Associate Project Manager - Solar and Battery Storage Construction

Summary:
The associate project manager collaborates closely with an experienced project manager, offering assistance in tasks related to solar construction projects. This role serves as a foundational step toward a career in project management, providing hands-on experience and development in the dynamic field of renewable construction projects.

What you’ll do:

• Administratively support the Project Manager in all areas including procurement, purchasing, subcontract and lease agreements, quality assurance, commissioning, and equipment tracking
• Assist in the logistics and management of equipment, materials, and labor
• Help track the project construction schedule utilizing Primavera P6 software

• Contribute to managing task finances, including forecasting work progress and monitoring important project logs.

• Establish and nurture customer relationships
• Assist estimators gathering quotes, printing drawings, counting, take-off estimating, and responding to RFIs and RFQs
• Oversee document management, including RFIs, constraints, purchase order logs, field testing, change orders, shop drawings, and owner acceptance.
• Professionally interact with customers, other trades, general contractors, and internal staff

• Participate in the closeout process, including tracking punch list items.
• Work collaboratively with various trades, contractors, and project stakeholders.

What you’ll need for success:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Electrical Engineering or related field or commensurate experience
• 1-2 years of experience in project coordination or project management, preferably in an electrical construction or commercial solar construction environment
• Passion for renewable energy
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.)
• Knowledge in Microsoft Project is beneficial.
• Familiarity with Primavera P6, Bluebeam, Procore, Acubid, Plangrid is a plus.
• Excellent team collaboration and customer service skills
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Solid organization and prioritization skills, managing concurrent deadlines.

Continental Energy Solutions offers end-to-end EPS solutions. We design, engineer, procure, install, commission, monitor, and maintain solar arrays, solar plus battery storage, and full microgrid solutions.

We offer an unbeatable team of engineers, project managers, and field supervisors, including NABCEP Certified Professionals, the gold standard in the solar industry. Together, our team works to provide our customers with clearly outlined costs, energy savings, and overall project ROI. We have built hundreds of commercial solar PV projects, many solar plus battery storage solutions, and installed over 350 electric vehicle (EV) chargers. Our project portfolio includes rooftop systems for big-box retail and warehouse customers, and community solar projects with multiple developers. Our commercial projects are typically larger than 750kW and are paired with storage resources.  With our experienced team and extensive project portfolio, we can build a solar and storage solution to meet any challenge.

Working for Continental Energy Solutions provides:

• Collaboration, assistance, tools and resources for success
• An engaging and respectful workplace with excellent benefits and compensation
• Pride working for the largest PV and battery storage installer in Illinois

Continental Energy Solutions is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on account of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex, sexual or gender orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status or unfavorable discharge from military service.