Site Manager

Description

Title: Site Manager

Department: Operations

Location: Ankeny, IA

Supervisor: Field Operations Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Status: Permanent;
Full-time

Work Status (Remote/Hybrid/In-Office): Project Site

Hanwha

Qcells

USA Corp (Qcells

USA), headquartered in Irvine, CA, specializes in providing utility-scale modules, solar photovoltaic (PV), and battery energy storage systems (BESS) project development, along with Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services for solar and BESS projects nationwide. Qcells

USA delivers comprehensive turnkey solutions encompassing the entire utility-scale project lifecycle. By choosing Qcells

USA for turnkey solutions, customers can reduce uncertainty and risk, leading to enhanced investment returns and contributing to a more sustainable future.

Qcells

USA’s complete turnkey solutions seamlessly integrate theexpertiseof our Module, Development, and EPC teams, while ensuring close coordination with other vital internal groups such as Project Finance, Systems Integration, and Legal. This collaborative approach ensures that

Qcells

USA projects deliver exceptional value and performance. With several multi-billion-dollar investments, Qcellsis pioneering the establishment of the only complete module supply chain in the U.S., including the expansion of our Georgia module manufacturing facility, which stands as the largest in the Western Hemisphere.

As an integral part of the global

Qcellsbrand, Qcells

USA benefits from a legacy of excellence in photovoltaic manufacturing. Qcellsis renowned worldwide for its high-performance, superior-quality solar cells and modules. With dual headquarters in Seoul, South Korea (Global Executive HQ) and Thalheim, Germany (Technology & Innovation HQ), Qcellsoperates under the umbrella of Hanwha Group, a FORTUNE Global 500 company and one of the top 8 business conglomerates in South Korea.

The Site Manager holds critical accountability for the comprehensive management of project scope, ensuring all construction activities align with strategic objectives and contractual requirements. This role is pivotal in maintaining rigorous adherence to the project’s timeline, orchestrating on-site operations, and preemptively identifying and mitigating scheduling risks. Furthermore, the manager is responsible for strict oversight of project costs and monitoring budget adherence for all facets of the construction process, from procurement to quality control and subcontractor management.

This position reports to the Director of Projects or other management personnel that the CEO may designate. The position is onsite and working hours are Monday through Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm or 9:00 am to 6:00 pm local time. This position is expected to travel up to 100%.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

• Oversees and directs daily construction operations on-site, ensuring strategic sequencing, meticulous planning, and adept execution align with the project’s timeline and financial objectives.
• Overall responsibility for all stages of construction projects in tens to hundreds of millions of dollars.
• Develop and review project schedules, cost estimations, bills of materials, budgets, scopes of work, standards, and quotes from suppliers.
• Supervise project implementation to ensure cost, time, quality, and execution guidelines according to schedule.
• Develop work breakdown structures.
• Manage all parties involved (internal and external) and ensure professional project management from system design to construction phase.
• Represent project towards external parties such as investors, public authorities, grid operator and others.
• Collaborate with team members when necessary to ensure effective communication and results.
• Provide cost estimation, identify and project costs related to time, materials, and labor.
• Track actual costs and assess the cost-effectiveness of products, projects, or services.
• Cost reporting:
  Prepare reports on a project’s current status, showing estimated costs, revenues,…