What are the responsibilities and job description for the Solar Project 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.
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. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineering professional passionate about renewable energy and innovative solutions.
Responsibilities
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:
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.
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. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineering professional passionate about renewable energy and innovative solutions.
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
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Structural, or Civil preferred)
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and MS Office Suite
- Experience in electrical, mechanical, structural, or civil engineering design
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage priorities effectively
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Acute attention to detail and strong judgment in decision-making
- Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and execute projects effectively
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 for 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!
