ApplySenior Project Engineer - Distributed Generation
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💎 Seniority level: Senior, Minimum 5 years
🔍 Industry: Renewable Energy/Solar
⏳ Experience: Minimum 5 years
🪄 Skills: LeadershipProject ManagementAutodesk AutocadProject CoordinationCross-functional Team LeadershipCommunication SkillsAnalytical SkillsCollaborationMicrosoft ExcelC (Programming language)
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or energy engineering science
- Minimum 5 years of experience in solar or ESS project engineering
- Capability to review engineering and technical matters with commercial perspective
- Extensive work experience in management and completion of rooftop, carport, and ground-mount projects in distributed generation, 250kW to 20MW
- Comfortable and accustomed to working with various project stakeholders, including investors, EPC partners, developers, consultants, and O&M contractors
- Experience in permitting processes with local authorities and utilities
- Advanced proficiency in engineering software and energy modeling applications, such as AutoCAD, HelioScope, PVsyst, Geli, and Microsoft Office tools
Responsibilities:
- Deliver technical due diligence in support of the origination/development team for opportunities at various stages of development both before and after project award.
- Prepare conceptual layouts and electrical single-line diagrams for those opportunities.
- Perform system energy modeling and energy estimates using tools such as PVsyst, Helioscope to ensure production targets are reasonable for both near term and long-term goals.
- Update system engineering throughout the project development process to achieve maximum financial outcome.
- Carry out technology reviews for PV or ESS equipment and work with manufacturers for acceptability for use in long-term operating assets.
- Deliver technical leadership in support of the Project Finance team for stakeholders’ interests including investors, site owner, utilities, off-takers, and EPC partners.
- Visit project sites to assess and collect key project technical information, such as site structures, electrical drawings, site electricity load data, and costs.
- Work with the origination/development team to provide engineering deliverables for key development items, which may include preparing preliminary layouts, technology selection, site studies, feasibility studies, preparing interconnection applications, and project cost estimation.
- Source and manage external consultants, partners, contractors, and vendors, including developing Scope of Work documents, managing RFP process, and controlling scope, and scheduling to obtain similar deliverables.
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by the management.
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