Senior Solar & Energy Storage Projects Engineer

AES Corporation

Salt Lake City (UT)

On-site

USD 113,000 - 142,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

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401(k) eligibility

Paid time off

Job summary

AES Corporation seeks a Senior Project Engineer for the Mega and M&A Engineering team. You will lead engineering across utility-scale PV and energy storage projects from development through construction, providing design, due diligence, and technical leadership.

Responsibilities include modeling, equipment selection, vendor coordination, and mentoring junior engineers. Travel up to 25% to project locations and partner offices, with roles in Louisville, CO / Houston, TX / Salt Lake City, UT / New

Qualifications

5+ years of professional experience in solar PV system design, development, construction, and analysis preferred.
Proficiency in PV system design: diagrams, NEC design, protection sizing, disconnecting means, grounding, short-circuit analysis.
Experience with medium voltage collector system design.
Leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work in a team environment.
Proficient with MS Office Suite

Responsibilities

Perform full technical due diligence and risk assessment for the M&A projects.
Full project design evaluation to identify red flags and fatal flows.
Redesign and update layouts, energy production estimates, EPC cost estimates, and equipment selections.
Coordinate with M&A developer to complete necessary RFP response documentation.
Design for select projects up to 30% electrical, civil, structural, and mechanical.
Develop scopes of work and technical contract exhibits.
Manage engineering consultants and EPC contractors to develop project construction drawings and support materials.
Perform QA/QC checks in the field and support commissioning activities.