New Homes Multi-Family Project Manager

Do you want to change the world? We do, too.
 
The energy market is roughly $4 trillion globally, and solar penetration is less than 1%.  But just one hour of sunlight, if harnessed, could power the entire world for a year. We have the opportunity to completely change the way energy is produced, distributed and consumed on a global scale, and we’re looking for talented, committed people to help us drive our growth and achieve our goals.
 
SunPower is a global solar energy solutions company with a rich heritage of pioneering the best energy technologies in the world. Our solutions are unrivaled in terms of long-term reliability, efficiency and guaranteed performance, and our company is unmatched in terms of global reach and scale. Through design, manufacturing, installation and ongoing maintenance and monitoring, SunPower provides its proprietary, world-record efficient solar technology to residential, commercial and utility customers worldwide.
 
SunPower is changing the way our world is powered every day with a brilliant, passionate and driven team of more than 7,000 in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. In an industry that is reshaping the world’s energy future, there’s no better place to be than SunPower.
 
We believe that our employees create our brand – with each project, each communication, each task completed and each interaction. Experience is critical to SunPower in regards to not only our customers but also our employees and dealer partners. As such, we strive to hire candidates that are service focused. The experience we would expect the ideal person to deliver is:
 

SunPower is looking for a Project Manager to manage the scoping, planning, permitting, coordination and execution of solar installation on Multi-Family Projects. The Multi-Family Project Manager is responsible for ensuring all elements of the project are scoped correctly, proper expectations are set with the customer and other trades, and installation performed by partners is done with the highest quality and to the customer’s specifications.

Job Description

• Deliver on-time, on-budget projects by holding primary responsibility for managing sub-contractors for a portfolio of 10 mW of Multifamily solar and storage
• Manage all aspects of the project cycle for cross-regional multifamily projects to ensure profitability and compliance with contracts and negotiated agreements. This may include:
  • oversight of budget and timelines
  • value-engineering installation and interconnection strategies
  • management of client, stakeholders, and subcontractor relationships,
  • engineering and permitting,
  • staffing and scheduling,
  • interconnection, incentives, and close-out processes
• Perform analysis of procurement and cost actuals metrics and trends to support budgeting and resource allocation and planning
• Interface with and manage relationships with client and client agents
• Analyze and provide solutions to challenges and or problems
• Create, implement and drive operating rhythms to enable better communications and engagement with team members and drive key performance results 
• Identify areas of concern in the project portfolio work to find resolutions. 

Preferred background and experience

• 3+ years of experience in commercial/multifamily/utility solar construction or operations in management or strategic oversight role
• 3+ years of experience in project management of commercial-scale solar projects, managing vendors, and negotiating contracts
• Proficiency with CRM database systems, specifically Salesforce.com
• Experience with MS Project or other project/construction management platforms
• Experience with and Knowledge of Relevant building codes, Title 24 requirements, Interconnection in CA IOU territories, including VNEM and NEMA
• Invoicing and Accts Payable/Receivable
• Strong interpersonal skills; team player attitude, working with various builders, superintendents and craft labor to include our Installation Partners
• Ability to help build and strengthen an organization, building structure over time 
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and reprioritize as necessary to align to current business objectives
• Passionate customer focus

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