Senior Project Manager - Grid Scale

About Mainspring

Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add new capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power. The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities. Mainspring also partners with global energy leaders including AEP, NextEra Energy Resources, Schneider Electric, and more.

The core values that ground our work, guide our decisions, and connect us together:

• Pragmatic Optimism
• Excellence without Ego
• Proactive Collaboration

Job Overview

A key enabler of Mainspring’s mission is the ability of its team to deliver solutions based on our linear generator technology that solve customer problems in the cross-section of resiliency and clean power generation. This includes site due diligence, design engineering, permitting, construction operations, and commissioning.

Responsibilities

A Senior Project Manager will:

Drive a culture of safety, quality and best practices on all aspects of the Project

Oversee and manage the development and construction of Company projects. Scope, schedule, cost management in accordance with project and stakeholder requirements

Manage a project consisting of: Project Engineers, project administrators, permitting consultants, Product engineers, construction management, QA/QC department, etc

Manage the RFP process; including issuing RFPs to qualified contractors, reviewing bids and narrowing down selections, award of projects and negotiating scope

Effectively communicate with a variety of stakeholders to holistically manage Utility scale projects from development engineering through commercial operation

Manage site construction manager and QA/QC processes. Oversee health and safety programs on site and ensure compliance on all relevant parties

Maintain site records and databases to document inspection results, maintenance schedules, and all operational changes or updates

Collaborate with external contractors, consultants, site owners, and internal teams to resolve site-specific issues. Coordinate with other teams to ensure the necessary documentation is in place to naturally transition projects to operational assets

Prioritize and escalate issues as necessary to maintain critical path

Coordinate product specifications, including submittal reviews and approvals

Manage project cash flows, reporting financial health and forecasts to executive leadership

Manage change orders and reconcile them against contracted scope

Direct the project turnover documentation, warranty administration, project closeout, and record keeping/retention processes and procedures

Support communication with City, County, Building, Fire and other AHJ’s on project related topics

Provide executive status reports, monitor critical milestones, and evaluate key risks for key stakeholders, project partners, and investment groups

Qualifications

10+ years of experience in project management or site operations, specifically within power generation, distributed energy resources, or utility-scale facilities greater than 10 MW. 

Demonstrated expertise in Power Generators operation and maintenance or similar systems, with experience across all phases of development.

Detailed understanding of contracting, procurement planning, construction and logistic, scheduling, estimate, and budgeting. 

Familiarity with utility interconnection processes, grid integration studies, and coordination with electrical utilities.

Experience navigating environmental review, land-use zoning, and permitting frameworks.

Ability to utilize industry tools to track cost expenditures and budget allocations. 

Ability to travel to job sites 25% of the time. 

Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint). Google workplace applications. 

Project Management software (Procore)

Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don’t meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we’d still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.

In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.