Project Manager, Renewable Energy

SB Energy is an infrastructure company developing, building, owning, and operating energy and data center infrastructure projects. The Project Manager leads utility-scale solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage projects through late-stage development and pre-construction, managing budgets, schedules, risks, permitting, contracting, stakeholder coordination, and financial close before handoff to the construction execution team.

Responsibilities:

• Project Ownership: Oversee BESS and PV+BESS projects from advanced development through pre-construction, ensuring a clean and timely hand-off to the construction execution team
• Support the negotiations and execution of EPC contract(s) and other critical project agreements
• Manage Limited Notice-to-Proceed contracts and owner-furnished equipment contracts and integration with EPC scope
• Coordinate with Construction and Engineering to ensure design basis and schedule alignment before mobilization
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to select appropriate consultants and manage consultant contracts efficiently
• Maintain and track project budgets and pre-construction schedules
• Establish and manage the Plan of Record and oversee the project document management system
• Provide regular, data-driven updates to leadership and external partners
• Identify and mitigate project risks, scope gaps, and scope changes
• Direct and mentor project-specific Project Coordinator(s), delegating tasks as appropriate
• Develop detailed hand-off packages and coordinate knowledge transfer to the assigned Construction Project Manager
• Lead internal and external project meetings, maintain organized meeting notes and action-item trackers, and utilize Monday.com for transparent task management and follow-up
• Orchestrate cross-functional collaboration across SB Energy—including Development, Power Marketing, Interconnection, Engineering, Capital Markets, Permitting, Procurement, Quality, Real Estate, Safety, O&M, and Asset Management—through all late-stage development and pre-construction milestones. Define clear deliverables, monitor progress against the Plan of Record, address conflicts or scope gaps promptly, and escalate issues early to protect budget and schedule
• Interface with landowners, public utilities and power purchasers to ensure conditions and milestones of site control agreement(s), interconnection agreement(s), and power purchase agreement(s) are met
• Engage with authorities having jurisdiction and permitting authorities/agencies to obtain all required permits for the project, including but not limited to, special/conditional use permit(s), environmental permits, and building permits
• Work with finance parties, legal counsel(s), and independent engineer (lender representative) to support the financial milestones/closings

Requirements:

• 7-10 + years of experience managing utility-scale PV, BESS, and PV+BESS projects
• Experience performing the above duties and responsibilities for utility-scale PV and BESS projects
• Expertise in MS Office Suite
• Monday.com and other project management tools
• Strong verbal and written communications and presentation skills are essential
• MS Project and/or P6 (optional)