Utility scale solar PV. Field leadership.
Location: project based, on site. Engagement: long term contract. Travel: assignment based.
About the role
A specialty energy services partner supporting owners, developers and EPCs is hiring a Solar Construction Manager for long term contract work on utility scale photovoltaic projects.
This is field leadership on the owner’s representative and EPCm side, not a self perform GC superintendent seat. You will own day to day construction oversight of the solar field from mobilization through mechanical completion and COD support: civil and SWPPP, piles and foundations, racking and trackers, modules, DC collection, inverters, MV collection, production, quality and punch out.
BESS yard and HV substation and gen-tie are separate packages. You coordinate those interfaces. You do not own those seats.
Key responsibilities
- Lead day to day field execution of utility scale solar PV construction from mobilization through mechanical completion and commissioning support.
- Oversee civil scope: clearing and grading, roads, drainage, fencing, laydown, SWPPP and stormwater, and site restoration.
- Manage pile and foundation installation, embedment and pull test acceptance, tracker and racking erection, and module install production.
- Direct DC electrical: stringing, combiners, harnesses, homeruns, cable management, and inverter and skid install.
- Oversee MV collection (typically 34.5 kV): trench and plow, junctions, terminations, testing coordination, and interface to the POI and substation fence.
- Drive production rates, manpower plans and three week lookaheads so civil, piles, racking, modules and DC and MV stay off the critical path.
- Review IFC drawings, pile and tracker layouts, one-lines, cable schedules, specs and submittals; raise constructability and geotech issues before they hit the field.
- Coordinate tracker and module OEM field advisors; manage OFE deliveries, offload and material control.
- Drive schedule, quality and cost for the solar package against NTP to COD milestones; surface RFIs, weather and access, and change conditions early.
- Manage civil, mechanical and electrical subcontractors plus multi craft production crews.
- Enforce HSE and environmental compliance: OSHA, JSAs, daily briefings, heat and weather controls, trench and excavation, equipment exclusion zones, and electrical safe work practices.
- Execute the quality plan: pile plumb and depth, tracker alignment and torque, module handling, DC string verification, IR and IV as required, MV termination QC, punch lists, as-builts, and turnover through MC and COD.
- Interface with BESS, HV and interconnection, and commissioning leads on shared roads, collection and COD hold points.
Required qualifications
- 7+ years construction management or superintendent experience, with 3+ years of direct field leadership on utility scale solar PV.
- Proven oversight of civil, piles, racking and trackers, module install, DC collection, inverters and MV collection.
- Working knowledge of NEC, OSHA, utility scale PV means and methods, and SWPPP and environmental controls.
- Ability to read civil, structural and electrical IFC packages, pile plans, one-lines and tracker OEM drawings.
- Demonstrated field leadership of multi craft subcontractors and production driven crews.
- OSHA 30 or equivalent.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to remain on site for the duration of a long term contract.
- Authorization to work in the United States.
Preferred qualifications
- Owner’s representative or EPCm background.
- Major tracker OEM field experience (Nextracker, Array Technologies, GameChange or similar).
- Inverter and MV collection experience; hybrid solar plus storage interface a plus.
- Commissioning support through COD; familiarity with string testing and inverter start up.
- P6, Bluebeam and standard document control tools.
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or equivalent field experience.
- NABCEP, PMP or CCM a plus.
The contract
- Type: long term contract through Verde Solutions, with weekly invoicing and time and expenses handled through our contractor app.
- Location: project based, on site, with assignment based travel.
- Rate: up to $85 per hour, depending on experience.
- Start: as soon as possible.
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