Civil Project Engineering Lead – Solar & Storage

Flint Hills Resources; Bedminster Township, Houston, Katy, Pleasanton (NJ, TX, TX, CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid time off

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

DEPCOM Power, a Koch Engineered Solutions company, seeks a Project Engineering Manager, Civil, to own civil scope across estimating, engineering, construction, environmental, safety, quality, and commercial functions for utility-scale solar and energy storage projects. The role requires translating site data and contract requirements into executable scope for pricing, subcontracting, and field execution.

The position can be based in Pleasanton, CA; Scottsdale, AZ; Katy, TX; or Bedminster, NJ,

Qualifications

• Experience supporting civil engineering, civil construction, project engineering, estimating, pre-construction, or field execution.
• Experience interpreting civil drawings, specifications, scope documents, design assumptions, quantity information, and technical requirements.
• Experience coordinating work across engineering, estimating, construction, subcontractors, vendors, or other project stakeholders.
• Experience identifying, documenting, communicating, and escalating project risks, open items, scope gaps, or changes.
• Experience using project data and technical information to support decisions affecting cost, schedule, constructability, quality, safety, environmental compliance, or field execution.
• Ability to travel (25%) to project sites as business needs require.

Responsibilities

• Own clear, complete, traceable civil scope across estimating, engineering, construction, environmental, safety, quality, and commercial functions.
• Translate site data, customer and contract requirements, design assumptions, estimates, and permit requirements into executable scope for pricing, subcontracting, design release, handoff, and field execution.
• Identify, assign, communicate, and upscale material civil risks, missing inputs, assumptions, scope gaps, dependencies, exclusions, quantity variances, and unresolved decisions before they affect safety, compliance, procurement, cost, schedule, quality, or field productivity.
• Support high-priority targets by reviewing site and design information and developing civil bid forms, estimate assumptions, customer clarifications, subcontract exhibits, and scope splits.
• Coordinate with engineers of record to review design inputs and deliverables for scope alignment, owner and permit requirements, quantity impacts, constructability, field readiness, and commercial expectations.
• Track civil quantities and cost drivers, and support timely resolution of RFIs, field questions, submittals, design clarifications, test results, nonconformances, as-built reviews, and sequencing concerns.
• Lead civil handoffs by communicating scope, assumptions, exclusions, quantities, risks, permit requirements, subcontractor boundaries, customer commitments, and open items; capture lessons learned to improve future scope definition and execution.

Skills

Civil scope management

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Field execution

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil engineering (preferred)

Professional Engineer licensure or Engineer-in-Training

Job description

DEPCOM Power, a Koch Engineered Solutions company, seeks a Project Engineering Manager, Civil, to own civil scope across estimating, engineering, construction, environmental, safety, quality, and commercial functions for utility-scale solar and energy storage projects. The role requires translating site data and contract requirements into executable scope for pricing, subcontracting, and field execution.

The position can be based in Pleasanton, CA; Scottsdale, AZ; Katy, TX; or Bedminster, NJ,