Sr. Project Manager (BESS)

Position – (Senior) Project Manager, BESS (Batter Energy Storage Systems) Company – CellCube Inc. (parent – Enerox GmbH) 

Location of New Hire – Denver, Colorado or Remote USA

Travel Requirements – US, Austrian (HQ)  

Website – www.cellcube.com 

Date – November 2023

 

Who is CellCube?

 

Global in its footprint, CellCube is a pioneer in the field of sustainable, durable energy storage technology and infrastructure, and is well known in the industry.

 

The core technology is a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB), is modular (visualize shipping container sizes), have large commercial- and industrial-scale storage capacities, give back-up power for 4 to 24 hours, and has a lifespan of 20 to 30 years, possessing multiple recyclable components.

 

CellCube’s systems have as many applications and uses as can be imagined in the energy storage and backup power ecosystem –

 

–       Green Infrastructure – Solar farms, wind farms, and DC microgrids

–       Critical Infrastructure – Hospitals, defense/military, public safety organizations (police, fire), aid organizations that deal with natural and man-made disasters (Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross), data centers and server farms, water treatment plants/facilities, desalination plants, and telecommunications)

–       Remote and Islanded Microgrids – AC and DC microgrids

–       Industrial – Industrial production, manufacturing, and processing requires uninterrupted power supply. Key industry examples – mining, steel and metals production, milling, and processing, petrochemical plants, plastics processing, oil and gas refineries, and all durable goods manufacturing and production

–       Agricultural Commodity Production and Processing Plants – Crops and livestock, including biogas

–       Commercial – Office and business parks, industrial parks with decentralized generation, shopping centers, auto charging stations (infrastructure)/electric vehicles – “e-mobility”

–       Private Microgrids – Privately owned microgrids (SMEs and individuals) – who want to be able to island off the grid temporarily, or full-time – via AC and DC microgrids, with generation, distribution, and consumption on one site. Can be commercial, residential, or public sector microgrids

–       Shipping Industry – Makes it possible to travel for up to 24 hours under purely electric power (floating energy storage systems (FESS)), harbor infrastructure, and quick charging infrastructure near rivers, lakes, seas and oceans.

 

With 20 years of team R&D experience, CellCube has a company culture that is both well established and possesses a start-up mentality. Increasingly successful in its core European markets, CellCube has been rapidly growing its presence in the global marketplace (with over 130 systems designed, engineered, manufactured, and installed all over the world, with as many systems operating uninterrupted for more than 10 years), the US market is now the next destination in which to expand, based in Denver, Colorado. Although the new BESS project manager can be based anywhere in the US.

 

This is where you come into play. We need a knowledgeable energy industry Project Manager who has the right mix of industry and technical experience, network of connections with vendors, and capable personality who can identify with CellCube’s company culture of success, technological know-how, and strong attention to detail and project execution. 

 

Candidate and Position Summary 

 

Our ideal candidate will have successfully worked in and around the energy storage, alternative energy (wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric), electric grid and utility, and/or power generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption market segments for multiple years.

 

As a member of the North America organization, you will collaborate with other sales, business development, engineering, production and marketing team members to provide the sales and operational support needed to install and commission CellCube BESS.

 

Minimum academic and professional qualifications are a BA or BS in an applicable STEM field (mechanical, electrical, industrial engineering, physics, etc.), and/or a business discipline with deep experience within the energy storage, alternative, power, and grid industries, on both a technical and business management basis. Expected work experience in our target industries is a minimum 5 years.  PMP certification is a plus. Renewable Energy construction background required.

 

Primary Responsibilities

 

• In this role, you will be responsible for managing battery energy storage (BESS) projects during the entire sales engagement cycle from deal close, to shipment, to installation/commissioning, to construction on-site, to post installation support and services – in strong collaboration with sales, engineering, production and service teams

 

• You will be working with cross-functional stakeholders to develop and deploy best-in-class Flow Battery long duration BESS solutions for a wide variety of energy storage applications during all phases of the bid, construction and close of the project – including post-installation follow up and support i.e. measuring performance and customer satisfaction (CSAT, NPS)

 

• Ensure all projects are executed with the correct scope of work, strategy, project schedule, contract, time, budget and all are aligned between all stakeholders, including vendors and sub-contractors

 

• Ensure that project deliverables and KPI’s are monitored, and that reporting and escalation standards are followed  

 

• In partnership with engineering and production teams in Austria, identify inefficiencies and root cause issues in product, project, or process to optimize operational efficiency and positive outcomes

 

• Analyze and prepare process improvement initiatives across multiple cross-functional areas such as Order-to-Cash, cycle-time reduction, pipeline health and management, operational cost mitigation and budget reduction

 

Expectations

 

•       Technical and commercial responsibility to execute projects

•       10 years experience in renewable energy construction projects, including solar or battery storage

•       Project Management of all customer projects (from takeover to handover by the customer and sales team to production, deployment and after sales support)

•       Continuous evaluation, documentation of performed services and projects, management of project-team(s), problem solving and set resolution

•       Ensure projects are executed in line with standard process and documentation

•       Ensure project safety and environmental standards are met

•       Sales support during the negotiation phase, support of sales management, involvement in final contract negotiation

•       Conduct service partner and customer trainings together with Services Team

•       Support Solution Design and System Engineering teams to stay in line with contractual terms and conditions of the project

•       Support the solution focused thinking within the organization

•       Completed technical or commercial training with CellCube’s management and engineering teams

•       High flexibility and willingness to travel

•       Work in a hybrid model – Denver-based office and remote

 

What CellCube Offers

 

•       Working in a small, but growing and top global company, on a collegial team that masters all challenges as a single unit, and a persistently positive mindset

•       Competitive salary and benefits package

•       Base salary: Compensation target – $150K OTE + benefits

•       Expense account for travel and entertainment

•       Open door policy with permanent and straightforward support from management 

•       Very interesting workplace with high potential for leadership responsibility

•      From the outset, a starting place on the growing staff of the new CellCube US subsidiary

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