Sr. Project Manager, Geothermal Project Management

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Invenergy is North America's largest privately held developer, owner, and operator of power infrastructure. With 25 years of trusted execution, we deliver reliable, affordable energy through a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, solar, land-based wind, energy storage, transmission, and domestic manufacturing. Headquartered in Chicago, we develop, own, and operate large scale projects that power communities and support the energy future. This position will be open for application for at least 3 calendar days from the posting date. This position will remain open for application based on business need, which may be before or after the 3-day posting window. Job Description Position Overview: As a Senior Project Manager, Geothermal Project Management, you will be responsible for leading the efforts of a geothermal power plant. You will manage and coordinate efforts across multiple teams inside the organization, from development to the commercial operation date (COD). In this position, you will lead and direct resources to support the project execution, drilling and construction efforts, while coordinating all other technical, economic, and commercial aspects of the project. Under your leadership, you will manage a team of specialists to develop, design, and build geothermal projects utilizing enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) and organic rankine cycles (ORC), amongst other technologies. This position requires a technical background, with demonstrated past working experience in other geosciences (i.e., geology, geophysics, hydrogeology, vulcanology, and other related fields), drilling experience and/or similar technologies. This role will encompass collaboration from project the development phase, including permitting, to management and leadership during the engineering, procurement and construction phases, along with budget, risk, and schedule management to ensure the project is completed on time, within scope and budget. This position will be based in the Invenergy office in Chicago, IL. Technical supervision during site surveys, exploratory drilling and project execution, specifically construction and commissioning phases, including travel to the project site, will also be required. General Responsibilities: Lead all efforts in the project throughout its lifecycle, from development to COD, to deliver the project according to the required scope, meeting budget and schedule. Manage workload and resources across multiple teams assigned to a specific project, promoting seamless coordination across different disciplines.Collaborate with technical team on the feasibility of projects based on available geothermal technologies and project constraints. Represent the company in discussions with third parties, stakeholders, regulatory bodies, permitting agencies, and the project's customer. Manage project interfaces across multiple contractors and work packages to promote coordination through adequate cooperation, ensuring adherence to project budget and schedule. Manage and report project risks, performance, progress and schedule to management. Specific Responsibilities: Project management Coordinate project meetings and communications to ensure project goals. Participate and coordinate the evaluation of proposals. Collaborate with the commercial and finance teams to provide necessary cost modeling inputs for cost optimization. Identify and evaluate risks and prevent flaws in the project. Provide periodic reports for management and the client as needed. Implement and keep a good track record of lessons learned. Ensure record keeping for the entire project by adhering to company document management policies. Engineering Provide guidance to the engineering team during the design process to make sure the technical team meets project goals and client's expectations. Collaborate with the relevant engineering areas to optimize the design, layout, CAPEX, and OPEX of this infrastructure. Supervise technical documentation for requisitions and solicitations to be used with contractors and other third parties. Collaborate with the GIS and technical teams in the understanding of geothermal favorability maps and reservoir modelling. Procurement Liaise with the procurement team in the preparation of SOIs, RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, or any other documents. Participate in the evaluation of suppliers' technical and economic proposals. Participate in discussions with manufacturers and vendors, as needed, in coordination with the procurement team. Participate in the preparation of contracts with OEMs, suppliers, and contractors. Permitting, interconnection, and real estate Collaborate with the real estate team to coordinate efforts for rights-of-way and easements. Collaborate with the development team to prepare the required documentation package to secure permits and electrical interconnection. Oversee the permitting and approval process while working with the regulatory and engineering teams to ensure all requi