Senior Design Lead for Utility-Scale Solar Projects

Primoris Services Corporation; Colorado; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid company holidays

401K with matching

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Primoris Renewable Energy seeks a Senior Project Design Lead to mentor design teams through the full design process from Preliminary/30% to IFC. You will oversee EOR coordination, vendor relationships, and process improvements while ensuring safe, reliable designs for utility-scale solar facilities.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in design and renewable energy, strong leadership, and proven ability to coordinate multi-discipline teams across civil, electrical, and mechanical scopes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Construction Management or related degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7+ years of experience in design, design process management, or design execution.
• Experience in utility-scale solar PV projects and/or renewable energy projects.

Responsibilities

• Providing support and guidance to other project design leads/Associate design leads as directed by manager.
• Training associate design leads under managers plan to prepare them for the project design lead role.
• Attend design reviews and provide comments/feedback on engineering deliverables.
• Support EOR contract creation and review by facilitating review between the engineer of record and our internal team.
• Support EPC contract and scope review by reviewing and suggesting changes to prime contracts and exhibits.
• Support project assignments to the project design leads by helping forecast internal needs based on project pipeline.
• Develop standards and processes to better streamline project design lead tasks and procedures.
• Lead or track new process initiatives with project design leads and other internal team members.
• Sometimes act as the main design lead for project(s).
• Ensure project designs are developed with due consideration for installation means and methods and long-term operations and maintenance of the project by others.
• Consult Field Operations trade specialists as necessary for requirements and recommendations.
• Develops and maintains a good working relationship with clients, Engineers of Record, subcontractors, vendors, and co-workers to strengthen company position.
• Seek opportunities to add value to the project through the engineering design and value engineering.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Design reviews

EOR coordination

EPC process

Multi-discipline coordination

Presentation

Microsoft Office

Visio

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Visio

Job description

Primoris Renewable Energy seeks a Senior Project Design Lead to mentor design teams through the full design process from Preliminary/30% to IFC. You will oversee EOR coordination, vendor relationships, and process improvements while ensuring safe, reliable designs for utility-scale solar facilities.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in design and renewable energy, strong leadership, and proven ability to coordinate multi-discipline teams across civil, electrical, and mechanical scopes.