Senior Renewable Energy Engineer

OurEnergy, LLC provides municipal, commercial, industrial, and utility-scale electrical infrastructure clients with renewable energy consulting, engineering, and development services. The company's service offering also includes project management for the complete engineering, procurement, and construction phases of project development.

Position Overview

We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior Renewable Energy Project Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role is pivotal as we scale up in a high-growth market, offering the opportunity to be an early contributor in a startup environment.

As a Senior Project Engineer at OurEnergy you will execute and prepare engineering analyses, reports, designs, and drawings for Owner’s Engineer, Development, and Engineering scopes. You will also support scoping, budgeting, and scheduling recommendations for client proposals and interface with clients on project related matters as needed. This position requires excellent analytical, mathematical, IT, project leadership, and client communication skills.

Typical projects will include, but are not limited to, hybrid mini-grids, PV, BESS, fuel cells, biogas, green hydrogen production or fueling infrastructure, or EV charging.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative and Forward-Looking: Apply your talents with an innovative company, with a startup mindset, engaged in diverse fields and projects. Gain exposure to a myriad of project types and grow as an engineer.
• Marquis Clients: Build your resume as we work on highly recognizable, or even “famous” renewable energy projects.
• Flexible Work Environment: Benefit from hybrid/remote work options.
• Growth Opportunities: Participate in a company poised for significant growth and professional development.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform 10-60% system engineering designs for hybrid mini-grids, PV, BESS, fuel cells, biogas, green hydrogen, EV charging projects, or power utility interconnections
• Prepare, review, and manage execution of Feasibility Studies.
• Build, optimize, and report on PV production and mini-grid simulation models using Solesca, Helioscope, Xendee, Homer, RatedPower, or equivalent modeling solutions.
• Perform technical reviews, risk evaluations, and value engineering throughout all project lifecycle stages.
• Exemplify leadership with internal and external team resources, develop internal processes, and spearhead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead technical discussions with clients and manage project budgets and schedules.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• US citizenship or already established work visa; we do not sponsor new visas.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field.
• 2-5 years of renewable energy engineering experience.
• Extensive experience with at least one or more renewable energy systems designs: hybrid mini-grids, PV, BESS, fuel cells, biogas, green hydrogen, or EV charging projects.
• Solid working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and renewable energy systems drawings and layouts.
• Previous experience as a project lead or project manager, including developing and communicating schedules and budgets.
• Strong proficiency in software applications and ability to streamline, optimize, or automate personal work by leveraging novel software, tools, processes, and approaches.
• US Pacific Time Zone work hours.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Bachelor’s or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in renewable energy power systems
• Proficiency in engineering design software such as AutoCAD, Xendee, Homer, Solesca, PVsyst, Helioscope, Bluebeam, Civil3D, QGIS/ArcGIS
• Experience as a project lead
• Open to hybrid work with 1-2 days per month in office, as needed

Considered Compensation

• This is a contract position. However, an individual may have an opportunity to earn consideration for future employment.
• Full-time equivalent $100,000 - $130,000 or annual equivalent
• Participation in OurEnergy’s dynamic-equity-sharing program may be offered
• There is no relocation reimbursement available for this position

If you are a resourceful engineer passionate about renewable energy and eager for growth opportunities, we invite you to apply for the Senior Renewable Energy Project Engineer position. Join OurEnergy, LLC and contribute to the development of innovative energy infrastructure solutions.

Please note that only qualified candidates will be contacted.