Renewables Project Engineer

Zelestra

38d•Remote

About The Position

Zelestra is seeking a Project Engineer to support engineering activities for utility-scale solar, BESS, and wind projects from early-stage development through Issued for Construction (IFC). This role will coordinate multidisciplinary engineering designs, manage external engineering consultants, review technical deliverables, and ensure projects comply with Zelestra standards, industry codes, permitting requirements, and project specifications. The ideal candidate will bring experience in renewable energy engineering, utility-scale project design, solar PV systems, battery storage, electrical design, civil design coordination, EPC project delivery, and construction support.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Minimum of 3 years of engineering experience, including experience within renewable energy, power generation, utilities, infrastructure, or construction.
Experience supporting utility-scale solar PV, battery energy storage systems, wind energy, or power infrastructure projects.
Knowledge of engineering design principles, technical specifications, design reviews, and multidisciplinary coordination.
Experience working with engineering consultants, EPC contractors, vendors, or owner’s engineering teams.
Strong understanding of project development, detailed design, construction, and commissioning processes.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, document management systems, and engineering software.
Strong analytical, technical writing, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, deadlines, and technical deliverables.

Responsibilities

Lead engineering design activities from early-stage development through detailed design and IFC.
Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering efforts across civil, electrical, structural, mechanical, geotechnical, and environmental workstreams.
Manage engineering consultants, owner’s engineers, and EPC partners.
Review technical drawings, engineering calculations, design packages, specifications, studies, and reports.
Ensure engineering deliverables comply with applicable codes, standards, contracts, and internal design criteria.
Support interconnection, permitting, due diligence, constructability reviews, and technical risk assessments.
Develop and review scopes of work, requests for proposals, engineering budgets, and project schedules.
Collaborate with Development, Construction, Procurement, Project Management, Operations, and Commercial teams.
Support EPC contract execution, contractor coordination, design reviews, and technical issue resolution.
Identify design optimization, value engineering, cost reduction, and schedule improvement opportunities.
Maintain engineering standards, templates, specifications, lessons learned, and technical documentation.
Participate in project meetings and provide clear technical recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.