Senior Construction Project Manager

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero in the global energy transition. We are a trusted, full-service partner to public sector and government entities, K-12 schools, higher education, utilities, and healthcare customers across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe. 

At Ameresco, we show the way by developing, constructing and operating tailored smart energy efficiency solutions, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure upgrades that drive cost savings, resilience, decarbonization, and innovation. Our comprehensive portfolio is built to address the challenges of today and adapt the future, ensuring long-term sustainability and success for our customers.

Ameresco currently has a new opportunity based in South/Central Florida for a Senior Construction Project Manager to join our West Construction Operations team leading the final design and construction of renewable energy projects.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate a commitment to safety and ensure compliance with company, industry, trade, and jurisdictional safety standards, practices, codes. 

• Provide daily administrative and technical on-site management of construction projects delivering energy savings for public, institutional, industrial, government, and commercial customers.

• Partner with the Engineering and Construction Team in project design and development including scope, subcontractor selection, cost estimation, installation, project scheduling, commissioning, start up, operations and maintenance.

• Coordinate with vendors and subcontractors to assure competitive cost, best schedule and delivery for all project-related equipment, supply installations, and construction services.

• Manage vendors and subcontractors to ensure quality control and project delivery on time and within budget, while meeting or exceeding customer expectations.

• Provide ongoing project status updates with all parties throughout design and construction.

• Evaluate technologies and equipment; recommend most suitable for each application.

• Lead project implementation of site safety and health plans, operations and maintenance manuals, and training activities.

• Provide project reports, documentation, technical assistance, support, and collaboration.

• Manage project teams and resources, including expenditures and job cost accounting processes for accuracy, documentation, approvals, payment reporting, and tracking.

• Foster positive and effective business relationships at all levels and project phases.

• Ability to travel as needed to support assigned projects.

• Perform other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or related field; or the equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.

• Minimum of five (5) years' experience with solar PV/BESS, mechanical, engineering, or industrial power construction project management work experience involving complex facility infrastructure construction, renovations, retrofits, upgrades, building controls and automation, energy services, and renewable technology. Experience with medium voltage electrical work is preferred.

Additional Qualifications:

• Demonstrates an unwavering commitment to a safety‑first mindset in all work activities and decisions.

• Demonstrated experience leading and managing construction teams and resources on highly complex federal construction projects.

• Progressive construction project management work experience with direct digital energy controls systems, variable frequency drives, high efficiency motors, central plant chiller and boiler installations, lighting retrofits, renewable energy technology, warranty and service requirements.

• Proven experience implementing OSHA safety standards, mechanical and electrical systems development, engineering, and project management regulations, practices, and codes.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple project deliverables and foster positive business relationships.

• Strong verbal, written, computer, technical communication and presentation skills.

• Proficient computer skills including MS Word, Excel, Project, AutoCAD.

• Valid driver's license in good standing, issued by resident state.

• Ability to review confidential US security information.

• Will be required to pass security clearance investigation.

• May require on-call response and travel.

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