Senior Project Engineer
About The Position
The Senior Project Engineer joins ContourGlobal’s Global Operations / Performance team and reports to the Americas Technical Director. The role leads and coordinates the full engineering program for utility-scale solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, acting as the central technical integrator among internal subject-matter experts, external consultants, EPC contractors, and equipment suppliers. As the owner’s representative, the Senior Project Engineer drives engineering strategy from due diligence and acquisition through design, permitting, construction, commissioning, and commercial operation date (COD). The role is accountable for technically sound, commercially optimized projects delivered on schedule and within budget, while managing cross-disciplinary risks. The position also supports acquisition and project-finance diligence, consultant and EPC procurement and management, design coordination, construction-phase technical oversight, commissioning, and the development of company-wide engineering standards. It includes mentoring junior engineers and project management staff, and occasional travel to project sites. The role is described as hybrid, with a flexible working policy.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Civil, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- At least 8 years of progressive engineering experience.
- At least 3 years in a lead or owner’s engineer role supporting utility-scale solar PV and/or BESS projects across the full lifecycle, from due diligence through COD.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering efforts for solar PV and BESS projects, coordinating internal teams, EPC contractors, and external consultants from development through construction and COD.
- Broad knowledge of civil, electrical, interconnection, and SCADA/I&C systems, with the ability to review deliverables, identify risks, and drive resolution across disciplines.
- Experience managing third-party consultants and EPC partners and aligning their work with project scope, schedule, budget, and technical standards.
- Strong communication and influencing skills, including the ability to explain complex technical topics clearly to leadership, lenders, and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to assess engineering decisions through a risk and value lens to support sound project outcomes.
- Willingness to travel occasionally to project sites as needed.
Nice To Haves
- Professional Engineer (PE) license and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Experience supporting project finance transactions and lender due diligence.
- Familiarity with BESS systems, including BMS/EMS, NFPA 855, and thermal management.
- Experience with hybrid solar-plus-storage projects.
- Knowledge of interconnection, regulatory, and NERC-related requirements.
- Experience with SQL databases or Python for data analysis.
- Knowledge of thermal or renewable power generation cycles.
- Experience troubleshooting industrial communication protocols such as OPC and Modbus.
Responsibilities
- Own the engineering program for each project from acquisition through COD, establishing and maintaining engineering schedules and discipline deliverables.
- Coordinate civil, electrical, structural, and SCADA/I&C workstreams to ensure integrated, complete, and conflict-free design packages.
- Lead engineering kick-off meetings, design reviews, and cross-discipline coordination meetings; track actions and resolve issues with consultant teams and internal subject-matter experts.
- Consolidate technical due diligence findings into an integrated risk matrix and executive-ready acquisition memo, explaining commercial impacts and mitigation recommendations.
- Coordinate with engineering specialists to provide consolidated engineering CapEx inputs for acquisition financial models.
- Support RFPs, proposal evaluations, and contract negotiations, and manage technical interfaces with consultants and EPC contractors throughout the project lifecycle.
- Integrate consultant deliverables across disciplines and identify inconsistencies, gaps, and conflicts before EPC or permitting stages.
- Manage design from 30% through IFC and as-built, ensuring design milestones are met and inter-discipline conflicts are resolved.
- Coordinate equipment procurement interfaces and review technical specifications for PV modules, inverters, trackers, BESS, and transformers.
- Lead value engineering to identify CapEx reductions without compromising performance, reliability, or interconnection compliance.
- Serve as the owner’s engineering lead during construction, overseeing EPC technical performance and coordinating discipline SME site visits, submittal reviews, and RFI responses.
- Review and adjudicate EPC RFIs, submittals, and change-order requests from an integrated cross-discipline perspective; obtain specialist input and consolidate owner responses as needed.
- Oversee commissioning and startup across engineering disciplines, coordinating with the EPC, equipment vendors, utility, and O&M provider through Substantial Completion and COD.
- Develop and maintain company-wide engineering standards, design criteria, and specification templates.
- Lead post-COD lessons-learned reviews and incorporate findings into procurement practices, design standards, and risk-management protocols.
- Mentor junior engineers and project management staff and support the growth of the company’s internal engineering capability.
- Travel occasionally to project sites as needed to support execution and coordination.
Benefits
- Employee Ownership Program.
- Competitive compensation package.
- Flexible working policy supporting results, wellbeing, and work-life balance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
