Project Manager Senior (m/w/d)

Job Description

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero in the global energy transition. We are a trusted, full-service partner to public sector and government entities, K-12 schools, higher education, utilities, and healthcare customers across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe.

At Ameresco, we show the way by developing, constructing and operating tailored smart energy efficiency solutions, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure upgrades that drive cost savings, resilience, decarbonization, and innovation. Our comprehensive portfolio is built to address the challenges of today and adapt the future, ensuring long-term sustainability and success for our customers.

Role Scope

Reporting to the Head of Engineering and Construction for the renewable business (principally focused on Solar Projects, Utility Scale and C&I), and through the coordination of a Project Teams, is accountable of the project’s results in terms of achievement of the Budget Margin/EBIT (Revenues and Cost), Time, Quality and Compliance (including Code of Conduct and Ethics, Health and Safety, Environment and Sustainability).

Main Responsibilities

Project Coordination

• define and coordinate the resources of the team (internal and external), through periodical meetings,
• support Sales Unit in the definition of the Contractual Condition with the Clients, to anticipate and manage since the beginning any possible risk on projects,
• ensure an efficient Hand Over process before the Execution Phase and with O&M (and to the Client) at the conclusion of the construction activities, elaborating and updating the relevant documents during the project execution,
• support procurement in the definition of the specific project’s procurement strategy, and elaborate the procurement plan of the project,
• manage of the EPC/BOP Contract with the Client and facilitate an efficient relationship with subcontractors,
• ensure the right execution of the plants, respecting local normative, permits and prescriptions, ensuring customer satisfaction,
• ensure the correct Safety and Environmental management with the support of the HSS manager, and accordingly local normative,
• stakeholder (internal and external) management with the support of the other Team Members,
• ensure profits and marginality on projects as budget, and coordinate the team to improve and optimize the economical result of the projects,
• organization of periodical project’s meetings (internal, with contractors and with Clients), and implementation of the periodical internal reports for the Team, Management and Clients.

Project Controlling

• definition of the correct project’s WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) and CBS (Cost Breakdown Structure) of the project, analyzing constantly project’s Cost, Revenues and Cash Flow,
• verify, together with Engineering, since the Technical/Economical Offer the Project, the cost for the full execution of the Project,
• definition and updating of the Project’s Schedule during the project’s execution,
• monitoring of the physical progress of the project, promptly highlighting the deviations from the Baseline and implementing corrective actions,
• monitoring of project Cost and Revenues, promptly highlighting deviations from the Budget and analyzing possible actions to be implemented to realign the Forecast to the assigned objectives,
• periodic verification of cash-flows, based on project progress and contractual milestone planning, ensuring possibly a continue positive Cash Flow for the project.
• Invoicing and Payment Execution (additionally to Plan and Forecast),
• responsible for planning all risk management activities, conducting risk assessments and following up status on mitigation measures, managing and maintaining the risk register and risk reporting.

Quality Assurance

• ensure the right implementation of the internal procedures, during the execution phase,
• establish and maintain updated the Project Quality Plan,
• verify and facilitate internal (project team) and external (contractor) people the right document management of the projects, using the defined DMS system,
• support the activities for the Factory Inspection, and Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), together with Engineering and the Site Inspection and Site Acceptance Test (SAT) with the Construction/Site Managers, verifying that the right Quality Control Plans have been defined and implemented,
• report and maintain a register of the non-conformities/defects (deviations from a specification, a standard, or an expectation) and quality improvements,
• final analysis of the project’s results and definition of the Lesson Learnt to be facilitated within the Country,
• ensure that all the relevant documents for Project Execution and O&M activities have been produced and shared.

Requirements

• Education: Degree level qualification in Engineering (electrical, industrial, mechanical or equivalent).
• Experience: At least 5 years of experience in managing the execution phase of Renewable Energy Projects.
• Qualifications: Project Management Professional qualification will be an advantage.
• Technical Skills: Knowledge of renewable and solar energy regulations and safety standards. Excellent application of Excell, Word, PowerPoint and MSProject.
• Soft Skills: Leadership and team management, self-starter, problem solving and decision making, target oriented, excellent communication skills and negotiation ability.
• Languages: Fluency in English (written and verbal), other language will be an advantage.

AMERESCO challenges the brightest, most talented, and creative individuals in the industry by providing an environment that fosters initiative and achievement. We are proud of our comprehensive and competitive employee benefits, including people-oriented insurance, investment, and incentive plans.

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Ameresco is an Equal Opportunity Employer.