Senior Project Manager, Renewables

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager, Renewables to join our team in our Lake Mary, FL office. The Senior Project Manager will join a highly experienced and dynamic team leading our Renewables Markets (Wind, Solar, Storage, EV) into an exciting sustainable energy future.   Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. 

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing large, strategic priority, and/or high-risk projects in the company's renewables division. Your main focus will be on building strong client relationships, managing project teams, and ensuring the successful completion of projects.  You may be responsible for managing a portfolio of clients and their associated projects.   

Your key responsibilities will include:  

Project Management: 

• Taking full accountability for multiple wind, solar, and/or storage projects. 

• Managing stakeholder relationships, both internal and external. 

• Coordinating and leading project teams.

Proposal/Opportunity/Contracting: 

• Performing Go/No-Go reviews on new leads to ensure strategic alignment. 

• Interpreting client needs, prioritizing, and setting proposal strategy. 

• Coordinating proposal preparation in collaboration with service leadership. 

• Leading the contracting process with support from Market leadership.

Client Management: 

• Providing program management for a portfolio of clients. 

• Developing and implementing client strategies in line with market and division strategy.   

• Establishing, tracking, and meeting revenue and sales targets for the portfolio. 

• Managing client relationships. 

Team Leadership: 

• Demonstrating effective leadership and team management skills. 

• Facilitating communication and coordination between service teams. 

• Setting clear expectations with project teams and clients. 

• Demonstrating financial responsibility and understanding of project financial metrics. 

• Utilizing strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Embracing adaptability, resiliency, and innovation. 

• Representing the organization in communications related to assigned clients and the industry. 

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or project management relevant field. 

• 5-10 years of project management experience. 

• Professional licensure in a technical field or PMP certification (or ability to obtain). 

• Strong understanding of and relationships with various technical service groups. 

• Ability to cross-sell and manage work in any service and sub-market. 

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to lead issue resolution. 

• Ability to mentor and provide guidance to project management staff. 

• Excellent leadership and team management skills. 

• Strong cognitive ability and professionalism. 

• Effective communication and negotiation skills. 

• Financial acumen and understanding of project financial metrics. 

• Adaptability, resiliency, and innovation. 

• Wind, solar, and/or storage industry. 

• Strategic pursuits and proposal efforts. 

• Client management and program management. 

• Contract negotiations. 

• Risk management and issue resolution. 

• Coordinating with business leadership for strategic alignment. 

• Representing your company in communications and conferences. 

About the Renewables Team 

One of our four major division, the Renewables Division focuses on changing the way we generate, store, and use power to support a sustainable energy future.  We support the industry across multiple market and service groups filled with industry leading experts.   

When you join the Renewables Division, you join a culture that values:  

• A place for professionals to have fun and work hard with a collaborative, productive, and diverse team. 

• A place with a trusting and open atmosphere where we can count on each other's support. 

• A place focused on flexibility, balance, and creativity where we encourage and inspire each other, and strive to be innovative with a 'can do' attitude. 

• A place to grow and build life-long careers, and lasting friendships. 

• A  team that is committed to the long-term success of each individual, where questions and new ideas are encouraged. 

Westwood Professional Services Inc. (Westwood) was established in 1972 and has since become a leader in many of the markets it serves. Westwood is a full-service, multidiscipline professional engineering firm and serves wind, solar, power delivery, residential and commercial development, and public infrastructure clients and their projects from multiple offices across the U.S.

In 2023, Zweig Group ranked Westwood nationally at #12 and #30 respectively on its Hot Firms and Best Firms to Work for lists. Zweig also awarded Westwood two national 2nd place awards for Marketing Excellence. Westwood was recently recognized as #79 in the ENR Top 500 Firms in 2023. The firm consistently ranks on industry top 25 lists and receives recognition for its involvement on award-wining projects nationwide.

Westwood provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We believe that diverse backgrounds strengthen our business. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.