Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Highland Electric Fleets provides electrification-as-a-service solutions that help communities transition to cleaner, quieter, and healthier electric fleets. The Project Manager will build and deliver a large portfolio of EV charging, battery energy storage, and edge compute projects from construction-ready status through energization, commissioning, and operational handoff while managing contractors, budgets, schedules, quality, and safety.
Responsibilities
- Drive construction delivery of a portfolio of EV charging, BESS, and edge compute projects from construction-ready to energized and operational
- Take handoff of build-ready sites from the Development team and mobilize construction quickly
- Select, contract, and manage general contractors, EPCs, and specialty subcontractors
- Own construction budgets, schedules, quality, and safety across the portfolio
- Coordinate utility construction, inspections, commissioning, and energization (permission to operate)
- Manage change orders, resolve field issues, and clear roadblocks to keep projects on schedule
- Prepare each project for a clean handoff to the operations and Customer Success teams
- Contribute installed-cost actuals to support a repeatable unit-cost installation model
Skills
- Bachelor's degree, or 4+ years of directly related professional experience
- Experience managing the construction of infrastructure, energy, or electrical projects, including managing general contractors and subcontractors
- Experience owning construction budgets and schedules across multiple concurrent projects
- Project management experience in construction and/or engineering environments
- Experience delivering EV charging, BESS, solar, or edge compute / data center construction
- Experience with utility construction coordination, inspections, commissioning, and energization / permission to operate (PTO)
- Experience working with permitting authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs)
- Familiarity with project management and field software (Procore, Bluebeam)
- Construction safety knowledge (OSHA) and/or PMP or equivalent certification
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus program
- A supportive, highly collaborative, team-oriented environment
- Ability to work with bright, innovative, and forward-thinking colleagues
- Health, Vision, and Dental coverage for employees & their dependents
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401(k) program and company match
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