Senior Project Manager – PV & Battery Energy Storage Systems

🕒 December 11, 2025

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Pivot Energy

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51 - 200 employees

⚡ Energy

Energy • Environment • Sustainability

Pivot Energy is a national leader in comprehensive commercial and community solar services. As a renewable energy provider and independent power producer, the company develops, finances, builds, owns, and manages solar and energy storage projects across the United States. Pivot Energy works with a wide range of clients, including businesses, municipalities, schools, universities, and non-profits, offering customized onsite or offsite solar solutions. The company is dedicated to reducing costs and carbon footprints through solar energy and is a Certified B Corporation committed to environmental stewardship, social leadership, and responsible governance (ESG) factors. Pivot Energy also provides a distributed energy platform, offering services in commercial onsite solar, energy storage, and community solar, with management software to streamline operations for subscribers and asset managers.

📋 Description

• Partner with Development to validate site feasibility, interconnection strategy, and BESS architecture (DC-coupled, AC-coupled, hybrid, standalone). • Works with SVP to define short-term and long-term scalable processes. • Own delivery planning late-stage development through hand-off to OnM | AM, closeout; establish baseline schedules, risk registers, and commissioning plans. • Lead design coordination with EPC and internal engineering; conduct constructability reviews and manage design changes via Procore change events. • Plan and manage long-lead procurement (BESS enclosures, PCS/inverters, transformers, MV gear, EMS/SCADA, fire suppression). • Collaborates with all stakeholders, internal and external. • Interface with AHJs (planning, building, electrical, and fire) to obtain permits; develop repeatable playbooks for NFPA 855/IFC compliance and UL 9540/9540A pathways. • Coordinate safety and quality programs; ensure compliance with OSHA, NFPA 70/70E, and Pivot QA/QC standards. • Develop BESS operating standards: templates, workflows, testing & cold and hot commissioning protocols (FAT, SAT, functional performance, capacity & duration tests). • Integrate Prevailing Wage & Apprenticeship (PWA) compliance workflows with Deloitte/ORCA and LCPtracker; maintain audit-ready records. • Negotiate and/or support EPC contracts and change orders; implement DOA-aligned workflows with Legal, Finance, and Supply Chain. • Track project controls in Procore and report performance in Power BI; drive P90 forecasting for NTP/MC/COD/SC milestones. • Lead cross-functional issue resolution (interconnection, EMS controls, fire code interpretations, supply chain constraints). • Own stakeholder communication plans; present status and risk mitigations to executives and partners. • Ability to travel to project sites, AHJs, and vendor facilities.

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of utility-scale or C&I renewable energy project management, with 3+ years delivering BESS projects to COD. • Proven experience coordinating with AHJs, including fire departments, and navigating NFPA 855/IFC permitting. • Working knowledge of NEC Articles 480/690/706/705, UL 9540/9540A, UL 1973, IEEE 1547/1547.1, and utility interconnection standards. • Demonstrated success managing EPCs, negotiating commercial terms, and overseeing long-lead procurement for storage components. • Proficiency with Procore (project controls), Microsoft Project or P6 (scheduling), and Power BI (reporting). • Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

🏖️ Benefits

• Excellent health/dental/vision insurance benefits with up to 100% of premiums covered by the company • Four weeks of vacation plus employment milestone bonus vacations • Company-paid life insurance and short- & long-term disability coverage • Generous parental leave • 401(k) matching • Home Office setup stipend for new employees • Public transit reimbursement • PTO for volunteering in the community • Charitable donation matching up to $500/year • Professional development and educational reimbursements