Site Implementation Engineer

Electric Era; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company contribution

Paid time off, sick leave, and company

Parental leave

Job summary

Electric Era in Seattle is hiring a Site Implementation Engineer to oversee the deployment of EV charging stations from design to operation. You will ensure on-time, on-budget delivery and high-quality site performance.

The role requires coordinating with customers, hosts, and suppliers, managing budgets, and guiding projects through design, permitting, procurement, construction, and commissioning. Some travel across the US is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering or 6+ years of relevant work experience in project management.
• 1-3+ years in project development.

Responsibilities

• Design EV fast charging sites, including facility layout and electrical design recommendations — encompassing grid interconnection, load management, and energy storage integration — that satisfy customer operational requirements, applicable utility tariffs and interconnection standards, and relevant federal, state, and local codes
• Manage the development and construction process for Electric Era's battery-backed DC fast charging installations across all phases of the process including feasibility assessments, design engineering, permitting and utility coordination, procurement, construction, and commissioning
• Accountable for establishing and maintaining overall budgets and schedules and tracking all project costs
• Communicate and coordinate with customers, site hosts, and other involved parties to build world-class EV fast charging stations
• Develop, document, and optimize project development processes, controls and systems to ensure the scalability of the Site Implementation team across site design, permitting, procurement, construction and commissioning / launch
• Work closely with suppliers and Electric Era's Supply Chain team to facilitate timely procurement of all items required to complete the installation of charging sites at scale
• Coordinate key project management processes to maintain EV station development in an efficient and controlled manner
• Ensure a smooth handoff to Network Operations after commissioning to support industry-leading uptime
• Some travel required to job sites across the US

Skills

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering

Job description

Electric Era was founded to decarbonize and electrify transportation by powering all of EV charging. Transitioning the global car refill supply chain to electric will take decades of focused and intense work to solve the fundamental engineering challenges required to generate, store, transmit and distribute electricity for a global fleet of electric cars.

Today Electric Era is actively building the technologies that make it possible to rapidly transition our car energy infrastructure to electricity. We are dedicated to solving this audacious challenge and to building the cutting edge technology that powers the world.

Role Overview

The Site Implementation Engineer oversees the deployment of Electric Era charging stations across all phases of the Site Implementation process from design into operation, ensuring sites are delivered to the highest quality standards, on time, and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Design EV fast charging sites, including facility layout and electrical design recommendations — encompassing grid interconnection, load management, and energy storage integration — that satisfy customer operational requirements, applicable utility tariffs and interconnection standards, and relevant federal, state, and local codes
• Manage the development and construction process for Electric Era's battery-backed DC fast charging installations across all phases of the process including feasibility assessments, design engineering, permitting and utility coordination, procurement, construction, and commissioning
• Accountable for establishing and maintaining overall budgets and schedules and tracking all project costs
• Communicate and coordinate with customers, site hosts, and other involved parties to build world-class EV fast charging stations
• Develop, document, and optimize project development processes, controls and systems to ensure the scalability of the Site Implementation team across site design, permitting, procurement, construction and commissioning / launch
• Work closely with suppliers and Electric Era's Supply Chain team to facilitate timely procurement of all items required to complete the installation of charging sites at scale
• Coordinate key project management processes to maintain EV station development in an efficient and controlled manner
• Ensure a smooth handoff to Network Operations after commissioning to support industry-leading uptime
• Some travel required to job sites across the US

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Science or Engineering: or 6+ years of relevant work experience in project management

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 1-3+ years in project development
• Exceptional communication and project management skills to effectively progress discussions with important stakeholders

Compensation and Benefits

Total annual compensation range of $80,000 - $120,000, plus equity

In addition, Electric Era offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company contribution
• Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Other compensation may include equity and performance-based bonuses (where applicable)

Electric Era is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law. Electric Era provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees throughout the hiring process and employment relationship.