Team Leadership & Framework. Ensures all company HSSE systems and processes are in place and followed and that safety first culture is established and maintained on all projects. Champions a team-oriented, transparent, and supportive culture. Embrace a servant leadership model. Establishes, develops, and champions standardized Project Management workflows, processes, and procedures such that projects are delivered consistently between management teams to internal and external customers. Establis... more details
Job Summary
Sun Tribe EPC (“ST EPC”) is Virginia’s premier utility scale Solar design and build firm focused on designing and constructing sub 20MW ground mounted Solar Photovoltaic (PV) facilities. The Vice President of Project Management (“VPPMO") is an executive leadership position Sun Tribe EPC with broad responsibility for project outcomes. The VPPMO position stewards’ responsibility for recruiting, training, managing and retaining best-in-class talent and supporting them with the development of processes and systems to drive consistent successful project delivery.
VPPMO position will be asked to embrace a servant leadership model by coaching and improving effectiveness of the team members around them. This position is accountable for the safe, on time and within budget delivery of utility scale solar projects along with regular, consistent, accurate communication to executive leadership.
The VPPMO position reports directly to the CEO and works closely with high value clients, internal project teams, and executive management.
Principal Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Framework
Ensures all company HSSE systems and processes are in place and followed and that safety first culture is established and maintained on all projects.
Champions a team-oriented, transparent, and supportive culture. Embrace a servant leadership model.
Establishes, develops, and champions standardized Project Management workflows, processes, and procedures such that projects are delivered consistently between management teams to internal and external customers.
Establishes, documents, maintains, and reports on individual and project metrics.
Reports weekly on project metrics to ST EPC executive management team
Supports, develops, and creates systems and expectations of perpetual improvement in project delivery
Collaborates with directors across the business unit to maximize alignment and enable other department successes
Supports strategic ST EPC wide RACI and SOP development, creation, training, roll out and maintain compliance.
Leverages existing digital took kits to embrace consistent and efficient project delivery.
Regularly review and report project progress, schedule, and Estimate at Completion ("EAC")
Assigns project management resources to incoming EPC projects
Manages direct reports to achieve successful project outcomes on Safety, Environmental, Quality, Schedule, and Cost.
Maintains active relationships with appropriate leadership of our asset owner partners.
Complex Problems & Issue Resolution
Autonomously solves project challenges within project schedule, scope, and budget constraints
Serves as the first stop for issue elevation by project management teams and work alongside project management teams to reach resolution
Engages other ST EPC leadership as necessary to resolve issues
Elevates issues to CEO as necessary
Prime Contracts and Labor Subcontracts
Supports executive leadership with Prime EPC contract negotiation
Supports Supply Chain function and PM with Subcontract negotiations to reach favorable outcomes for ST EPC on price, schedule, and terms.
Establishes and maintains leadership level relationships with subcontracting partners.
Supports PM’s and provides executive leadership to resolve subcontractor performance management and commercial issue resolution.
Supports PM and provides executive leadership with all EPCM change order negotiation and client issue resolution
Project Scope
Diligently reviews and coaches project management teams through evaluation of the prime EPC agreement, development documents, owner requirements, and engineering drawings to fully understand project scope
Implements strategies to eliminate contractual scope gap and support SOW creation to ensure all project scope is fully addressed within a project specific execution plan.
Coaches and works alongside project managers to understand all required Owner deliverables. Create expectations, workflows, and systems to support PM team in tracking, completing, and reporting on Owner deliverables.
Coaches and works alongside project management teams to understand and define owner turnover requirements. Create expectations, workflows, systems to support PM team in completing turn over deliverables throughout the project life cycle
Manages project teams to maintain compliance with open permits and diligently close environmental permits.
Project Risk
Ensures the regular and consistent identification, tracking, reporting and mitigation of project risk.
Avoids legal action and negotiates settlements as necessary
Leads project crisis management efforts
Project Cost
Accountable for completing projects under budget and evaluating if budget modifications are required to be requested and issuing such request.
Ensures data integrity of weekly reported project EAC to be accurate and complete
Ensures all weekly, monthly cost forecasts and reports are consistent, timely and accurate.
Project Schedule
Accountable for completing projects on or before the contractually required substantial completion date
Ongoing review and approval of project schedules scanning for logic, risks, opportunity, scope gaps.
Drives schedule accountability among project management teams
Ensures timely, accurate, consistent and compliant updates and issuance of project schedules to client and internal stakeholders.
Basic Qualifications
A 4-year college degree in Engineering, Construction Science or related fields is highly desired
An advanced degree is preferred
A minimum six (6) years of experience in solar EPC project management required
A minimum of fifteen (15) cumulative years of experience in renewables, industrial, and/or power EPC construction
Skills & Experience
Demonstrable success in driving action in alignment with Sun Tribe Core values
Experience leading organizations through periods of change
Safety and quality focused individual
Demonstrated success managing teams to execute EPC projects
Strong understanding of legal contract documents
Significant experience negotiating prime contract and/or service subcontractor agreements.
Documented experience executing complex construction projects
High proficiency in MS Excel and MS Project
High level understanding of civil, electrical, and structural construction plans
Collaborative, problem solver, that seeks to improve those around them
Requirements
Current, valid Driver’s License, eligible for corporate vehicle insurance coverage
Demonstration of company core values; Community, Safety, Perpetual Improvement, Nature, Joy, and Respect
The ability to travel regionally is required
Some evening and weekend work is required
Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds at a time
Review of Applications will continue until the position is filled.
If you don't check every box, don't let that stop you. We prioritize talent, passion, and drive over what looks good on paper. If you're on the fence, we encourage you to hit the apply button and highlight what draws you to Sun Tribe.
Sun Tribe is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, family medical or genetic information, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Sun Tribe is a drug-free workplace.
Learn more about Sun Tribe at www.suntribesolar.com.
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