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Project Manager

Orenda
New York, New York
Full Time
Posted November 21, 2025
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Job Description

The Project Manager will oversee the planning, permitting, construction, and commissioning of energy storage projects in NYC, ensuring timely delivery, compliance, and cost control within a collaborative renewable energy company.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage a portfolio of energy storage projects from site design to commissioning
  • Source, negotiate, and manage contracts with service firms and contractors
  • Ensure project compliance with standards, regulations, and stakeholder requirements
  • Manage project schedules to meet key milestones and absorb delays
  • Implement and monitor project cost controls to prevent overruns
  • Coordinate with team members and third-party partners on permitting, design, procurement, and construction
  • Visit project sites and engage with stakeholders as needed
  • Maintain project dashboards and lead project reviews to track progress and address challenges

Requirements

  • College degree in project management or logistics
  • 5 years of experience managing multiple construction projects in parallel
  • Expert practitioner of Procore, Microsoft Project and Smartsheet
  • Comfortability and fluency in understanding engineering drawings
  • Excellent problem solver with an affinity for difficult problems and following through to solve them
  • Strong ability to anticipate challenges and address them pro-actively and with agility
  • Extremely organized and process oriented
  • Keen attention to detail
  • Ability to process pay applications and invoices in a timely manner
  • Ability to manage and enforce contracts executed in support of projects and negotiate change orders when required
  • Ability to set up and manage cost controls to keep track of project costs and avoid project overruns
  • Ability to proactively manage project schedules to protect key milestone dates and absorb delays without extra costs
  • Experience in sourcing new service firms and contractors, benchmarking existing contenders, and negotiating scope work, costs, and contractual terms
  • Experience in managing project permits, design, procurement, and construction in New York City
  • Willingness to visit project sites and meet with stakeholders as needed
  • Ability to maintain executive dashboards and lead project reviews on a monthly basis
  • This role is based in NYC with no flexibility for remote work, requiring daily presence in the Dumbo, Brooklyn office

Benefits & Perks

Work in a collaborative, fast-paced office environment
Daily presence in Dumbo, Brooklyn office with no remote work flexibility
Monthly events and impromptu happy hours fostering camaraderie

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