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We are ERock!

ERock is a leader and innovator in distributed energy. ERock has responded to long-term trends in electricity by becoming the first smart-grid supplier to US energy consumers. The company installs, operates, and integrates its highly flexible, low-cost, and quick-response distributed generation to increase reliability and stability, reduce cost and decrease carbon footprint.

At ERock, our backup generators ensure that customers will never be without power, allowing their business to operate normally when there is an outage in the area. Our innovative approach provides customers with highly reliable, ultra-clean backup generation at a fraction of the cost of traditional backup solutions. We seek those who share our commitment to customer service, innovation, and ingenuity.

Role Overview:

At ERock, our people are our greatest asset, and we put a strong focus on providing the attention and development necessary to drive employee success. The Project Manager is in charge of overseeing the budget, reporting on the progress of the job, managing stakeholder engagement, communicating with team members and planning for the upcoming requirements of the project. The Senior Project Manager is fully responsible for all aspects of Safety, Quality Delivery and Cost of the project. What becomes more critical as you take on the responsibilities of a Senior Project Manager is leadership and the ability to take a more strategic view of how a project is progressing, yet also be across the key day to day details. Also supports applications engineering with review and approval of capex and proposals

The ideal candidate for the role will be an innovative, collaborative, and progressive leader with exceptional business acumen and the ability to translate business challenges into actionable solutions in a highly complex, rapidly evolving environment. You are someone who builds trust and credibility and inspires ERockers across the business. You are action-oriented, resourceful, and approachable while also having the ability to influence and lead significant change.

Key Responsibilities:

• Knowledge of Project Management Methodologies
• Proficiency in various software applications
• Ability to analyze financial information such as budgets, expenditures, cost and milestone forecasting, and overall project financial health.
• Ability to control costs by: negotiating costs throughout the project to avoid budget overruns, optimizing resource allocations to manage costs and performing risk assessments to forecast potential costs impacts and mitigating these events
• Demonstrated time management skills
• Demonstrated effective communication (written and verbal)
• Proficiency in ability to prioritize and understand project sequence to ensure proper project execution
• Ability to find solutions and overcoming problems that may impact the project
• Proven Schedule Management Abilities and understanding of critical path
• Ability to provide lessons learned and root cause analysis for events
• Ability to develop process documents
• Develop project plans for more complex sites
• Demonstrated ability to ensure documentation is captured and stored throughout the project process
• Proven technical skills to support construction and engineering
• Proven ability to resolve scope deviations from client, vendor, or contractor
• Provide leadership to project management team
• Participate in educational programs to update job knowledge and expand personal network
• Ability to Use specialized tools and techniques to delegate and ensure even distribution of tasks to project team members.
• Evaluate the progress of a project to detect limitations or faults to seek solutions to a more efficient process
• Guide and direct project team members to ensure compliance with set standards, procedures, and guidelines
• Proven ability to communicate to internal and external senior management teams

Basic (Required) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Related Experience
• Project Management Certification Strongly Preferred
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in a relevant role
• Minimum 5+ years technical field experience; specifically with energy & technology
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, presentation, and project management skills related to prioritizing and executing timely deliverables within timeline, scope, and budget
• The ability to understand business needs to drive buy-in among company leaders to enable transformation and advance strategic priorities while building rapport and fostering a collaborative working environment
• Field travel required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated thought-leadership in learning, challenging the status quo and achieving exceptional results
• Possess excellent communication skills and an ability to influence a variety of audiences
• Build constructive and effective relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners
• Have experience working within agile methodologies

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Insurance
• Company-Paid Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Wellness Programs and Incentives
• 401(k) Retirement Plan & Company Match
• Paid Time Off – Sick & Vacation Time
• Paid Holidays
• Hybrid Work Schedule!
• Cool Open-Office Concept
• And so much more!

Do you have what it takes to join the ERock team? Send us your cover letter and resume today.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ERock is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

At ERock, we embrace diversity, including all the unique characteristics that make us human: race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, and education — to name a few. We understand and recognize that diverse backgrounds and perspectives strengthen our teams and our business. The foundation of our diversity efforts is closely tied to our core values specifically our value of “The Team” which includes “Mutual Respect, Openness, and Honesty.”