Lead Engineer, Solar & BESS Grid Integration

Consigli Construction Co.; City of Niagara Falls (NY); Vor Ort; USD 152.000 - 211.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Consigli Construction Co. is seeking a hands-on engineering leader to guide utility-scale solar, battery energy storage, substations and grid interconnection projects from pursuit through commercial operation.

The role demands technical depth, EPC judgment, field engagement, and strong commercial awareness. You will build repeatable engineering practices, lead external Engineers of Record, and help project teams deliver safe, reliable, and contract-compliant facilities while coordinating with

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Structural, or related Engineering; Electrical Engineering preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering and EPC delivery experience in utility-scale solar, BESS, substations, transmission/interconnection, or related power infrastructure.
• At least five years leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and external EORs across multiple concurrent pursuits and projects.
• Hands-on experience supporting site investigations, QA/QC walkthroughs, commissioning-readiness reviews, and project closeout activities.

Aufgaben

• Direct technical strategy and design delivery from site diligence, basis of design, and bid development through 30/60/90% reviews, Issued for Construction (IFC) design packages, construction support, commissioning, and turnover.
• Lead integration of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), including battery enclosures, Power Conversion Systems (PCS), medium-voltage (MV) skids, Battery Management Systems (BMS), Energy Management Systems (EMS), Power Plant Controllers (PPC), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, fire and life safety systems, controls, networking, warranties, and performance guarantees.
• Oversee physical and Protection and Control (P&C) scope for collector substations, switching stations, and generation tie lines (gen-ties), including Air‑Insulated Switchgear (AIS), Gas‑Insulated Switchgear (GIS), transformers, grounding, control buildings, protection schemes, metering, telecommunications, Remote Terminal Units (RTU), SCADA, testing, and energization.
• Lead multidisciplinary reviews of civil, geotechnical, structural, electrical, controls, communications, fire protection, site logistics, temporary works, quantities, interfaces, and constructability.
• Develop scopes, fees, schedules, deliverables, design responsibility matrices, and interface registers for EORs, utilities, owner engineers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and specialty consultants.
• Partner with estimating, procurement, operations, quality, and commissioning teams to validate design maturity, quantities, assumptions, exclusions, contingencies, long‑lead strategies, release priorities, and technical risk.
• Support business development through site walks, proposals, and client presentations. Translate technical findings into clear recommendations, qualifications, and project development opportunities.
• Create design criteria, standard details, specifications, review checklists, preferred‑product strategies, and lessons learned. Optimize total installed cost without compromising safety, reliability, performance, maintainability, warranty, or compliance.
• Maintain a strong site presence through investigations, first‑work inspections, QA/QC and constructability walkthroughs, pre‑energization reviews, commissioning‑readiness assessments, and punch‑list creation and closure.
• Support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), relay and controls testing, point‑to‑point checks, utility telemetry, integrated systems testing, and performance verification.
• Translate EPC agreements, interconnection requirements, owner specifications, permits, OEM requirements, and codes into executable project requirements.
• Lead technical negotiations involving scope, deviations, warranties, guarantees, change management, and design‑risk allocation.

Kenntnisse

Engineering leadership

BESS integration

Substation design

Contract negotiation

EPC delivery

Stakeholder management

Industrial protocols

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Civil/Structural Engineering

Tools

Procore

Bluebeam

AutoCAD

PVcase

PVsyst

Jobbeschreibung

Consigli Construction Co. is seeking a hands-on engineering leader to guide utility-scale solar, battery energy storage, substations and grid interconnection projects from pursuit through commercial operation.

The role demands technical depth, EPC judgment, field engagement, and strong commercial awareness. You will build repeatable engineering practices, lead external Engineers of Record, and help project teams deliver safe, reliable, and contract-compliant facilities while coordinating with