Project Management Consultant - E&C

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Requisition ID:   98084 

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!

Position Specific Description

Welcome to Early-Stage Solar Engineering & Construction (E&C) 

You will work for the largest renewable construction company in the world under limited direction of the Solar Regional Lead Project Manager as system, business, and project support. This is a progressive role that offers opportunity for career growth. 

Daily activities can include, but are not limited to:

Primary responsibility is to take ownership of assigned Solar projects while working collaboratively with your Regional Lead to actively manage projects through the Early-Stage process in preparation for turnover to the Construction team.

Daily management of each assigned Solar project is all-encompassing. You are responsible for delivering a technically feasible, schedule appropriate, commercially supported, and financially viable project. 

Analyze technical and financial data, extrapolate notable variables, indicators, and trends as related to the assigned Solar projects.

Support in the creation of, take ownership over, and actively manage assigned Solar project capital budget. 

Serve as development and permitting support, coordinate with and leverage subject matter experts, facilitate Engineering, actively engage in problem resolution, support capital budget activities thru approvals, work to develop a viable construction plan/schedule, support negotiations and execution of commercial contracts, investigate optimization opportunities.

Engage in a variety of software applications to support your project activities, manage critical data and deliverables. 

Communicate and interface with Executive Leadership with the support of your Regional Lead

Any and all other daily tasks required by Regional Lead to maintain overall group organization, data deliverables, team readiness, and individual project viability. 

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong financial and data analysis skillset 

Mechanical awareness and/or interest in technical variables

Construction, Energy Industry, and/or Solar experience is a plus

Strong interest in career growth on the Project Management path

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or Engineering

Highly Organized

Proactive attitude

Inherent ability to manage fast paced high stress environment

Capable of working independently 

Job Overview

This position assists in the overall management of assigned projects, to ensure compliance within required budgetary, scheduling, and safety goals. Employees in this role support construction work performed by contractors and/or vendors at the project site.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

•   Assesses productivity, schedule compliance, work quality, and safety performance on assigned projects

•   Participates in walk downs of planned work, validates acceptance of completed work to design requirements, and reviews contractor payment requests

•   Verifies constructability, ensures proper resource allocation, assesses field status, and resolves issues as needed

•   Coordinates project activities with vendors, suppliers, regulatory agencies, local community officials and the company

•   Assists in scope control, budget oversight, resolution of technical issues, performance reporting, scheduling, and work-in-progress

•   Interfaces with landowners, local regulators and state agencies

•   Reinforces expectations related to safety, procedure compliance, lessons learned, corrective action and appropriate work behaviors for employees and contractor staff

•   Coordinates activities or groups such as safety programs, engineering, construction, budget, analysis and contract administration

•   Interfaces with project’s designated management committee

•   Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

•  Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience

•  Experience: 2+ years

Preferred Qualifications

•  None

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group:  Exempt

Employee Type:   Full Time

Job Category:  Maintenance/Construction

Organization:  NextEra Energy Resources, LLC 

Relocation Provided:  Yes, if applicable

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. 

NextEra Energy and provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com , providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. 

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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