What to Expect
The role entails active program coordination for all phases of Tesla’s energy storage deployment projects, including feasibility, layout, and design; utility design, easements, permitting, construction, planning, defining schedule, budgets, material and equipment planning and requisition, site commissioning, and close-out.
The ideal candidate has solid hands-on experience managing utility and commercial energy storage projects; demonstrates initiative, clear-headed problem solving, and mastery of the tactical details for each project.
Finally, this candidate will bring high energy and an optimistic approach towards aggressively driving each project to completion.
What You’ll Do
Manage the project cycle for utility and commercial energy storage projects.
Support the design process by conducting site visits and interfacing with development and sales engineering teams
Supports the permitting process, meets with zoning/permitting personnel to understand jurisdictional approval requirements and opportunities for timeline reduction.
Tracks and manages status of all required approvals
Oversee all field teams and installation progress including defining scopes of work and development of subcontracts and work authorizations
Lead the bid process for subcontracted work, including Reviewing and approving construction bids and change orders
Develops and manages project budgets and schedule
Procure subcontract labor, materials or equipment to ensure timely completion of the project
Communicate effectively, both orally and written, able to craft documentation and perform presentations to suit the audience
Anticipate necessary work, organize and disseminate as needed is critical to maintaining typical project schedules
What You’ll Bring
Bachelors Degree in Architecture, Engineering or Construction preferred, or equivalent
Minimum 5 - 7 years project management, site acquisition, site development experience.
Prior work in Utility Solar and Energy Storage as a project manager is required.
Established track record of managing and delivering multiple simultaneous projects ahead of schedule and adhering to the highest quality and standards.
Advanced knowledge of site acquisition procedures, including regulatory and permitting process.
Skilled in reading, understanding and red-lining zoning and construction drawings, including utility designs and power distribution details.
Cognizant of cost implications and able to make recommendations which benefit the bottom line.
Aptitude in communicating and building relationships with landlords, local jurisdictions, utility companies and other stakeholders throughout the project cycle.
Ability to function autonomously, working independent of a support staff, without formal requirements documentation, in a fast-paced environment, ability to manage changing priorities.
Acts in a scrappy and entrepreneurial manner to accomplish tasks with far fewer resources than a big company would have.
Takes initiative; doesn’t accept the status quo, comes up with good ideas that improve the company as a whole, or our designs, processes, assemblies and/or results in cost reductions.
Ability to identify the critical path issues and institute remedies that shorten that critical path.