Build the Future of Energy with Roncelli
Roncelli is expanding its Energy Group and is seeking qualified candidates at two career levels:
• Assistant Project Manager – Energy
• Project Manager – Energy
Candidates will be considered for the position that best aligns with their experience, project ownership, technical capabilities, and leadership background.
Both roles support the successful delivery of utility-scale renewable energy projects, including solar photovoltaic systems, Battery Energy Storage Systems, substations, interconnection infrastructure, and related civil and electrical construction.
The Assistant Project Manager works under the direction of an experienced Project Manager while taking ownership of assigned scopes, project controls, documentation, procurement, and coordination activities.
The Project Manager has overall responsibility for the planning, financial performance, schedule, contracts, client relationships, and successful execution of assigned projects from preconstruction through commissioning and closeout.
What You Will Do
Depending on the level of the position, responsibilities may include:
Project Planning and Execution
• Support or lead energy projects from preconstruction and mobilization through construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain project execution plans, logistics plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, and reporting requirements.
• Coordinate activities across Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Field Operations, Safety, Quality Control, Commissioning, subcontractors, vendors, utilities, and clients.
• Monitor project progress and identify risks that may affect safety, quality, cost, schedule, or contractual performance.
• Develop and implement corrective actions, recovery strategies, and issue-resolution plans.
• Participate in project kickoff meetings, planning sessions, operational reviews, and lessons-learned discussions.
Financial and Cost Management
• Establish, maintain, and monitor project budgets, cost codes, commitments, forecasts, and financial reports.
• Track labor, materials, equipment, subcontractor costs, vendor expenditures, and project profitability.
• Prepare or support owner billings, subcontractor pay applications, purchase orders, invoices, and cost documentation.
• Manage or support monthly cost forecasting and cost-to-complete reviews.
• Track change events, potential change orders, approved changes, time-and-material work, and associated cost or schedule impacts.
• Identify cost variances, uncommitted costs, billing concerns, and financial risks.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting to maintain accurate and timely project information.
Contract and Change Management
• Administer or support owner contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, amendments, and change documentation.
• Develop and review scopes of work, procurement packages, and subcontractor requirements.
• Track contract execution, insurance requirements, compliance documentation, notices, and required approvals.
• Evaluate scope changes and prepare supporting pricing, documentation, and schedule-impact information.
• Monitor contractual deadlines, reporting requirements, and project obligations.
• Identify scope gaps, exclusions, contract risks, and potential disputes.
Scheduling and Project Controls
• Develop, maintain, and update project schedules, milestone schedules, procurement schedules, and short-term lookahead plans.
• Coordinate schedule activities with Project Managers, Superintendents, Engineering, Procurement, subcontractors, vendors, and Commissioning.
• Track project progress, installed quantities, labor productivity, equipment utilization, and milestone completion.
• Monitor engineering deliverables, permits, inspections, long-lead materials, equipment deliveries, and other schedule constraints.
• Identify potential delays, sequencing concerns, and resource conflicts.
• Support or lead schedule recovery, acceleration, and mitigation planning.
Engineering and Procurement Coordination
• Coordinate civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, controls, and commissioning-related engineering activities.
• Support constructability reviews and alignment between design documents and field-execution requirements.
• Manage requests for information, submittals, design clarifications, drawing updates, and technical correspondence.
• Coordinate with internal engineering resources, external design firms, original equipment manufacturers, utilities, and consultants.
• Track long-lead equipment and materials associated with solar, BESS, electrical, civil, and commissioning scopes.
• Coordinate vendor submittals, manufacturing information, delivery schedules, storage requirements, and onsite receipt.
• Support evaluation and selection of subcontractors, suppliers, and vendors.
Field and Subcontractor Coordination
• Maintain regular onsite presence and participate in field walks, coordination meetings, safety meetings, quality reviews, and progress discussions.
• Coordinate subcontractors, vendors, equipment, materials, logistics, and assigned scopes of work.
• Monitor subcontractor performance, schedule compliance, documentation, and completion requirements.
• Support communication between project-office and field teams.
• Help resolve field coordination issues involving drawings, materials, access, sequencing, inspections, and owner requirements.
• Verify installed quantities, project progress, and completion status.
Safety, Quality, and Commissioning
• Champion Roncelli’s safety culture and support compliance with company, client, OSHA, environmental, and project-specific requirements.
• Participate in safety orientations, inspections, job hazard analyses, pre-task planning, and corrective-action follow-up.
• Support implementation of project-specific Quality Control Plans and Inspection and Test Plans.
• Coordinate inspections, testing, quality documentation, nonconformance resolution, and punch-list completion.
• Support commissioning readiness, equipment verification, testing documentation, energization activities, system integration, and final acceptance.
• Maintain accurate quality, safety, environmental, testing, commissioning, and turnover records.
Client and Team Leadership
• Build and maintain professional relationships with clients, utilities, design partners, subcontractors, vendors, inspectors, and other stakeholders.
• Participate in or lead owner meetings, project reviews, coordination meetings, and technical discussions.
• Prepare project reports, meeting agendas, minutes, presentations, dashboards, and status updates.
• Provide direction, coaching, and task coordination to Project Engineers, interns, and project-support personnel.
• Promote accountability, collaboration, professionalism, and continuous improvement.
• Represent Roncelli’s values of Safety, Family, Integrity, Adaptability, and Community.
How the Two Levels Differ
Assistant Project Manager – Energy
The Assistant Project Manager supports overall project delivery while taking ownership of assigned scopes, processes, and project controls. This role works under the direction of a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager and is expected to independently manage assigned responsibilities while escalating major cost, schedule, contract, safety, or client concerns.
Typical responsibilities include:
• Coordinating project documentation and assigned scopes
• Supporting budget tracking, forecasting, billing, and change management
• Managing submittals, requests for information, procurement logs, and action items
• Coordinating vendors, subcontractors, deliveries, and technical information
• Supporting schedule updates, progress tracking, and project reporting
• Developing the financial, contractual, and leadership capabilities required for advancement into a Project Manager role
Project Manager – Energy
The Project Manager has overall accountability for the successful delivery of assigned projects. This role leads the project team, serves as a primary client contact, and is responsible for financial performance, contract administration, schedule, risk, procurement, subcontractor performance, safety, quality, commissioning, and closeout.
Typical responsibilities include:
• Leading the full project lifecycle
• Managing project budgets, forecasts, cash flow, margin, and profitability
• Directing contracts, change management, billing, and commercial risk
• Leading client relationships and executive project communication
• Establishing project schedules, execution strategies, and recovery plans
• Directing Project Engineers, Assistant Project Managers, field leaders, and support personnel
• Making project-level decisions and escalating significant business risks to Energy Group leadership
What You Bring
Assistant Project Manager Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Engineering, or a related field preferred. Equivalent combinations of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered.
• Three to five years of progressive construction, engineering, project coordination, or project-management experience preferred.
• Experience supporting energy, utility, industrial, infrastructure, heavy civil, solar, or BESS projects preferred.
• Experience with project documentation, cost tracking, scheduling, subcontractor coordination, procurement, or change management.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage assigned responsibilities and follow issues through completion.
Project Manager Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field preferred. Equivalent construction and project-management experience may be considered.
• Five or more years of progressive construction project-management experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects through preconstruction, execution, commissioning, and closeout.
• Experience managing project budgets, forecasts, contracts, schedules, change orders, subcontractors, clients, and project teams.
• Experience with renewable energy, BESS, utility, power, industrial, infrastructure, or heavy civil projects strongly preferred.
• Experience successfully managing complex, multimillion-dollar projects preferred.
Qualifications for Both Levels
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, contracts, scopes of work, and technical documents.
• Understanding of construction project controls, cost management, scheduling, procurement, and field operations.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced construction environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with Procore, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Bluebeam, SharePoint, or comparable platforms preferred.
• OSHA 30 certification required or ability to complete within 30 days.
• First Aid and CPR certification preferred.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Willingness and ability to travel and maintain regular onsite presence at assigned project locations.
• Ability to successfully complete required pre-employment and annual drug testing.
• Ability to complete a background check, including a driving-record review, when required by a client or project.
Work Environment and Physical Requirements
These positions operate in professional office, project-office, and active construction-site environments. Work may be performed outdoors in varying weather conditions and near heavy equipment, moving machinery, excavations, electrical systems, and other construction-related hazards.
Employees must be able to safely navigate active construction sites, walk on uneven terrain, climb stairs or ladders when necessary, and wear required personal protective equipment. The positions require periods of computer use, meetings, standing, walking, and driving. Occasional bending, kneeling, crouching, reaching, and lifting of materials weighing up to 25 pounds may be required.
Work hours may vary based on project schedules, shutdowns, commissioning activities, energization requirements, and operational needs.
Why Join Team Roncelli?
At Roncelli, you will have the opportunity to work on complex, meaningful projects that support the future of energy and infrastructure. Team members collaborate with experienced construction, engineering, safety, quality, and commissioning professionals while building technical and leadership skills across the full project lifecycle.
Roncelli offers:
• Opportunities to work on utility-scale renewable energy and infrastructure projects
• Career-development pathways within Project Management and the Energy Group
• Exposure to engineering, procurement, construction, quality, commissioning, and project controls
• A collaborative culture grounded in Safety, Family, Integrity, Adaptability, and Community
• Competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package
Compensation
Candidates will be considered for the Assistant Project Manager or Project Manager level based on relevant experience, qualifications, demonstrated competencies, project complexity, and internal equity.
Additional travel-related allowances, per diem, housing, vehicle programs, or project-specific compensation may be provided based on assignment and company policy.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Roncelli does not provide current or future employment visa sponsorship for these positions.
Additional Information Travel Expectations: These are field-based roles requiring regular onsite presence at assigned project locations. Travel to utility-scale solar, Battery Energy Storage System, substation, interconnection, and related infrastructure projects is required based on project assignments. Some assignments may require extended onsite presence or overnight travel, along with occasional travel to Roncelli’s headquarters in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
Roncelli, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other status protected by applicable law.