Solar Project Engineer

Crescent Solutions; Town of Florida (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Crescent Solutions in Florida is seeking a Solar Project Engineer to support solar farm design and construction, overseeing 3rd party contractor teams to develop engineering designs. You will coordinate with environmental, procurement, transmission services, and project managers from early concept through commissioning, and apply value engineering to balance reliability, cost, and performance.

Travel to Juno Beach is expected, with more frequent trips in the first 3-6 months; remote work is

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering required (Electrical, Civil, Mechanical, Aerospace or Chemical).
• Minimum 5 years experience; utility-scale solar preferred.
• Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and managing budgets/schedules.

Responsibilities

• Manage 3rd party contractor teams to develop engineering designs for solar projects.
• Coordinate with environmental, procurement, transmission services, and project managers.
• Apply value engineering to balance reliability, cost, and performance.
• Lead and mobilize teams of engineers to achieve business objectives.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Value engineering

Scheduling

Budget management

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Job description

• Remote work is okay. ideally looking for candidates who live in or near Florida.
• Even if remote, candidates would be expected to travel to the office in Juno Beach periodically.
• Trips to Juno Beach would be more frequent in the first 3-6 months as the candidate settles in to the role.

Solar Project Engineer

Seeking a Project Engineer supporting solar farm design and construction. In this position, you will be responsible for managing 3rd party contractor teams to develop engineering designs for solar projects.

• Project engineering responsibilities span from initial concept definition to construction and final commissioning and require continuous coordination with diverse project stakeholders such as environmental, procurement, transmission services, and project managers for both early stage and construction.
• A successful candidate will have experience applying value engineering to balance reliability, cost, and performance for complex systems, along with thorough knowledge of the various applicable engineering disciplines including electrical, structural, civil, and materials.
• A successful candidate will have outstanding verbal and written communications skills, along with a record of coordinating project stakeholders and mobilizing teams of engineers to achieve business objectives. A preferred candidate will have experience successfully managing schedules and budgets for major capital projects.

Education:

• Minimum -Bachelor of Science in Engineering. This is a requirement. Discipline can be electrical, civil, mechanical, aerospace or chemical.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years experience. Exceptions can be made for less than 5 years if that experience is a good match
• Engineering and project management experience on utility scale solar projects is preferred
• Engineering and project management in the following fields may also be considered:
• Other technologies in the power industry – wind, BESS, combined cycle, nuclear, hydrogen, substation, transmission, etc
• Strong candidates with experience outside of the power industry (aerospace, civil/stormwater, etc)
• Great communication, leadership and project management skills