What are the responsibilities and job description for the Solar Project Engineer (Maryland) position at Solar Landscape Inc.?
About Us
You can get further details about the nature of this opening, and what is expected from applicants, by reading the below.
Solar Landscape is the leading commercial and community solar developer in the United States.
We partner with the world's largest real estate companies to develop, install, and operate solar projects on commercial and industrial rooftops. Through our groundbreaking community solar model, households in surrounding communities can subscribe to receive solar power at a guaranteed discount.
To date, Solar Landscape has deployed over 500 megawatts of renewable energy projects totaling over $1 billion in capital investment. Solar Landscape was named the #1 Distributed Generation developer for 2023 by New Project Media and was awarded the U.S. Department of Energy’s Equitable Community Solar Grand Prize.
We reinvest in our communities as a leading provider of solar PPAs to municipalities, schools, and universities, as well as through our award-winning solar workforce development program.
Solar Landscape is growing fast. Doubling in size year after year, we are looking for the best and brightest to drive our next phase of growth. We’re made up of thought leaders, thinkers, dreamers, doers. We are insightful, driven, rebellious, fun, and we are better together. Our diverse and unique backgrounds are all given a voice and seat at the table to help make real change for the communities we serve.
For more about Solar Landscape, visit www.solarlandscape.com.
About The Role
We are seeking a Solar Project Engineer to join our dynamic team and contribute to the development and execution of high-quality solar energy projects. As a Project Engineer at Solar Landscape, you will be responsible for overseeing, designing and supporting commercial and grid supplied Solar Photovoltaic systems. The ideal candidate will have a passion for renewable energy, strong engineering expertise, and experience in solar project design and development.
Responsibilities
- Support Design team as part of initial training process and where needed thereafter.
- Oversee / Design / Support commercial and grid supplied Solar Photovoltaic systems.
- Prepare technical drawings, specifications of PV systems to ensure that installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements.
- Conduct detailed site evaluations.
- Coordinate with structural, electrical, geotechnical, and civil Professional Engineers during design process to assure the design meets technical and code requirements. Manage professional engineer review process to obtain PE stamps on drawing packages.
- Provide technical support to Commercial Sales, and Finance for the development of technical proposals and customer presentations.
- Participate in meetings and technical presentations to customers, investors, and PV technical community.
- 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.
- Identify appropriate equipment for use in PV systems and perform technical qualification of vendors.
- Support Project Management and construction team with ongoing technical support, RFI’s and As-builts.
- Review of other design engineers’ work during design phase.
- Develop necessary customer deliverables such as concept module layouts, single line diagrams, equipment or material specifications, engineering validation, 3-D renderings and photo simulations.
- Assist with Request for Proposal (RFP’s) review, technical writing, and response coordination.
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Benefits and Perks
Solar Landscape’s company culture is second to none.
Our employees combine our mission, grit and drive with a rebel’s attitude that is changing the industry :
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