Senior Interconnection Performance Engineer - Solar & BESS

COMPANY OVERVIEW

174 Power Global, headquartered in Irvine, California, a member of Hanwha Group, a FORTUNE Global 500 firm that is among the eight largest business enterprises in South Korea. 174 Power Global designs, builds and manages renewable energy solutions. The company brings a decade of global leadership in renewable energy to North America, combining best-of-world technology, processes, and partnerships to deliver utility-grade energy solutions customized for local energy markets. 174 Power Global offers the full spectrum of energy solutions – from power plant development, design, construction, operations, and maintenance. With proven capabilities across the renewable energy value chain, 174 Power Global minimizes uncertainty and risk, and helps customers achieve a higher return on their investment in renewable energy.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Senior PE will provide engineering guidance and day-to-day supervision to the Project Development and Performance Engineering teams and is responsible for all technical aspects of project development. This position reports to the Director of Interconnection Performance or another senior management personnel that the President of the Company may designate This position is remote and is expected to travel up to 30% of the time. 

• Interconnection Support
• Lead assessment of the feasibility and the risks of Project Development opportunities for utility scale solar and energy storage projects
• Manage all external engineering consultants to ensure timely completion of all deliverables
• Perform quality control on engineering deliverables to ensure accuracy and precision
• Regularly liaison with internal PMO, Project Finance and EPC team to help mature projects in development pipeline
• Assist in smooth project handoff process with PMO and EPC team for mature projects
• Provide engineering and technical supervision to Development team for all utility and ISO interconnection application package development work
• Regularly liaise with Engineering team members and external consultants to gather all necessary data for utility interconnection studies
• Review engineering data from external vendors (such as inverters, battery, transformers etc.) and liaise with them to comply with utility interconnection requirements and standards
• Interact with external vendors for technology discussions (such as inverters, batteries etc.)
• Create, review, approve and maintain drawing packages, energy production models, bills of materials, scopes of work and other technical project documentation

• Project Development Support
• Manage the technical needs in all stages of project development and design, including conceptual and detailed system design deliverables, observing regulatory codes as well as requirements of other stakeholders, specify balance of systems, perform site visits, coordinate needs for the permitting and technical support during the construction phase
• Coordinate external resources such as structural, civil and electrical engineer consultants, geotechnical and topographic surveyors, other specialized professionals as needed and suppliers
• Assist in the development and review of project schedules, cost estimation, bill of materials, budgets, scopes of work, standards and quotes from equipment suppliers
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvements in project designs, plans, processes
• Prepare conceptual design for solar projects including selection of major components, equipment layouts, single-line diagrams, etc.
• Perform energy generation modeling for solar projects using PV Syst and other tools, including energy production and cost sensitivity modeling
• Regular attendance, in accordance with the company’s attendance policy and supervisory assignment, is an essential job duty requirement for this position
• Perform other duties and special projects, as assigned.

• A degree in Electrical Engineering (with emphasis on Power Systems), or another related engineering science
• Minimum of 5 to 7 years of professional engineering experience in the solar industry
• Relevant work experience in the design and development of power plants (in particular solar or wind power plants)
• Willingness to travel, at least 15% of the time
• Experience with AutoCAD (or equivalent)
• Experience with photovoltaic performance modeling tools (preferably PVSyst)
• Strong in Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with Gantt charts (MS Project or equivalent)
• Knowledge of the National Electric Code
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Assertive, able to cope with pressure, a team player
• Previous experience managing projects from initial design to installation and execution, preferred
• Experience in permitting processes with local authorities having jurisdiction, preferred.

Attention external recruitment firms, we will not accept any unsolicited resumes at this time. Please do not contact any internal member of our company to discuss the position or to solicit candidates.

174 Power Global provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. www.174powerglobal.com.