Principal Engineer- Structural

Claire Plais - Domitille Vielle; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in renewable energy seeks a Principal Engineer, Structural to lead a team in structural engineering for solar and battery storage projects. The role requires significant experience in engineering leadership and technical advisory services, as well as expertise in US standards. This position is remote within the Americas and offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Benefits

401(k) with company matching

Performance bonus plan

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• 10 years of engineering leadership experience.
• 15 years in technical advisory services within the US.
• Expert in US Codes, Standards, and Practices.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of Structural Engineers for project advisement.
• Define and execute Structural Engineering scopes of work.
• Collaborate with other Engineering Leaders for comprehensive technical advisory services.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Technical advisory services

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Structural Engineering degree

PE registration

Job description

Position: Principal Engineer, Structural

Bureau Veritas Power – Technical Advisory Services (formerly ArcVera) is seeking best-in-industry candidates to serve as the Structural Engineering Practice Leader for solar and battery storage client project technical advisory services. The Leader will lead our Structural Engineering Practice as a Senior Member of our multi-domain Technical Advisory Service Group and BV global Technical Center of Excellence. Client Project Services provided by this group include Owner’s Engineer, Independent Engineer, and Technical Consulting services on solar and battery storage client projects across the US and globally.

Location: Remote, anywhere in the Americas with reasonable access for travel.

Bureau Veritas Power – Renewable Energy Technical Advisory Services (formerly ArcVera)

BV Power Renewables is expanding rapidly for the next decade and is a leading global renewable energy technical consultancy. Bureau Veritas provides investment-grade commercial and technical services for wind, solar, battery storage, hybrid, green hydrogen, and Green Power-to-X client projects. Bureau Veritas is committed to delivering best-in-class services over the full project lifecycle, serving developers, owners, investors, M&A, operators, and landowners globally. Bureau Veritas’ global presence includes 83,000+ professionals providing services in over 140 countries, across six continents.

Primary Responsibilities

• Reports to the Global Director of Solar & Storage Technical Advisory Services (US-based)

• Build and lead a team of Structural Engineers in the technical review and advisement of clients on third-party engineering calculations, studies, design, and testing of utility-scale and C&I-scale solar and battery storage projects, plant substations, and gen-tie lines in the US

• Plan, define, develop, and execute highest-quality Structural Engineering scopes of work, client deliverables, tools templates, procedures and workflows for Client Services

• Collaborate will all other Engineering Leaders and Specialists to form a comprehensive team of Subject Matter Experts for all Client Technical Advisory Services, including: Civil, Structural, PV System, Battery Storage, MV, Substation, T-line, Permitting, SCADA, Cybersecurity, O&M, etc.

• Take a leading technical role in BV Global Renewables – Technical Center of Excellence, including the definition, documentation, and training of industry best practices and thought leadership

• Directly support client engagement, scoping and estimating work for proposals, and project mgrs.

• Provide within-domain and multi-domain training and mentoring of our US and global renewables technical, strategic, and business development teams

• Ensure best-in-class, consistently insightful, highest-quality, client services and deliverables

• Ensure Total Quality Management of all client deliverables and external communications

• Attend, present, lead, and participate in industry conferences, technical forums/panels, white papers, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

• Subject Matter Expert in Structural Engineering as applied to the design, construction, and operation of utility-scale solar generating and battery storage facilities in the US

• 10 years of successfully demonstrated engineering leadership and management experience

• 15 years of successfully demonstrated technical advisory services experience in the US

• Expert experience with applicable US Codes, Standards, and Practices

• Expert experience with identifying poor practices in the specification, design, construction, and/or operation of solar and battery storage equipment and facilities that could potentially lead to safety hazards, code non-compliance, poor construction, underperformance, accelerated degradation, failures, etc.

• Comfort with directly engaging with clients, investors and project counterparties

• Excellent technical and non-technical communications skills

• Excellent broad-scope and detailed organizational, planning, and management skills

• A Structural Engineering degree or closely related discipline; an advanced degree and/or PE registration a plus

Compensation

Industry-leading compensation and performance bonus plan based on qualifications and a comprehensive benefits package including 401(k) with company matching