Assistant Project Manager

Job description

Do you want a CAREER? We hire for the Long Term.

Solar Energy Services, Inc. (SES) is a leading solar & battery storage design and installation contractor located in Millersville, Maryland. We install solar PV and battery energy storage systems for residential, commercial, and institutional customers in Maryland (including the Eastern Shore), DC, and Northern Virginia.

We design and install safe, thoughtful, and durable clean energy systems. We develop and empower our team to provide exceptional customer service while fostering a values-based culture of growth, innovation, and positive impact.

We aim to be the preferred design-build contractor for solar and storage in the communities we serve. We are committed to responsible industry development, principled leadership, and organizational excellence.

Our Core Values:

Integrity – Integrity requires uncompromising adherence to ethical intentions, decisions, and actions in our business. Integrity is the truest path to success in our mission and vision.

Responsibility – We acknowledge our responsibility to perform our work safely, to provide expert guidance to our customers, and to remain current in this rapidly evolving industry.

Craftsmanship – Energy systems must be robust, dependable, and skillfully implemented. We equip our people with the resources to continuously improve.

Fortitude – As a pillar of the energy transition, the solar industry confronts regulatory, market, and construction challenges daily. We meet these challenges with determination, knowing that the work we do positively influences the future.

ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES – Job Summary

The Assistant Project Manager (APM) supports the Project Management Team in managing a wide range of solar PV projects, including roof mounts, ground mounts, battery storage, and new construction projects. They are responsible for moving projects from point of sale to final close-out, including planning, safety, schedule, quality, and client interactions. The PM is responsible for successfully executing the day-to-day affairs of their projects in terms of construction, documentation, and close-out, and directs the project management team resources including Design Specialists, Permit Specialist, Warehouse personnel, Crew Leaders, Electricians, and Installers. They work closely with the Operations team to follow project timelines while coordinating and integrating the activities associated with projects’ requirements. These include engineering, procurement, preconstruction planning, subcontractor coordination, and DC and AC installations. They ensure proper safety measures are met, quality standards are upheld, and projects are closed out expeditiously. This position reports to the Director of Construction. This is an in-person position.

Core Project Tasks:

- Attend and contribute to safety meetings

- Review scope and details of incoming contracts, developing and customizing project tasks according to project scope specifics

- Manage project documentation according to Company processes

- Schedule site visits with customer and design resources

- Review project designs at each design stage, identifying any changes from contracted scope

- Facilitate change order process when necessary

- Monitor project progress throughout project lifecycle

- Plan safety means and ways, material loading, access, timeline, and construction activities for each project

- Facilitate weekly residential installation planning meetings

- Maintain complete project records, photos, and documentation using Company processes

- Participate in installation scheduling

- Give regular status updates to customers, managing expectations as timelines change

- Ensure all project materials are ordered, received, and kitted in time for mobilization

- Prepare Crew Leader and Electricians for DC and AC installs

- Monitor construction progress daily

- Answer field questions, escalating where appropriate

- Manage project tasking in Company software

- Sit inspections, as needed

- Review commissioning documentations for completion

- Prepare owner’s manual and other closeout documentation

- Ensure system operation, troubleshooting as necessary

- Perform remote or in-person customer walkthrough of system

- Review project expenses for accuracy, noting any corrections

Qualifications

- Must be able to work in the US

- Must pass pre-employment background check

- Must pass pre-employment drug screening

- Must have a valid driver’s license with clean MVR to operate company vehicles

- OSHA 30 (preferred)

Skill, Experience, & Certification Requirements

- Demonstrated experience in the construction industry

- Knowledge of federal construction safety regulations

- OSHA 30 certification preferred

- Proficient with MS Office Suite and other productivity software

- Knowledge of residential or commercial PV design and components

- NABCEP PVIP (increases compensation)

- PMP (increases compensation)

Physical Requirements

- Use one or two hands to grasp, move, or assemble objects

- Use muscles to lift, push, pull, or carry heavy objects

- Move two or more limbs together (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while remaining in place

- See details of objects that are less than a few feet away

- See details of objects that are more than a few feet away

- Use muscles for extended periods without getting tired

- Be physically active for long periods without getting tired or out of breath

- Bend, stretch, twist, climb, crouch, or reach out

- Use fingers to grasp, move, or assemble very small objects

- Adjust body movements or equipment controls to keep pace with speed changes of moving objects

- Understand the speech of another person

- Speak clearly so listeners can understand

- Determine the distance between objects

- Ability to lift 50 lbs.

- Sit in a vehicle for up to 2 hours at a time

Compensation & Benefits

- $55,000-$60,000.00 annual salary

- Participation in Quarterly Gainsharing Incentive bonus program of up to $5,000 annually

- Company-contribution to 401K

- Company contribution to group health care plan, including optional Vision and Dental

- Company contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA)

- 80 hours PTO earned on accrual basis

- 40 hours Sick Leave earned on accrual basis

- 5 Company paid holidays

Ability to Commute:

- Millersville, MD 21108 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Millersville, MD 21108: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- 401(k) 3% Match

- Employee discount

- Health insurance

- Paid time off

- Professional development assistance

- Referral program

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person