Director, Procurement

BlueWave is a mission-driven clean energy developer, owner, and operator building solar and energy storage solutions that strengthen the electric grid and deliver long-term grid value. We partner with landowners, farmers, municipalities, and investors to advance projects that support working land while expanding the benefits of affordable, reliable clean energy. Our approach combines thoughtful siting, dual-use development, and long-term ownership to ensure every project is built for lasting impact.

About the role
BlueWave is seeking a Director of Preconstruction & Procurement to support late-stage solar and battery storage projects from development through contracting and construction readiness. As a key member of a lean Preconstruction team, this role will take hands-on ownership of planning, estimating, scheduling, constructability, risk management, strategic sourcing, procurement, and contracting to ensure projects are fully scoped, priced, contracted, and supplied for successful execution. Reporting to the VP of Preconstruction, the Director will collaborate with Project Development, Engineering, Project Execution, Finance, Legal, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and other external partners. Success requires sound commercial judgment, technical knowledge, clear communication, attention to detail, and strong relationships across the renewable energy supply chain. This highly cross-functional role requires versatility, the ability to balance detailed project work with commercial decisions, and the initiative to move priorities forward independently. This role is highly hands-on and well suited to someone who enjoys both developing the approach and doing the detailed work required to execute it.

What you'll do
Own and execute integrated preconstruction and procurement strategies for solar and battery storage projects, aligning scope, schedule, budget, contracts, and material availability. Conduct constructability reviews, construction sequencing, cost and schedule assessments, and risk reviews to prepare projects for execution. Build project cost estimates using historical data, subcontractor pricing, supplier quotes, commodity trends, and market intelligence; maintain cost and lead-time data for future modeling. Develop and maintain critical path schedules with Project Development, Engineering, Project Execution, Finance, and external partners. Create and manage bid packages, RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs for materials, equipment, EPCs, general contractors, and trade partners; evaluate responses and document recommendations. Lead or support negotiations on supply agreements, scopes of work, pricing, delivery terms, service levels, and firm project schedules with Legal and internal stakeholders. Manage contractor and materials buyout, including long-lead equipment planning, supplier selection, award recommendations, contracting, logistics, and inventory planning. Develop data-driven sourcing and negotiation strategies that reduce total cost of ownership while improving availability, quality, service, and innovation. Identify and mitigate procurement, contracting, schedule, budget, logistics, and supply chain risks; support a smooth handoff to Project Execution. Build and maintain strong relationships with EPCs, subcontractors, distributors, vendors, and suppliers; set performance expectations and share feedback. Monitor commodity markets, industry indices, supplier capacity, construction practices, and competitive offerings to identify cost-saving and process-improvement opportunities. Partner with Project Development and Finance on project and portfolio budgets, pricing trends, variance analysis, and information needed for construction and term financing. Maintain accurate procurement, cost, schedule, vendor, and material data in Salesforce and other applicable construction or project management systems. Improve preconstruction, sourcing, procurement, inventory, contracting, and project handoff processes. Travel periodically to project sites and contractor, vendor, or supplier locations.

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Supply Chain Management, Business, or a related field. Master’s degree strongly preferred. 8+ years of progressive experience in preconstruction, estimating, contracting, sourcing, procurement, or a related field. Experience with solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage projects, or comparable work in renewable energy, power, utilities, or infrastructure. Ability to conduct constructability reviews, develop cost estimates, plan construction sequencing, and translate plans and specifications into executable project approaches. Experience managing competitive bid processes, including RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, bid evaluations, award recommendations, and contract negotiations. Strong understanding of EPC and subcontractor management, supplier relationships, long-lead equipment planning, supply agreements, and construction contracts. Advanced kn