Head of Utility-Scale Solar Engineering & Design

Strata Careers; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Strata Clean Energy seeks a Senior Director of Solar Engineering to serve as the senior design authority for utility-scale solar and storage projects. You will own the design basis that drives value, cost, and constructability, and lead a focused team of engineers and designers across the portfolio.

You will balance customer requirements, site constraints, and company standards to define optimal solutions for projects and EPC bids, while mentoring a senior team and driving design quality

Qualifications

• 8+ years of utility-scale solar and/or storage engineering experience.
• Ownership of full project configuration space including trackers, electrical balance of plant, civil and geotechnical considerations, PV modules, and battery storage.
• Experience leading technical teams and approving design or bid deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Produce and optimize the project design basis using company standards, customer requirements, and project-specific feasibility inputs, through early-stage (30%) design.
• Determine project configuration and technology selection to maximize customer value and project returns.
• Approve engineering designs for competitive bids and internal projects, and produce the associated bid-stage quantity estimates.
• Govern changes to the design basis by evaluating proposed changes on technical merit and maintaining design integrity through construction.
• Partner with development, procurement, construction, and the discipline engineering teams to ensure designs are buildable and aligned to project goals.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of project engineers, technical specialists, and designers.
• Drive continuous improvement in design quality, consistency, and throughput.

Skills

8+ years solar engineering experience

Strong technical judgment

Team leadership

Design optimization

Project delivery under pressure

Education

PE license (preferred)

Job description

Strata Clean Energy seeks a Senior Director of Solar Engineering to serve as the senior design authority for utility-scale solar and storage projects. You will own the design basis that drives value, cost, and constructability, and lead a focused team of engineers and designers across the portfolio.

You will balance customer requirements, site constraints, and company standards to define optimal solutions for projects and EPC bids, while mentoring a senior team and driving design quality