Remote Engineering Manager – Utility-Scale Renewables

Hunter Philips Executive Search; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job description

Engineering Manager | Utility-Scale Renewable Energy – USA

Are you ready to lead electrical engineering across some of the most critical utility-scale renewable energy assets in the United States? Do you want to play a key role in shaping the operational performance and technical reliability of large-scale solar, wind, and BESS projects? If you’re looking for a high-impact engineering leadership role with genuine progression potential and exposure across a rapidly expanding portfolio, this could be the opportunity for you.

The Company:

A leading renewable energy developer and IPP with a growing portfolio of utility-scale solar, wind, and battery storage projects across North America.

Backed by ambitious long-term growth plans, the business continues to invest heavily in engineering, operations, and asset optimisation as it scales its presence across key energy markets. With a secured pipeline of multi-GW projects and a strong operational asset base already in place, they are now looking to strengthen their engineering leadership capability to support the next phase of expansion.

Some duties will include:

• Lead electrical engineering support across utility-scale solar, wind, BESS, and substation assets throughout the USA
• Act as the senior technical authority for medium- and high-voltage systems ranging from 15kV to 230kV+ infrastructure
• Oversee fault investigations, relay coordination studies, system analysis, and troubleshooting activities across operating facilities
• Support capital improvement, retrofit, and upgrade projects from engineering design through commissioning and operational handover
• Direct engineering reviews covering substations, collection systems, inverter-based resources, PPC systems, and grid interconnection infrastructure
• Manage external engineering consultants, OEMs, and technical contractors to ensure projects are delivered safely and efficiently
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and field teams across the operations group
• Drive engineering best practice, compliance, and reliability standards across the renewable energy portfolio

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline
• 10+ years’ experience within renewable energy, utility, IPP, consultancy, or high-voltage engineering environments
• Strong technical expertise across MV/HV electrical systems, substations, collection systems, and utility-scale renewable generation assets
• Proven experience using power system analysis tools such as ETAP, CAPE, Aspen, or equivalent platforms
• Deep understanding of relay coordination studies, relay settings, protection systems, and fault analysis
• Experience supporting engineering design, operations, commissioning, or field engineering activities within utility-scale infrastructure projects
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to operate independently in both office and field-based environments
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, operations, asset management, and construction teams

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Fully remote position within the USA
• Exposure to utility-scale solar, wind, and BESS projects across a growing portfolio
• Long-term progression pathway into senior engineering leadership
• Opportunity to work within a fast-growing and well-capitalised renewable energy platform
• Opportunity to work with a leading renewable energy developer and contribute to the transition to sustainable energy solutions.
• Professional development and growth opportunities within a dynamic and innovative company.

Due to the dynamic growth and accelerated build of a regional organisation your progression opportunities will be limited only by your desire to succeed as there is a real pathway to progress to General manager - Engineering within 1 to 2 years .