Position Overview
The Project Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing power generation projects for Baseline Energy Services. This role manages project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, and communication to support safe, timely, and successful delivery.
The Project Manager serves as the primary point of coordination among customers, Sales, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, field service teams, and external contractors. Projects may include mobile natural gas generator deployments, behind-the-meter power solutions, equipment installations, site expansions, and related operational initiatives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Project Planning and Execution
- Manage projects from the transition out of the sales process through installation, commissioning, customer acceptance, and operational handoff.
- Develop project plans that define scope, deliverables, milestones, responsibilities, resource needs, and budgets.
- Confirm project requirements, customer expectations, site readiness, and contractual commitments before execution.
- Coordinate equipment availability, transportation, site preparation, installation, and commissioning activities.
- Monitor progress, identify obstacles, and implement corrective actions to maintain project schedules.
- Maintain accurate project documentation, including schedules, action logs, approvals, and closeout records.
- Cross-Functional Coordination
- Partner with Operations and field service teams to plan equipment deployment, startup support, and ongoing service transitions.
- Work with Supply Chain to track materials, equipment, vendor commitments, and delivery dates.
- Coordinate with customers, contractors, utilities, and other stakeholders regarding site access, fuel availability, electrical connections, and installation requirements.
- Serve as the primary customer contact for project execution, providing consistent updates on milestones, risks, and next steps.
- Resolve project concerns professionally and escalate issues requiring leadership decisions.
- Support a smooth transition to the Operations and service teams after project completion.
Budget and Change Management
- Track project costs against approved budgets and provide updated forecasts.
- Document scope changes and coordinate required pricing, schedule adjustments, and approvals before additional work proceeds.
Safety, Quality, and Risk Management
- Integrate Baseline’s safety requirements into project planning and execution.
- Coordinate with HSE and site leadership to address project-specific hazards, contractor requirements, and customer safety expectations.
Required Qualifications
- Three or more years of project management or related experience in power generation, energy services, equipment rental, industrial construction, or a similar environment.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities.
- Experience developing schedules, tracking budgets, coordinating contractors, and managing project changes.
- Ability to interpret contracts, scopes of work, technical documents, and project drawings with support from technical specialists.
- Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and follow-through skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification.
- Experience with natural gas generators, distributed energy, or behind-the-meter power projects.
- Familiarity with electrical infrastructure, fuel systems, site preparation, and equipment commissioning.
- Experience using NetSuite, NextService, or comparable ERP and field service systems
Team Baseline Core Values:
- Whatever it Takes: Our team members are relentless, accountable and take extreme ownership on behalf of customers.
- Makes it Happen: We value reliability, dependability, responsibility and trustworthiness at all levels of operation.
- Make Things Better: We foster a culture of continuous improvement; our team members are never satisfied with the status quo.
- Take No Shortcuts: We value excellence, stewardship and passion. We are thorough in our efforts for customers.
- Owns the Outcome: We encourage transparency and humility in every aspect of our business.
