New Products Project Manager jobs in Lowell, MA

New Leaf Energy is seeking an engineering operations Project Manager to improve the team’s quality, on time delivery, and lead time performance metrics. 

In this role you will support engineering operations to improve the team’s quality, on time delivery, and lead time performance metrics. You will work primarily with the Development Engineering team, but also cross functionally with the Project Development and Project Finance teams.

Our preference is that this position will be filled out of our Lowell, MA, or Boston, MA offices but we are open to Latham, NY, Chicago, IL, or Oakland, CA offices for the right candidate. We value in-person collaboration and offer a hybrid work environment. Hybrid employees work in the office at least two out of every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and are free to work from the office or from home on other days.

Position Responsibilities will include but not be limited to: 

• Create and manage updates to all project development schedules in existing markets, working closely with senior engineers and project developers to ensure accuracy in forecasting project milestone dates;
• Maintain and improve template schedules in new and existing markets to reflect lessons learned on previous projects;
• Identify critical path items and potential delays in schedules and effectively communicate them to the project team and leadership;
• Track lead time performance within the Development Engineering team on specific metrics and goals;
•  Attend weekly project meetings as a source of information-gathering to effectively maintain project schedules, and communicate needs to the project team;
•  Maintain data accuracy by performing project administrative tasks within our Smartsheet and Salesforce platforms;
•  Build and maintain dashboards and reports to allow the Engineering team and Development team a visual into the work being performed in our Smartsheet database;
•  Improve processes as you see fit to increase efficiency and streamline communication.

Desired Qualifications:

While no one individual will possess them all, the successful candidate will bring many of the following experiences, skills, and attributes. If you’re unsure whether you meet enough of the qualifications below but believe that your experience and skill set is a good match for this position, we invite you to apply!

• Minimum 2-4 years of project management experience in the construction or energy industry;
• Bachelor’s degree;
• The ability to create and manage a schedule and budget to required margins;
• Smartsheet experience preferred;
• Problem solving, critical thinking, and great communication skills.

Compensation

New Leaf Energy compensates all employees in three ways: market-competitive base salary, plus above-market variable compensation, plus an equity-like program such that all employees experience the benefits of ownership.  We use a data-driven and transparent methodology to calibrate compensation that is externally competitive and internally equitable, guided by the New Leaf Energy compensation manual, which is available to all employees.

Under our compensation framework, the likely base salary range for this position in the Lowell location is $94,730 - $110,100. The on-target annual cash bonus associated with this position is an additional 10% percent of base salary. Your actual salary may be above, in, or below this range, depending on your location and experience.

We value transparency and can share more during the interview process.