BESS Project Manager

Job#: 3053371
Job Description:
BESS Project Manager Level 2
Location: Juno Beach, Florida (Remote)
Role Overview
This organization is seeking a Project Manager to lead advanced technical, financial, and regulatory planning for utility-scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects from early development through construction readiness. The role requires the application of advanced engineering, economic, and project management principles to optimize project scope, risk allocation, and financial feasibility across highly complex, multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will join a newly created special projects group focused on unique pre-construction initiatives, including data-center-related BESS construction.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead advanced pre-construction planning and optimization for utility-scale BESS projects, integrating engineering design, financial modeling, procurement strategy, and regulatory constraints to support executive investment decisions.
• Manage critical coordination of highly matrixed project development teams to ensure resources are focused on scheduled activities.
• Coordinate with environmental, regulatory, cultural, land acquisition, interconnection, and other project variables to ensure comprehensive development.
• Develop and optimize the technical scope and variables of the project to improve both technical and financial feasibility.
• Support origination and development teams with Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and Generator Interconnection Agreement (GIA) negotiations, as well as jurisdictional requirements.
• Coordinate engineering, estimating, and procurement needs to support the development of financial models and project designs.
• Actively seek out and leverage market data to ensure the financial model is robust.
• Present financial models to respective business units and manage them through executive budget approvals.
• Competitively source, negotiate, and execute commercial contracts for critical services, including geotechnical, survey, engineering, and EPC/PC construction services.
• Represent Engineering & Construction interests on assigned projects and utilize software applications to manage critical data, budget capitalization, scheduling, and key indicators.
• Maintain active communication with executive leadership, suppliers, regulatory agencies, local communities, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure seamless handover of projects moving to the construction stage with an inclusive and executable plan.

Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
Experience: Minimum of 4 years of experience in project management, with a focus on engineering, economics, or construction.
Technical Skills: Proven experience reviewing long legal documents such as Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and Energy Saving Agreements (ESAs) to understand technical requirements. Practical experience with battery or solar projects is required.
Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in scheduling, budgeting, estimating, and utilizing Excel and Google Earth.
• Technical knowledge of renewable energy markets, renewables, and battery storage systems.
• Strong communication skills and experience presenting project progress and risk mitigation strategies to management.

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