[Remote] Manager or Sr. Manager, Development Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Avantus develops, owns, and operates utility-scale clean energy projects across California and the Desert Southwest. The Manager or Sr. Manager, Development Engineering delivers mid- to late-stage projects and supports the development pipeline by guiding cross-functional teams on constructability, engineering impacts, design optimization, costing, and project efficiencies throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Manage and bridge Development Engineering and Estimating team within broader cross-functional teams
• Opine on constructability considerations and help drive cost/benefit assessment around site conditions and design layout (early stage through EPC design work)
• Provide guidance to bound risk/opportunities on design and cost with imperfect/limited information. Guide discussion on sensitivities linked to project stage and available project information as project progresses through development lifecycle
• Collaborate with Optimization, Development, Permitting, EPC and Procurement teams to further build out processes and efficiencies on optimization assessments
• Participate in site visits and site assessment (impacts of site conditions, needed and timing of engineering studies, cost or design impacts of site features, etc.)
• Support buildout of tools and automation processes on design, layout, costing with optimization team with strong feedback loop with Development and EPC teams
• Value Engineering support through EPC partnerships
• Ensure EPC view on constructability, country/regional impacts to design/cost are considered within all project stages
• Focus on forward looking and innovative approaches are considered for best in market design, technology, and cost/construction considerations
• Pre-construction PV design and costing
• Design Optimization for LCOE
• Understand how design and cost considerations impact project through the project life
• Collaborative and knowledgeable on cross-functional aspects of design (cost, EPC, development, development engineering, procurement, operations)
• PV+Storage project (design and commissioning)
• Creative view to help solves challenging projects and incorporate innovation
• Able to build out cross-functional processes and communication flow to support efficiencies in growing pipeline
• Ability to effectively communicate between technical and commercial minded team members
• Experience in PV design, constructability in California, and the desert Southwest

Skills

• * Experience in managing teams of engineers and designers
• * Engineering Degree, (Civil Engineering preferred)
• * 5-10+ years of relevant experience in utility scale solar
• * Commercially minded engineer who can dive into details but can see how design considerations impact bigger picture (doesn't lose the forest in the trees)
• * Ability to work on projects independently, with minimal supervision, and self-review work
• * Knowledge of site capacity analysis tools or other modeling tools required
• * Ability to truly evaluate new technology or tools – layout and design considerations to modules, trackers, storage, land use, etc
• * Knowledge of geotechnical and hydro engineering and impacts to overall project
• * Ability to optimize a project design, finding ways to lower the cost of a project
• * Knowledge of cost drivers for project design
• * Engineering Degree, (Civil Engineering preferred)

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Comprehensive medical and dental plan options
• Flexible PTO
• Bonus

Company Overview

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