Senior Renewable Energy Systems Engineering Manager

WSP in the U.S.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking an experienced Manager, Systems Engineering – Renewable Energy for roles in San Diego, Denver, or Houston. You will lead technical due diligence, owner’s engineering, performance modeling, and bankability assessments for solar, BESS, and hybrid projects.

The ideal candidate has over 10 years in renewable energy engineering, strong financing knowledge, and the ability to leverage AI-driven tools for project risk management and decision support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Energy Systems Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in renewable energy engineering, technical advisory, or owner's engineering.
• Experience supporting utility-scale solar PV, BESS, wind, and hybrid projects.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical due diligence for solar PV, BESS, hybrid renewables, and related projects.
• Assess design, technology choices, engineering assumptions, and execution plans.
• Identify and quantify technical, operational, commercial, and contractual risks.
• Develop risk registers and mitigation plans for stakeholders.
• Review permits, equipment specs, EPC/OM contracts, and performance guarantees.
• Evaluate bankability and financing readiness from an engineering view.
• Prepare lender-required independent engineering reports and advisory reports.
• Act as technical lead and owner's representative through project lifecycle.
• Validate EPC contractor designs and technical deliverables.
• Review drawings, studies, calculations, and equipment specs.
• Monitor construction progress and identify risks.
• Support FAT, SAT, and commissioning activities.
• Develop energy yield assessments and production forecasts.
• Verify contractor models and assumptions.
• Support revenue-risk assessments and merchant exposure analysis.
• Analyze dispatch strategies and revenue optimization.
• Assess BESS technology selection, degradation, and lifecycle performance.
• Review battery warranties and long-term operational risks.
• Perform independent verification of system sizing and modeling.
• Develop data-driven risk identification and asset monitoring methods.
• Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to streamline reviews.
• Utilize ML/AI for risk identification and decision support.
• Develop automated engineering assessment tools and digital transformation initiatives.

Skills

Renewable energy engineering

Owner's engineering

Technical advisory

Bankability assessments

Lender's due diligence

RAG architecture

Python

ML / AI analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering / Energy Systems Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Tools

PVsyst

NREL SAM

Storlytics

Job description

WSP USA is seeking an experienced Manager, Systems Engineering – Renewable Energy for roles in San Diego, Denver, or Houston. You will lead technical due diligence, owner’s engineering, performance modeling, and bankability assessments for solar, BESS, and hybrid projects.

The ideal candidate has over 10 years in renewable energy engineering, strong financing knowledge, and the ability to leverage AI-driven tools for project risk management and decision support.