Senior Project Manager - IPP

Responsibilities

The Senior Project Manager will lead end-to-end execution of onsite generation projects, managing EPC contractors, budgets, and schedules from handover to commissioning. They will serve as the primary delivery lead for customers, ensuring safety, quality, and project governance standards are met throughout the project lifecycle.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in engineering or construction management and possess a professional certification such as PMP or PE. Extensive experience managing major EPC, power generation, or industrial infrastructure projects is mandatory.

Skills

• Project management
• EPC management
• Power generation
• Contract administration
• Budget management
• Risk management
• Stakeholder management
• Commissioning
• Engineering design
• Procurement
• Construction management
• QHSE standards
• Root-cause analysis
• Schedule management
• Technical leadership
• Customer relations

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Annual bonus program
• Medical plan
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Career growth opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement

About this role

Bring your energy to Aggreko as Senior Project Manager – IPP based in Houston.
You'll take end-to-end accountability for delivering major onsite generation projects, turning engineering designs into operating assets on time, on budget, and safely. Reporting directly to the EPC Manager, you'll manage EPC contractors, equipment suppliers, specialized subcontractors, and cross-functional Aggreko colleagues across the full project lifecycle.
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What you’ll do as Senior Project Manager – IPP:
Lead end-to-end project execution: Take ownership of assigned behind-the-meter and onsite generation projects from commercial handover through engineering review, procurement, site construction, commissioning, and formal handover to operations.
Own the customer delivery interface: Serve as the trusted, primary delivery lead for the customer. Lead customer kick-off meetings, provide weekly progress briefings, coordinate all deliverables with internal stakeholders, manage customer approvals, and ensure delivery meets or exceeds customer expectations.
Manage EPC partners and subcontractors: Direct EPC contractors, civil/structural/electrical subcontractors, and equipment OEMs daily.
Control schedule, cost, and scope: Build and actively manage baseline project schedules, critical-path dependencies, budgets, cash flow forecasts, and estimate-at-completion.
Lead project governance and site reviews: Run structured weekly project progress reviews, risk workshops, and site progress meetings.
Spot and solve risks early: Identify schedule, technical, or commercial risks before they impact the critical path. Carry out root-cause analysis and put corrective actions in place immediately.
Administer contracts and commercial terms: Manage contractor claims, requests for information (RFIs), submittals, variation orders, and milestone payment applications in line with agreed EPC contract terms.
Champion safety and quality: Set uncompromising standards for QHSE on site.
Coordinate cross-functional teams: Align with business development, engineering, procurement, legal, regulatory/permitting, and field operations to keep all project deliverables moving in sync.
Report transparently to leadership: Deliver concise, data-driven reporting to the EPC Manager and project steering committees on schedule health, budget variance, risk exposure, and key decision gates.
You are:
Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, civil), construction management, or equivalent practical experience. Project management certification (PMP, PE, or equivalent) is Mandatory
years of proven experience managing major EPC, power generation, gas turbine, industrial plant, or BESS infrastructure projects.
Demonstrated success taking projects through engineering, equipment staging, civil and electrical balance of plant (BOP), interconnection, commissioning, and commercial operation date (COD).
Proven ability to build credibility with industrial, utility, or commercial customers, manage expectations through complex delivery phases, coordinate customer site tie-ins, and resolve project challenges collaboratively.
Strong practical grasp of EPC and subcontract agreements (lump-sum turnkey, time & materials, balance of plant), including milestone schedules, liquidated damages, and variation management.
Here’s what you’ll get:
Competitive Base Salary
Annual bonus program tied to company and individual performance
No premium cost medical plan option available
Company provided Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Career growth opportunities and tuition reimbursement
Safety-focused culture

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Equal employment opportunity
We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes and experiences. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.
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About Aggreko

Utilities · 5,001-10,000 employees · headquartered in Dumbarton · founded 1962