What are the responsibilities and job description for the Interconnection Engineer position at Solar Landscape?
About Us
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’re looking for an Interconnection Engineer to join our team.
As an Interconnection Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting many groups within the company and will support/report to the Director of Interconnection.
\n- Create, track, and manage all interconnection applications and engineering drawings for various projects within Solar Landscape’s Microsoft Dynamics CRM
- Manage utilities’ customer portal system daily.
- Research utility infrastructure to inform projects on interconnection options.
- Assist in incentive applications and materials for Solar Landscape projects.
- 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.
- Provide interconnection and incentive related materials as requested.
- Attend interconnection policy working group/lobbyist meetings and keep notes for review/discussion with the Director of Interconnection.
- Degree in Engineering, Electrical Systems, Computer, I&C, 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.
- 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 1 year of experience working with a utility or solar developer required.
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:
· Located in the heart of historic Asbury Park, our state-of-the-art office space offers flexible workstations encouraging collaboration and movement.
· Employees come together to eat every day! Like in a home, our gourmet kitchen is the heart of the office. Solar Landscape has a full-time in-house chef cooking daily farm-to-table meals using locally sourced organic food.
· Also included in employees is our competitive compensation package; a 401(k) employer-match; health, dental, & vision insurance, flexible paid time off and holiday PTO; We provide healthy snacks, coffee, volunteer opportunities, company outings, and more!
