Job Summary:The Senior Project Manager will report to and support the Head of Project Management in leading the execution of utility-scale wind, solar, and battery storage projects. This role is accountable for delivering assigned projects safely, on schedule, within budget, and in alignment with commercial, contractual, financing, and operational commitments.
The Senior Project Manager will lead cross-functional project teams from late-stage development through construction, commissioning, COD, and handover, with responsibility for safety leadership, EPC contractor performance, schedule and cost control, risk mitigation, contract administration, change management, claims avoidance, stakeholder alignment, and executive-level reporting. This position requires strong commercial judgment, technical fluency, disciplined governance, and the ability to drive decisions across internal teams, contractors, utilities, investors, consultants, and senior leadership.
The position is based in Downtown Houston with a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office and 2 days from home. Main Responsibilities:
- Drive cross-functional project execution, ensuring clear accountability for safety, quality, schedule, budgets, cost, cash flow inputs, risk, commercial commitments, stakeholder alignment, and timely issue resolution of overall project economics.
- Manage EPC contractor performance against contractual obligations, including milestones, deliverables, notices, reporting, recovery plans, change control, quality expectations, and project execution requirements.
- Prepare executive-level reporting that clearly communicates project status, key risks, decisions required, commercial exposure, mitigation plans, and confidence in COD and budget outcomes.
- Maintain an integrated project risk register covering safety, permitting, interconnection, engineering, procurement, construction, schedule, commercial, and financial risks, with clear mitigation owners, due dates, escalation triggers, and quantified impacts where appropriate.
- Lead disciplined project governance, including decision logs, action registers, change logs, correspondence records, approval records, lessons learned, closeout documentation, and handover materials.
- Support development and validation of procurement and CAPEX estimates, contingency assumptions, commercial inputs, schedule assumptions, and execution risks to inform investment decisions and financial approvals.
- Capture and present project lessons learned so recurring execution, safety, commercial, contract, and governance issues are translated into practical improvements for future projects.
Qualifications:- 5+ years of experience in utility scale renewables (wind, solar, and battery storage - only)
- 10+ years of progressively responsible project management experience in energy, infrastructure, construction, or a related industry, with demonstrated ownership of safety, cost, schedule, risk, contract administration, and contractor performance.
- Strong knowledge of technical and commercial project execution activities, including scope definition, contractor evaluation and selection, project economics, EPC contracts, constructability reviews, risk management, project controls, and executive reporting.
- Demonstrated experience managing utility-scale wind, solar, and/or battery storage projects, including major equipment, engineering, pre-construction, construction, commissioning, energization, and handover processes.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders across Development, Engineering, Procurement, Legal, Finance, HSE, Asset Management, utilities, contractors, investors, consultants, and senior leadership.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical discipline.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer. Repsol does not offer sponsorship.
Preferred Qualifications:- PMP certification or equivalent project management credential.
- Understanding of utility interconnection requirements, including familiarity with FERC rules, ISO/RTO tariffs, interconnection agreements, and utility energization requirements.
- Familiarity with AACE cost estimate classes, schedule maturity standards, project controls best practices, and stage-gate governance.
- Experience using project management and project controls platforms such as MS Project, Primavera P6, Power BI, Procore, Oracle, SAP, or equivalent tools.
