Project Management Operations Manager (Remote)

Irvine, CADevelopment – Project Management // Remote

COMPANY OVERVIEW

174 Power Global (174 PG), headquartered in Irvine, California, is an affiliate company of the Hanwha Group, a FORTUNE Global 500 firm among the eight largest business enterprises in South Korea. With approximately eighty professionals engaged in all aspects of development, execution, financing, and operations, 174 PG designs, builds, and manages utility-scale solar power plant and battery energy storage solutions. The company provides a decade of global leadership in solar PV to North America, combining best-of-world technology, processes, and partnerships to deliver customized solar PV and energy storge solutions to its customers. With proven capabilities across the solar and energy storge value chain, 174 Power Global minimizes uncertainty and risk, and helps customers achieve a higher return on their renewable and storage technology investments.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The PMO Manager drives successful delivery of 174 Power Global's projects under the project execution phases. This person works in close partnership across all 174 Power Global's Project Management teams to ensure that projects are delivered safely, on time and on budget. This also requires close collaboration across 174 Power Global's broader organization, including the Development, Interconnection, Permitting, Engineering, Legal, Asset Management, and Finance departments.

Key responsibilities include developing and overseeing Project Management Operation (PMO) processes, including project management coordination, contract compliance, construction administration, cashflow and spend forecasting, budget and change management, and risk management. This requires directly managing the activities of the Project Coordinators and the outputs of the Construction Project Manager, Construction Manager, Associate Project Manager, Quality Manager, prime contractors/EPC's, and other project based team members.

EARLY ON, RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

• Supporting project coordination/administration of renewable energy projects under engineering/construction with the assigned Construction Project Management Teams, particularly with budget management and data management.
• Developing and refining the Project Management Information System (PMIS) architecture with the Director of Project Management
• Managing 3rd party resources in implementing key PMIS systems
• Developing and refining PMO organization and processes, including its key practices
• Working with the Safety Manager establishing the 174 Power Global Safety Management program for its projects and its operations.

FUTURE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Refining, managing, and progressively iterating on PMO and PMIS operations
• Managing Project Coordinator/Project Administrator workflows and resourcing
• Managing PMIS system efficiency and implementing changes/improvements where needed
• Aggregating key metrics and trends within and across the projects, identifying technical and commercial risks to mitigate. Drive mitigation actions in tandem with rest of the Project Management Team.

REQUIREMENTS

• 6-10 years Construction Project Management experience in Subcontractor, GC, or Owner roles.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field. Equivalent mix of work and education will be considered
• Experience/knowledge of the following project management finance mechanics; Cashflow Forecasting, Budget and Change Management, Purchase Requisition Process, Invoice Management.
• Contract Management, Contract Compliance experience with the following: GC/EPC Agreements, Supplier Agreements, Interconnection Agreements, Offtake Agreements, Agreements/permits by city, county, state, federal, and other Governing Authorities.
• Experience with Construction Administration / Project Coordination ; RFIs, Submittals, Drawing / Specifications, Quality/Defect/Punch List Management
• Experience managing Owner-Furnished Equipment, preferably in the Renewable Energy / Power Generation construction sector including PV Modules, Transformers, Inverters/skids, batteries, turbines, and others.
• Experience with Solar, ESS, Wind, and/or Substation/Switchyard projects preferred.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• ProCore
• Microsoft Project and/or Primavera P6
• Sharepoint
• PowerQuery
• PowerBI
• PowerAutomate
• PowerApps         

$150,000 - $225,000 a year

174 Power Global provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.