Senior Wind Energy Owner's Engineer | Projects & Finance

AES; Louisville (CO); Remote; USD 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

The AES Corporation seeks a Senior Owner’s Engineer to lead development, construction, and financing for large wind energy projects. You will represent AES Clean Energy with investors, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and ensure technical standards are met from early development through commissioning.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in wind project design and construction, strong technical writing, and project management skills, plus NEC/NESC familiarity.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering or equivalent technical field.
• 5+ years professional experience in wind turbine project design, development, and construction.
• Experience with wind project construction, quality control activities and investor site visits.
• Experience with debt or tax equity financing practices, terminology, and requirements.
• Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical topics to a non-engineering audience.
• Project and case management skills including a strong aptitude for managing and prioritizing multiple projects and deadlines.
• Comfort with NEC and NESC code, as well as related codes such as IBC, NFPA 855.

Responsibilities

• Owner Representation - Represent AES Clean Energy on wind, solar, energy storage projects while supporting overall project finance and engineering efforts.
• Promote Safety - Promote safety for all projects throughout the team and while onsite.
• Development Support - Provide support to Origination, Procurement, Development and M&A teams for new and upcoming projects.
• Project Engineering Support - Work with AES CE project teams to ensure quality projects are installed and maintained throughout the portfolio.
• Operating Facilities Support - Support AES CE’s operating facilities for better efficiencies and operational performance.
• Structured Finance Support - Work integrally with AES CE internal Structured Finance team and Independent Engineering firms on technical due diligence for project financing.
• Diligence – respond to diligence questions from IE and investors on engineering items and permitting etc.
• Coordination with Project Engineers - Coordinate bring-downs of production estimates based on IE feedback.

Skills

Wind energy

Project management

Technical writing

Financing knowledge

Code familiarity

Education

Engineering degree

PE certification

Job description

The AES Corporation seeks a Senior Owner’s Engineer to lead development, construction, and financing for large wind energy projects. You will represent AES Clean Energy with investors, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and ensure technical standards are met from early development through commissioning.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in wind project design and construction, strong technical writing, and project management skills, plus NEC/NESC familiarity.