Project Manager, Energy Storage Advisory

JOB DESCRIPTION
As a member of the Energy Storage Advisory team within UL Solutions' North American Renewables business, the Project Manager is responsible for leading the successful delivery of Independent Engineering (IE) and Technical Advisory (TA) projects across the energy storage and solar + storage hybrid power sectors.
This position oversees all aspects of successful project execution - technical, commercial, financial, and contractual - ensuring UL delivers high-quality, on-time, and on-budget results. The Project Manager is also client-facing, contributing directly to proposal development, relationship management, and growth of the advisory business through trusted client partnerships.
The successful candidate is a self-starter with strong project management fundamentals, technical understanding, and business acumen. They are a proven seller-doer who can guide multidisciplinary teams, engage with clients at a senior level, and drive both delivery excellence and business growth.
This role can be hybrid from Latham, NY, Houston, TX, Northbrook, IL, Oakland, CA, or remote in the United States.
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead full-lifecycle delivery of Independent Engineering and Technical Advisory projects for financing, acquisition, and development of energy storage and hybrid renewable portfolios.
• Serve as the primary client interface, managing communications, expectations, and relationships to ensure satisfaction, repeat business, and cross-selling opportunities.
• Oversee project execution across scope, schedule, budget, and risk. Develop and maintain execution plans, track progress, and proactively manage variances and change orders.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams (engineering, financial, and environmental specialists) to ensure technical consistency, quality, and alignment with UL's standards.
• Provide high-level technical direction to support the team's analysis and conclusions while maintaining focus on overall project objectives and client needs.
• Manage project financials, including forecasting, invoicing, margin tracking, and ensuring commercial compliance with contract terms.
• Support business development activities: contribute to proposal writing, pricing strategy, scope definition, and client presentations.
• Drive client engagement and relationship growth through proactive communication, follow-up, and participation in industry events, conferences, and client reviews.
• Facilitate project close-out activities including lessons learned, client debriefs, and internal process improvements.
• Mentor junior staff in project management best practices and promote a culture of accountability and collaboration.
• Represent UL at conferences and business development meetings.
• Guide the business strategy and development for the due diligence team.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related technical discipline (electrical, mechanical, civil, or similar).
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project management within a professional or technical services environment, ideally in renewable energy, energy storage, or grid infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Proven experience in client-facing delivery, including proposal support, contract negotiation, and client relationship management.
• Strong commercial acumen and familiarity with budgeting, forecasting, and profitability management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to present complex topics clearly to diverse audiences.
• PMP or equivalent project management training preferred.
• Ability to occasionally travel for conferences and project deliverables (less than 10%)

Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career . The estimated salary range for this position is$95,000 - $115,000 and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 10% of the base salary.
This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).
The application deadline for this position is 11/30/2025.
What you'll experience working for ULS
UL Solutions has been pioneering change since 1894 and we're still leading the way. From day one, we've blazed a trail protecting the planet and everyone on it. Our teams have influenced billions of products, plus services, software offerings and more. We break things, burn things and blow things up. All in the name of safety science.
That's where you come in - because none of it could happen without you. It takes passion to protect people, problem-solving to safeguard personal data and conviction to make the world a more sustainable place. It takes bold ideas and brilliant minds to build a better world for future generations across the globe.
This is more than a job. It's a calling. A passion to use our expertise and play our part in creating a more secure, sustainable world today - and tomorrow. As a member of our safety science community, you'll use your ideas, your energy and your ambition to innovate, challenge and ultimately, help create a safer world.
Everyone here is unique. But we're also a global community, working together to help create a safer world. Join UL Solutions and you can connect with the brightest minds in the business, all bringing their distinct perspectives and diverse backgrounds together to deliver real change.
Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we help build a better future - one where everyone benefits.
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ABOUT US
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
ABOUT THE TEAM
We solve our customers' problems. Within Software & Advisory (S&A) services, UL Solutions' Enterprise Sustainability business focuses on solving some of the most pressing world challenges - renewables, energy transition, sustainability, health & wellbeing, return to work and people safety. We do this through Renewable Energy Advisory and Digital Services, Environmental, Health and Safety Software & Learning programs, best in class Sustainability and ESG reporting software with UL 360, advisory services, subject matter experts and Healthy Buildings testing and verification.