Assistant Project Manager

Apex seeks a Project Engineer to join us and work with our team of onsite construction managers to help lead the construction of utility-scale wind, solar energy, and battery storage projects to support our portfolio across the United States. As a Project Engineer at Apex, you will be supporting the Project Manager. This role will help to manage relationships with various stakeholders and interface with other groups of the Project Management Department. Our Project Engineers occupy a multi-faceted role and provide technical support for projects entering into and under construction for utility-scale renewable energy projects. The position requires cross-functional skills as you’ll be performing a variety of field level tasks, supporting various site team disciplines, and collaborating with site team and home office team members. You will collaborate with third-party engineering firms and effectively put together solutions to project issues, interfacing with renewable energy equipment OEMs, and providing technical support, as needed. You’ll be assigned to a specific project, so travel is a must. You will be expected to support and coordinate with local officials and the community, site project facilities and ensure that quality standards are met during field evaluations and construction. Our ideal candidate is an individual who wants to learn within the renewable energy business, is action oriented, a hard-working team player who can jump in and support projects from a variety of angles. This position requires excellent communication and writing skills as well as the ability to balance priorities and shift needs on the go. A passion for renewable energy is a must.Primary ResponsibilitiesOrganizational Skills – This is a key requirement for a project engineering role. You must be able to prioritize workloads, problems, and the needs of all members of the multidisciplinary team.Communication Skills – Is in regular communication with the multidisciplinary team. They have to be able to outline project deliverables, understand problems and convey effective workarounds to members of the team to ensure the project continues as intended. Also, likely to have direct communication with stakeholders at all levels (including suppliers, management, and project staff), have to be able to understand and adjust to the priorities of each.Problem Solving Abilities – They are ultimately responsible for the technical aspects of a project; they must support the effort to find appropriate solutions for problems as they arise.Keen Attention to Detail – They must be able to focus on many tasks at once while still maintaining close attention to the details of each.Commercial Awareness – More than other engineering roles, a project engineer must understand and support the commercial awareness to deliver project outcomes on schedule and on budget, while still maintaining its safety.Decisiveness – Will be required to support those team members to make significant decisions on a routine basis. Must be able to assess and understand the facts involved before reaching an objective decision that the team will be fully accountable for. Success