Senior Manager, Renewable Energy Systems Engineering

WSP USA; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 111,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA seeks an experienced Manager, Systems Engineering – Renewable Energy to lead technical risk assessments for utility-scale projects in the US. You will drive owner’s engineering services, performance modeling, and bankability analysis across solar, BESS, hybrid systems, and microgrids.

The role requires deep expertise in technical risk, due diligence, and project lifecycle management, with a focus on data-driven decision support and AI-enabled project reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 10 years of renewable energy engineering or advisory experience.
• Experience supporting utility-scale solar PV, BESS, wind, and hybrids.
• Experience performing lender’s technical due diligence and bankability assessments.
• Experience through development, construction, commissioning, and operations.
• Strong understanding of project financing, EPC contracting, and risk management.
• Compliance with safety policies and flexible scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical due diligence for solar PV, BESS, hybrid renewables and microgrids.
• Perform independent assessment of design, technology choice, and execution plans.
• Identify and quantify technical, operational, commercial and contractual risks.
• Develop risk registers and mitigation plans for multiple stakeholders.
• Review permits, equipment specs, EPC and O&M contracts, performance guarantees.
• Evaluate project bankability and financing readiness from an engineering view.
• Prepare lender-required independent engineering and technical advisory reports.
• Serve as technical lead and owner’s representative during development, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations.
• Evaluate EPC designs and technical deliverables; review drawings and calculations.
• Monitor construction progress and identify execution risks.
• Support FAT, SAT and commissioning activities; validate energy yields and forecasts.
• Perform independent checks of contractor models and assumptions.
• Support revenue-risk assessments and merchant exposure analyses; assess dispatch and revenue optimization.
• Assess BESS technology, degradation, augmentation strategies, and lifecycle performance.
• Review warranties, performance guarantees, and long-term operating risks.
• Verify system sizing and operational modeling; develop data-driven risk methodologies.
• Develop Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions for project reviews and knowledge management.
• Utilize ML/AI for risk identification and predictive analytics.

Skills

Technical risk

Due diligence

Owner’s engineer

Financial risk

Project management

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Professional Engineer license (PE) preferred

Tools

PVsyst

SAM

Storlytics

Python

R

RAG architecture

LLM integration

Job description

WSP USA seeks an experienced Manager, Systems Engineering – Renewable Energy to lead technical risk assessments for utility-scale projects in the US. You will drive owner’s engineering services, performance modeling, and bankability analysis across solar, BESS, hybrid systems, and microgrids.

The role requires deep expertise in technical risk, due diligence, and project lifecycle management, with a focus on data-driven decision support and AI-enabled project reviews.