions quickly without becoming overstressed or overbearing
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Organizational skills needed to manage time well, prioritize effectively, and handle multiple deadlines with minimal supervision
- Enjoys building a business, creating structure and possesses a willingness to lead development of processes and procedures
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- A high level of personal integrity and a strong work ethic
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