Sr. Project Engineer: The Sr. Project Engineer is responsible for providing innovative and comprehensive solutions in design engineering for commercial and utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects while applying engineering principals and superior client service skills to cultivate and deliver projects that exceed expectations.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of industry standards and engineering design principles.
• Apply knowledge of renewable energy systems, including photovoltaic (PV), Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), combustion generation, standby power, and knowledge of associated microgrid design principles.
• Apply knowledge and develop necessary customer deliverables such as of one-line drawings, elementaries and wiring diagrams, equipment specifications (including transformers, MCC, switchgear, substation equipment); power plans, conduit plans, cable schedules, system studies and protective relay settings.
• Routinely interact with, manage, and serve clients
• Evaluates, selects, specifies, and provides engineering oversight for all engineered systems or products for a project.
• Prepares and revises documentation in various phases including site plans, diagrams, and details.
• Leads project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Leads the preparation and coordination of the project specifications with construction documents.
• Conducts quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.
• Assists in the development of new standards and specifications for the electrical group.
• Assists with the development of proposals.
• Oversees and manages multiple projects.
• Participates in constructability review.
• The successful Project Engineer will demonstrate a “client first” approach in developing key relationships.
• Maintains current knowledge of technologies and trends, as they apply to the applicable project and market types, and continually strengthens skills
• Attend meetings with clients, state and local permitting authorities, subcontractors, and vendors regarding engineering and technical issues related to the project.
• Conduct detailed site evaluations
• Manage professional engineer review process to obtain PE stamps on drawing packages
• Provide engineering/technical input and direction to site evaluation, interconnect agreements and other associated tasks
• Work with appropriate electric utilities to prepare and process interconnection paperwork Review specifications for purchases of materials or equipment

Capabilities and Credentials

• Knowledge of power systems including, but not limited to, combustion power plants, generation systems, photovoltaic (PV/solar) systems and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
• Demonstrate broad general knowledge of electrical industrial and utility power projects.
• Demonstrate broad technical knowledge and experience in multiple areas of specialization and/or business operations management within the organization.
• Demonstrated knowledge of solar energy project design and development.
• Ability to manage clients, projects, and staff to achieve budget, schedule, and deliverable objectives.
• Strong knowledge of applicable codes and standards.
• Working understanding and knowledge of power distribution systems, low and medium voltage systems.
• Working knowledge of electrical utility markets.
• Ability to apply sustainable design principles within projects.
• Strong client communication and interpersonal skills.
• Working knowledge of recent versions of AutoCAD and/or other design software as it relates to power system design. PVSyst required and ETAP a plus.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Procore a plus.
• Travel is required to meet engagement/client requirements – may include regional or national based on the contracted requirements.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in solar engineering & design and BESS.
• Experience in Photovoltaic and other generation projects.
• Engineer-in-training or in the process of obtaining the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE), with the ability to obtain a Professional Engineer’s license is preferred.
• Successful history of collaboration and teaming with contractors on Design-Build (DB)
• History of field oversight for power-related construction projects, specifically Photovoltaic projects.
• Experience in the construction industry and/or in-depth knowledge of construction processes