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Project Development Engineer
If you thrive on variety and enjoy working on a wide range of tasks, this is the role for you. You ll dive into everything from pricing and securing custom materials to leading technical discussions with the team and the utilities, to helping our engineer optimize system design. You will help shape our projects while ensuring a seamless interconnection process and staying ahead of industry trends. If you are passionate about solar and working in a faced paced environment where everyday brings new challenges, and you enjoy collaborating with a team to innovate, this position is for you. Join us and be part of a forward thinking team driving the future of renewable energy.
Responsibilities
- Cost Estimation: Develop comprehensive cost estimates for utility-scale solar projects, considering factors such as equipment, materials, labor, overheads, and contingencies.
- Bid Preparation: Collaborate with the team to prepare competitive bids, proposals and RFP s for solar energy projects, ensuring accuracy and feasibility.
- Risk Assessment: Identify and evaluate potential risks and uncertainties associated with project execution, including market dynamics, regulatory requirements, supply chain disruptions, and technological advancements.
- Value Engineering: Utilize value engineering principles to optimize project costs while maintaining quality and performance standards.
- Vendor Management: Liaise with suppliers, subcontractors, and service providers to obtain accurate pricing information, negotiate favorable terms, and establish strong working relationships.
- Cost Analysis: Thoroughly analyze and benchmark project costs against industry standards, historical data, and market trends to identify areas for cost reduction and process improvement.
- Documentation: Prepare detailed cost breakdowns, reports, and documentation to support project planning, budgeting, and financing activities.
- Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on emerging technologies, industry best practices, and regulatory developments in the solar energy sector to enhance estimating methodologies and stay ahead of market trends.
- Team Leadership: Provide mentorship, guidance, and technical expertise to to the team fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
Interconnection/Permitting
- Preparing Bid Docs and responses to RFP's and RFQ's to customers.
- Prepare Permitting and Deliver Permitting Applications for AHJ s
- Attend Town Hall meetings to secure permits or variances while educating board members on the project s goals and benefit
- Create, track, and manage all interconnection applications for various projects
- Manage utilities customer portal system daily.
- Research utility infrastructure to inform projects on interconnection options.
- Assist and prepare incentive applications for projects.
- Lead technical discussions and negotiations with utilities and ISOs to make interconnection cost effective and timely.
- Coordinate with internal teams and processes for making payments on interconnection applications, upgrades, and system impact studies.
- Inform other technical and non-technical teams on interconnection specifications.
- Attend interconnection policy working group/lobbyist meetings
Qualifications
- Degree in Engineering, Electrical Systems, Power Systems or similar
- Knowledge of electrical power concepts and power systems analysis, especially utility scale power systems
- Understand solar and storage project electrical components, including batteries, balance of systems, inverters, and transformers.
- Understand solar and storage project single line diagrams and layouts.
- Understand utility infrastructure and interconnection processes.
- Minimum of 3 years of professional experience managing the interconnection process and coordinating with utilities.
- Understand implications of Project Development and Project Engineering on interconnection aspects
- Experience with electrical diagrams at 480V and above
- Experience with AutoCAD (to edit/draft site plans and one-line diagrams)
- Previous role with an electrical engineering company, or an electric utility in their engineering, Distributed Energy Resource, or Distributed Generation departments preferred.
- Strong written & oral communication skills
- At least 2 years of experience working with a utility or solar developer required.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret technical specifications, construction drawings, and contractual documents..
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in cost estimation, project management, or engineering, with at least 3 years focused on utility-scale solar projects.
- Detail-oriented mindset with a proactive approach to problem-solving and decision-making.
- Must be able to meet strict deadlines while managing and prioritizing task lists.
Please only apply if you meet the qualifications, this is not an entry level position.
We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, or service in the military.
We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, or service in the military.
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