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Assistant Project MAnager

SGC Power
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/21/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/18/2026
Role Overview
Pivot Energy is seeking a motivated and organized Assistant Project Manager to join our Project Management Department with a myriad of technical and administrative tasks supporting the delivery of renewable energy projects. The Assistant Project Manager will contribute to our projects' success by ensuring Pivot and our contracting partners deliver projects on time, on budget, and are appropriately administered.

The position requires a familiarity for understanding of the general construction business, typical project controls, safety compliance, is a resourceful individual, and the ability to work under pressure and delivery work within deadlines. Ideal candidate is a strong problem-solver and possesses the ability manage change including company priorities and project scope, schedule, and other elements of the project lifecycle. Expectations are focused on managing financial funding requirements, issue logs, submittals, updates for budgets, schedules, sterile document management, and data rooms while maintaining a high level of communication with both internally and external stakeholders.

This position offers a great opportunity to join a growing renewable energy IPP, a strong Project Management team, and growth potential at a cutting-edge company who is a developer, constructor, owner, and operator of renewable energy assets. Pivot is rapidly growing its EPCM team, and this position is crucial to the success of its growing pipeline of projects

Primary Responsibilities

  • Help progress projects through development workflow under direction of Project Operations Manager, PM Team
  • Support the organization and review of contracts in internal document library
  • Interface with vendors and subcontractors
  • Support Project Managers with monitoring subcontractor construction progress on a regular basis, reinforcing safety and quality with subcontractors and addressing any issues that arise during construction
  • Initiate close-out procedures and prepare close-out documents
  • Work alongside the Finance Team to prepare EPC specific documents and checklist items
  • Attend and provide support on most contractor and utility scheduled meetings
  • Maintain internal and external data rooms
  • Support PM team in management of Procore
  • Monitor and track schedule changes and flag issues on scheduled milestones
  • Support in review and creation of team processes
  • Travel to sites as necessary



Required Competencies

  • 2 years related solar ground mount or construction management experience
  • 2 years total professional experience
  • Proven working experience in project management; knowledge in construction means and methods
  • Understanding of basic site diligence documents to ensure the EPC scope accurately captures the site constraints, including: Geotech, ESAs, permits, interconnect agreements & land-use agreements
  • Strong communication skills - both written and verbal
  • Working knowledge of scheduling concepts such as CPM, Gantt charts, etc
  • Working knowledge of spreadsheets, word processing, scheduling software



Preferred Competencies

  • Experience working for a large design build general contractors
  • Experience specifically with an renewable energy IPP who executes their own construction projects
  • Basic knowledge of Procore or basic project management information systems that track project controls, financials, deliverables and schedules
  • Basic knowledge of construction lending and project financing
  • OSHA 30 is a preferred
  • CAPM PMPa and DBIA education



Recruitment Agency Notice:

We appreciate your interest in partnering with us; however, we are not seeking recruitment agency support for this role.

About Pivot
Pivot Energy is a national renewable energy provider that develops, finances, builds, owns, and manages solar and energy storage projects that help decarbonize our nation’s electricity, increase equitable access to clean energy for local communities, and provide real cost-savings to American businesses and

families.

We are fiercely dedicated to accelerating the rapid transition taking place in the energy industry to a more decentralized and cleaner approach to power generation. We are committed to positively contributing to the local communities and people we serve with more than clean energy. We believe global warming poses an existential threat to our planet and that we have a responsibility to help mitigate the threat. Our portfolio includes projects that reduce energy burden for income-limited families, create workforce pathways for under-represented groups within the solar industry, and include robust community investment opportunities.

As a Certified B Corporation and one of Denver’s “Best Places to Work”, we believe that company success is driven by a healthy environment, thriving society, and workplace where all individuals are respected. We evaluate every internal decision on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to determine if our actions will result in a net positive impact on the community, our employees, customers, shareholders, and the environment. Learn more in our annual ESG Report.

At Pivot, our core values guide our work internally and externally:


  • Impact – We hold ourselves accountable to having a measurable impact on our people, communities, and the planet
  • Balance – Put family first; work hard/have fun
  • Determination – Find ways to be successful no matter how difficult the challenge
  • Professionalism – Impress everyone we touch, be a team player
  • Honesty – Be truthful and transparent, externally and internally
  • Kindness – Create an environment where kindness, empathy, and vulnerability are embraced



DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION and JUSTICE STATEMENT

At Pivot, we are proactively developing and maintaining an inclusive culture, rooted in mutual respect, that supports a workforce of different generations, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, ability statuses, religions, and cultures to work collaboratively together for greater impact. We seek to build a team that invests in relationship building, celebrates each other’s successes, and makes space for the unique contributions and working styles people bring into Pivot.

Pivot invests in company-wide trainings, assessments, and programs to advance internal inclusion and equity practices, such as employee allyship building, cross-cultural communications, and equitable hiring and management protocols to increasingly recognize bias and ensure mutual respect and belonging.

EEO STATEMENT

Pivot Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce. We actively work to cultivate an inclusive culture that welcomes, empowers, and enables equitable career growth for employees regardless of background.

Salary : $80,000 - $95,000

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