[Hiring] Director, Preconstruction @Pivot Energy

Role Description

The Director, Preconstruction is a leadership role responsible for managing Pivot Energy’s preconstruction function across a portfolio of distributed generation, community solar, commercial solar, and energy storage projects. This role maintains strategic alignment, supports commercial direction, and governs preconstruction management from late-stage development through EPC execution and transition to project management.

In addition to project and portfolio leadership responsibilities, the Director is accountable for:

• Developing a high-performing preconstruction team
• Managing scalable operating standards
• Reinforcing process consistency
• Developing talent
• Ensuring alignment across various stakeholders

The Director supports multiple concurrent programs and project portfolios while ensuring:

• Consistency in estimating methodologies
• Contract strategy
• Procurement coordination
• Budgeting discipline
• Risk management
• Schedule alignment
• Compliance integration
• Execution readiness

This position requires a sophisticated understanding of:

• Renewable energy project delivery models
• EPC and commercial contracting structures
• Cost and schedule controls
• Job costing methodologies
• ERP and project controls environments
• Portfolio risk management
• Organizational leadership
• Program governance principles

The Director materially supports Pivot Energy’s eight focus areas throughout the preconstruction lifecycle:

• Stakeholder Management
• Contract Management
• Quality Management
• Financial Management
• Schedule Management
• Compliance Management
• Risk Management
• Document Management

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in renewable energy preconstruction, estimating, commercial management, project delivery, construction management, project controls, EPC management, or related infrastructure leadership roles.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams or functional workstreams with accountability for performance outcomes.
• Experience with EPC contracting, procurement strategy, budgeting, estimating, Basis of Estimate documentation, schedule management, and project execution planning.
• Advanced understanding of solar PV and/or BESS project delivery.
• Strong leadership, communication, commercial, analytical, financial, and decision-making skills.
• Experience supporting operational processes, governance frameworks, and scalable delivery standards.
• Strong analytical, commercial, and financial management capabilities.
• Ability to lead in high-growth, fast-paced environments with competing priorities.

Requirements

• Advanced understanding of renewable energy project delivery methodologies.
• Strong commercial acumen related to EPC contracting, procurement strategy, construction sequencing, cost control, and risk allocation.
• Ability to evaluate project constructability, execution readiness, design maturity, procurement risk, contractor performance, and commercial exposure.
• Ability to support operational standards and scalable delivery processes.
• Ability to enforce preconstruction operating processes and governance routines.
• Ability to distinguish project-specific issues from systemic issues.

Benefits

• Excellent health/dental/vision insurance benefits with up to 100% of premiums covered by the company.
• Four weeks of vacation plus employment milestone bonus vacations.
• Company paid life insurance and short- & long-term disability coverage.
• Generous parental leave.
• 401(k) matching (after vesting period).
• Work from home stipend for new employees.
• Public transit reimbursement.
• PTO for volunteering in the community.
• Charitable donation matching up to $500/year.
• Professional development and educational reimbursements.