Solar Project Engineer (Illinois)

Solar Landscape; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Solar Project Engineer, where you will lead the design and execution of innovative solar energy projects. This role offers the chance to collaborate with diverse teams, ensuring technical excellence while contributing to the growth of renewable energy infrastructure. Enjoy a vibrant company culture with a focus on sustainability and community impact. The position is based in a state-of-the-art office that encourages collaboration and creativity, with a gourmet kitchen for daily farm-to-table meals. If you're passionate about renewable energy and want to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

401(k) employer-match

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible paid time off

Holiday PTO

Daily farm-to-table meals

Healthy snacks

Coffee

Company outings

Qualifications

• Engineering degree required with experience in electrical, mechanical, structural, or civil engineering design.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and MS Office is essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design and support of commercial solar photovoltaic systems.
• Prepare technical drawings and specifications for PV systems.
• Coordinate with engineers to ensure compliance with technical standards.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Organizational skills

Problem-solving skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

Engineering Degree

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Office

Job description

About Us

Solar Landscape is the leading commercial and community solar developer in the United States. We partner with the world's largest real estate companies to develop, install, and operate solar projects on commercial and industrial rooftops. Through our groundbreaking community solar model, households in surrounding communities can subscribe to receive solar power at a guaranteed discount.

To date, Solar Landscape has deployed over 500 megawatts of renewable energy projects totaling over $1 billion in capital investment. Solar Landscape was named the #1 Distributed Generation developer for 2023 by New Project Media and was awarded the U.S. Department of Energy’s Equitable Community Solar Grand Prize.

For more about Solar Landscape, visit www.solarlandscape.com.

About The Role

As a Solar Project Engineer, you will play a critical role in the design, development, and execution of solar energy projects, ensuring technical excellence and compliance with industry standards. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to bring solar projects from concept to completion, contributing to the growth of renewable energy infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Support Design team as part of initial training process and where needed thereafter.
• Oversee/Design/Support commercial and grid supplied Solar Photovoltaic systems.
• Prepare technical drawings, specifications of PV systems to ensure that installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements.
• Conduct detailed site evaluations.
• Coordinate with structural, electrical, geotechnical, and civil Professional Engineers during design process to assure the design meets technical and code requirements. Manage professional engineer review process to obtain PE stamps on drawing packages.
• Provide technical support to Commercial Sales, and Finance for the development of technical proposals and customer presentations.
• Participate in meetings and technical presentations to customers, investors, and PV technical community.
• Provide engineering/technical input and direction to site evaluation, interconnect agreements and other associated tasks.
• Work with appropriate electric utilities to prepare and process interconnection paperwork.
• Review specifications for purchases of materials or equipment.
• Identify appropriate equipment for use in PV systems and perform technical qualification of vendors.
• Support Project Management and construction team with ongoing technical support, RFI’s and As-builts.
• Review of other design engineers’ work during design phase.
• Develop necessary customer deliverables such as concept module layouts, single line diagrams, equipment or material specifications, engineering validation, 3-D renderings and photo simulations.
• Assist with Request for Proposal (RFP’s) review, technical writing, and response coordination.

Qualifications

• Engineering Degree.
• Proficient with current AutoCAD software version, as well as MS Office suite.
• Experience in electrical, mechanical, structural, or civil engineering design.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills; able to manage priorities and workflow.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of various teams.
• Acute attention to detail.
• Ability to deal effectively with a diversity of individuals at all organizational levels.
• Good judgement with the ability to make timely and sound decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and organize projects.

Benefits and Perks

Solar Landscape’s company culture is second to none.

Our employees combine our mission, grit and drive with a rebel’s attitude that is changing the industry:

Located in the heart of historic Asbury Park, our state-of-the-art office space offers flexible workstations encouraging collaboration and movement.

Employees come together to eat every day! Like in a home, our gourmet kitchen is the heart of the office. Solar Landscape has a full-time in-house chef cooking daily farm-to-table meals using locally sourced organic food.

Also included for employees is our competitive compensation package; a 401(k) employer-match; health, dental, & vision insurance, flexible paid time off and holiday PTO; We provide healthy snacks, coffee, volunteer opportunities, company outings, and more!