Senior Project Manager - Solar PV & BESS at Ameresco

Job description

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE: AMRC) is a leading energy infrastructure company delivering integrated solutions that provide reliable power and modernize infrastructure. Since 2000, we have served as a trusted partner to public and private sector customers across North America, the UK and Europe, delivering over $15 billion in solutions and contracting more than 5 GW of energy resources . At Ameresco, we integrate energy resources and modernize the built environment through innovative infrastructure solutions that improve reliability, optimize performance, strengthen resilience, and support long-term sustainability. Join us in building the infrastructure that powers the future. Explore opportunities to make a meaningful impact while growing your career with a company at the forefront of energy innovation. Position Overview: Ameresco is hiring a Senior Project Manager to lead two to three solar PV, distributed generation, community solar, and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects concurrently, depending on project size, phase, and complexity. You will coordinate with Business Development and Preconstruction during project development and turnover, then lead execution from Notice to Proceed through construction, commissioning, commercial operation, and final closeout. The role combines remote project leadership with regular site presence during critical construction, commissioning, and recovery activities and is accountable for safety, schedule, cost, quality, commercial outcomes, and client communication. This is a hands-on senior project delivery role that combines direct project ownership with cross-functional leadership and mentoring of Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers. This role reports to the Senior Director of Construction – Solar PV & BESS with a preference for candidates located in the Greater Boston area with the ability to work from the Boston office periodically based on business and team needs. Remote U.S. candidates may be considered for the right fit and will be expected to travel to the Boston office quarterly. Responsibilities: Partner with Business Development and Preconstruction to review contract requirements, estimate assumptions, baseline schedules, procurement, permitting, interconnection, constructability, site logistics, staffing, and subcontractor strategy, then convert the sold project into an executable plan with clear scope, budget, schedule, risk ownership, and decision paths before mobilization. Lead assigned solar PV, distributed generation, community solar, and BESS projects from Notice to Proceed through commercial operation and final closeout. Manage procurement and subcontractor performance, including scope alignment, commitments, deliverables, schedule compliance, field coordination, and issue resolution. Direct cross-functional project teams that include Construction Managers, Superintendents, Engineering, Procurement, Safety, Quality, project controls, subcontractors, OEMs, and support staff. Manage project budgets, forecasts, contingency, cash flow, and margin, and drive value-engineering opportunities with Engineering and Procurement. Lead project-level change-order development, negotiation, claims support, schedule recovery, and management of liquidated-damages exposure; escalate material commercial and contractual risks to Commercial, Legal, and senior leadership. Maintain the baseline schedule, evaluate critical-path impacts, develop recovery plans, and hold internal teams and contractors accountable for commitments. Serve as the primary day-to-day client contact, coordinate with utilities and developers, communicate decisions and risks clearly, and resolve or escalate issues before they affect project outcomes. Coordinate testing, commissioning, energization, turnover, and applicable BESS, electrical, fire-code, permitting, prevailing-wage, apprenticeship, and certified-payroll requirements with the responsible internal teams, OEMs, consultants, utilities, and authoritie