Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Location: ONSITE in Maryland

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree of Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
• Minimum 7 years of solar PV project and team leadership experience
• Working knowledge of the National Electrical Code (NEC)
• Strong knowledge of electrical power systems and PV design, including plant layout and performance modelling, modules, inverters, racking, and DC/AC collection systems
• Strong skills in solar project optimization for performance, cost, and constructability
• Must be able to travel to project/client sites as required approximately 5-10%

Responsibilities

• You would be working for one of the fastest growing private companies in America
• Reporting directly to the Director of Commercial Construction
• The Solar Engineering Manager will have oversight of large scale distributed generation solar PV projects
• Principal Duties and Responsibilities for Solar Engineering Manager
• Our client seeks an innovative and motivated individual that will have responsibilities during the construction process
• Manage a team of engineers performing project support and engineering design and oversight work
• Work with appropriate electric utilities to prepare and process interconnection paperwork; provide technical support and management of the interconnection process
• Review l technical drawings, specifications of PV systems to ensure that installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements
• Work with vendors to obtain and assess bids for major equipment such as PV system racking, transformers, and MV switchgear
• Review and markup necessary deliverables such as complete system designs, single line diagrams, equipment or material specifications, engineering validation, 3-D renderings, interconnection policy and electric tariff analysis, and energy production estimates
• Perform detailed energy production modelling calculations, string sizing, PV array to inverter matching, voltage drop, as well as orientation and inter-row spacing analysis