Project Manager, Renewable Energy in Quinte West

Do you want to work with high-caliber professionals in a dynamic and growing company? Are you entrepreneurial, hard-working, and collegial? Join us at SB Energy, a leading infrastructure company backed by SoftBank Group and Ares Infrastructure, pairing cutting-edge innovation with best-in-class execution. Our mission is to deliver reliable and secure data center and power infrastructure to strengthen America’s future.

Overview: The Project Manager (“PM”) leads SB Energy’s utility-scale solar photovoltaic (“PV”) and Battery Energy Storage System (“BESS”) projects through late-stage development and pre-construction, ensuring each project is fully ready for construction mobilization and has successfully closed the initial project financing. This role bridges development and execution by driving permitting, finalizing site control, establishing relationships with stakeholders and authorities having jurisdiction, contracting, engineering, and financial close activities, then handing the project off to the PM responsible for the full build-out. The PM is responsible for the project budget, schedule, risk management, and cross-functional coordination during this critical stage.

Responsibilities:

• Project Ownership: Oversee BESS and PV+BESS projects from advanced development through pre-construction, ensuring a clean and timely hand-off to the construction execution team.
• Contracting & EPC Engagement: Support the negotiations and execution of EPC contract(s) and other critical project agreements. Manage Limited Notice-to-Proceed contracts and owner-furnished equipment contracts and integration with EPC scope. Coordinate with Construction and Engineering to ensure design basis and schedule alignment before mobilization.
• Internal Process Management: Maintain and track project budgets and pre-construction schedules. Establish and manage the Plan of Record and oversee the project document management system. Provide regular, data-driven updates to leadership and external partners. Identify and mitigate project risks, scope gaps, and scope changes.
• Leadership & Task Management: Lead internal and external project meetings, maintain organized meeting notes and action-item trackers, and utilize Monday.com for transparent task management and follow-up.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Interface with landowners, public utilities and power purchasers to ensure conditions and milestones of site control agreement(s), interconnection agreement(s), and power purchase agreement(s) are met.
• Permitting & Regulatory Compliance: Engage with authorities having jurisdiction and permitting authorities/agencies to obtain all required permits for the project.
• Financial Close & Independent Engineer Coordination: Work with finance parties, legal counsel(s), and independent engineer (lender representative) to support the financial milestones/closings.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• 7-10 + years of experience managing utility-scale PV, BESS, and PV+BESS projects.
• Experience performing the above duties and responsibilities for utility-scale PV and BESS projects.
• Ability to travel 25-50% of the time, as needed.
• Expertise in MS Office Suite, MS Project and/or P6 (optional), Monday.com and other project management tools.
• Strong verbal and written communications and presentation skills are essential.

Location: San Francisco Bay Area or San Diego, CA; Denver, CO; Houston, TX or Remote option available. The position requires up to 25-50% domestic travel.

At SB Energy, we invest in our people and their families with benefits designed for flexibility, support, and peace of mind. Full-time employees enjoy:

• 100% Company-Paid Medical, Dental & Vision (for employees and dependents)
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Generous Paid Time Off + 11 Paid Holidays
• 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Life, AD&D & Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Medical, Dependent Care, Transit & Parking (with company contributions)
• Mental, Physical & Social Wellness Support (with company contributions)
• Flexible Work Arrangements & Hybrid Office Setup
• Monthly Reimbursement for Phone, Internet & Data
• Optional Legal & Pet Insurance Plans
• Device Purchase Support

SB Energy is built on a foundation of collaboration and inclusion. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.