Senior Engineering Lead: Solar, BESS & Grid Integration

Consigli Construction Co.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Consigli Construction Co.'s Arch Energy division seeks a hands-on engineering leader to guide utility-scale solar, battery energy storage, substations, and interconnection projects from pursuit through commercial operation. This role combines technical depth, practical EPC judgment, field engagement, and strong commercial awareness.

The successful candidate will build repeatable engineering practices, lead external Engineers of Record (EORs), and help project teams deliver safe, constructible,

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Direct technical strategy and design delivery from site diligence, basis of design, and bid development through 30/60/90% reviews, IFC design packages, construction support, commissioning, and turnover.
• Lead integration of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), including battery enclosures, PCS, MV skids, BMS, EMS, PPC, SCADA, controls, networking, warranties, and performance guarantees.
• Oversee physical and P&C scope for collector substations, switching stations, and gen-ties, including AIS, GIS, transformers, grounding, control buildings, protection schemes, metering, telecommunications, RTU, SCADA, testing, 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, OEMs, and specialty consultants.
• Partner with estimating, procurement, operations, quality, and commissioning teams to validate design maturity, quantities, exclusions, contingencies, and long-leading strategies.
• Support business development through site walks, proposals, and client presentations. Translate technical findings into clear recommendations and opportunities.
• Create design criteria, standard details, specifications, review checklists, preferred-product strategies, and lessons learned. Optimize total installed cost without compromising safety or reliability.

Skills

Engineering leadership

BESS integration

Substation design

Protection and Control

Contract negotiation

Project management

OEM/EOR coordination

Electrical engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Procore

Bluebeam

PVsyst

PVcase

Job description

Consigli Construction Co.'s Arch Energy division seeks a hands-on engineering leader to guide utility-scale solar, battery energy storage, substations, and interconnection projects from pursuit through commercial operation. This role combines technical depth, practical EPC judgment, field engagement, and strong commercial awareness.

The successful candidate will build repeatable engineering practices, lead external Engineers of Record (EORs), and help project teams deliver safe, constructible,