Construction Manager
Construction Manager
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09-04-2025
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$ 70000 - 100000
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1 Vacancy
Posted on :
09-04-2025
Job Description
ROLE OVERVIEW
Pivot Energy is seeking a determined Owners Construction Manager to join the team. The Owners Construction Manager will be responsible for overseeing field EPC operations of corporate rooftop projects in Northern IL to verify construction status progress building means & methods QA/QC and safety compliance on a regular basis before during and after major construction activities on rooftop and carport sites with both Photovoltaic and Battery aspects. This will be a local position within the defined region (Chicago suburbs). The Owners Construction Manager will split their time between 25 active project sites at a time. They will be responsible for reviewing EPC progress reports and compare to actual production onsite. The Owners Construction Manager will help set Pivot up for success by helping to review and provide insight to the accuracy of EPC schedules deliverables and quality making sure that projects close out on minimizing lateterm construction surprises.
Strong problemsolving abilities are a must to deal with inevitable discrepancies between EPC reports and actual site findings. A strong understanding of small utilityscale and commercial photovoltaic construction and order of operations is essential. This role will be required to interface directly with EPC build crews and field management. This role will best suit someone who is organized selfmanaging and comfortable with continual site oversight.
This position offers a great opportunity to join a bestinindustry Project Management team and growth potential at a cuttingedge company with a national footprint.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Experiences with rooftop construction building means & methods
- Perform site visits from an Owners perspective to verify accuracy in EPC schedule reporting progress QA/QC and Safety
- Review EPC weekly & monthly status reports opine for accuracy
- Review drawings and specifications and have a thorough understanding of the scope of work
- Review project plans schedule and safety plans
- Review site photos to identify accuracy in construction schedule and progress reporting
- Take site photos that will serve as historical records for projects and upload photos to Procore tools as applicable
- Collaborate with the Project Engineering team to perform remote and onsite QA/QC inspections
- Perform safety audits
- Identify project constructability improvements and lessons learned
- Host system outages with utility and EPC subcontractor
- Oversee mobilization and/or major procurement deliveries to ensure ontime
- Oversee challenging and/or risky scope activities that require additional Owner representation (e.g. site underground drilling and pile driving)
- Monitor subcontractor construction progress regularly reinforcing safety and quality with subcontractor and addressing any issues that arise during construction.
- Interface with local neighbors to provide notice of upcoming activities or help resolve any concerns/complaints that arise during construction
- Willing to travel up to 75 of the time depending on locality to construction sites
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
- 4 years of related solar ground mount rooftop and/or carport construction management experience
- Minimum 4 years of professional experience required
- Experience in the solar industry or comparable energy experience
- Strong understanding of site diligence documents to ensure the EPC scope accurately captures the site constraints including Geotech ESAs permits interconnect agreements & landuse agreements
- Drivers license comfortability on roofs of varying degrees ability to climb up ladders comfortability working in or around electrical panelboards and switchgear
- Ability to book and manage own travel to best support Owners obligations and budgets; Forecasting travel costs
- Ability to clearly communicate complex technical or regulatory details with stakeholders
- Ability to motivate and manage teams of highly effective individuals to achieve project objectives
- Proven working experience in construction management and knowledge of construction means and methods
- Strong understanding of relevant engineering aspects
- Strong organization leadership negotiation and delegation skills
- Working knowledge of scheduling concepts such as CPM Gantt charts etc.
- Working knowledge of spreadsheets word processing and scheduling software
- OSHA 30 is required
PREFERRED COMPETENCIES
- Solar project development exposure
- Solar engineering exposure (PVsyst Helioscope etc.
- Utility Interconnection experience
- NABCEP certification is preferred
- OSHA 300 is a preferred
$70000 $100000 a year
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
The base salary range for this position is $70000 $100000 depending on relevant experience along with eligibility for the companys substantial bonus plan with a target bonus of 30 of annual salary (prorated in the first year based on start date).
Pivot Energy is dedicated to providing a great work experience for all employees placing an emphasis on company culture and a focus on our people. To that end Pivot offers an outstanding benefits package that includes:
Excellent health/dental/vision insurance benefits with up to 100 of premiums covered by the company
Four weeks of vacation plus employment milestone bonus vacations
Company paid life insurance and short & longterm disability coverage
Generous parental leave
401(k) matching (after vesting period)
Work from home stipend for new employees
Public transit reimbursement
PTO for volunteering in the community
Charitable donation matching up to $500/year
Professional development and educational reimbursements
A complete list of all the benefits Pivot offers may be provided upon request.
Recruitment Agency Notice:
We appreciate your interest in partnering with us; however we are not seeking recruitment agency support for this role.
ABOUT PIVOT
Pivot Energy is a national renewable energy provider that develops finances builds owns and manages solar and energy storage projects that help decarbonize our nations electricity increase equitable access to clean energy for local communities and provide real costsavings to American businesses and
families.
We are fiercely dedicated to accelerating the rapid transition taking place in the energy industry to a more decentralized and cleaner approach to power generation. We are committed to positively contributing to the local communities and people we serve with more than clean energy. We believe global warming poses an existential threat to our planet and that we have a responsibility to help mitigate the threat. Our portfolio includes projects that reduce energy burden for incomelimited families create workforce pathways for underrepresented groups within the solar industry and include robust community investment opportunities.
As a Certified B Corporation and one of Denvers Best Places to Work we believe that company success is driven by a healthy environment thriving society and workplace where all individuals are respected. We evaluate every internal decision on environmental social and governance (ESG) factors to determine if our actions will result in a net positive impact on the community our employees customers shareholders and the environment.Learn more in our annual ESG Report.
At Pivot our core values guide our work internally and externally:
Impact We hold ourselves accountable to having a measurable impact on our people communities and the planet
Balance Put family first; work hard/have fun
Determination Find ways to be successful no matter how difficult the challenge
Professionalism Impress everyone we touch be a team player
Honesty Be truthful and transparent externally and internally
Kindness Create an environment where kindness empathy and vulnerability are embraced
DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION and JUSTICE STATEMENT
At Pivot we are proactively developing and maintaining an inclusive culture rooted in mutual respect that supports a workforce of different generations races gender identities sexual orientations ability statuses religions and cultures to work collaboratively together for greater impact. We seek to build a team that invests in relationship building celebrates each others successes and makes space for the unique contributions and working styles people bring into Pivot.
Pivot invests in companywide trainings assessments and programs to advance internal inclusion and equity practices such as employee allyship building crosscultural communications and equitable hiring and management protocols to increasingly recognize bias and ensure mutual respect and belonging.
EEO STATEMENT
Pivot Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce. We actively work to cultivate an inclusive culture that welcomes empowers and enables equitable career growth for employees regardless of background.
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