Job Description
Responsibilities include:
- Leading proposal efforts for renewable (solar energy and energy storage) engineering services proposals.
- Developing scope, schedule, and budget for proposal efforts; negotiating refinements to scope, schedule, and budget with client upon award.
- Coordinating, as necessary, with permitting authorities, customers, and design leads to drive a customer solution within the required project standards.
- Coordinating a multi-disciplined engineering team to complete required tasks.
- Setting and maintaining project schedule. Monitoring and managing team to meet project deadlines
- Setting and maintaining project budgets. Requesting and developing Change Order documents as required.
- Serving as the primary interface between client and technical team.
- Must have the ability to multi-task among several projects at one time.
- Efficiently coordinating with discipline leads to drive site plans, racking plans, building plans, one-line drawings, BOP plans, substation plans, and other conceptual engineering documents and deliverables as required by the project scope.
- Managing approved bidders list, preparing requests for proposal, managing bid tabulation, and driving total installed cost evaluation of procurements.
- Providing streamlined project information and detailed bill of material to estimating.
- Driving efficiency in bid efforts. Effectively utilizing software and implementing practices and tools to improve the conceptual design and estimating efficiencies.
- Maintaining current knowledge of emerging solar technologies including pricing, and prevailing commercial information (delivery, major terms, etc.).
- Participating in industry conferences and publications to further expand Burns & McDonnell’s presence in the renewable energy market, including the development of white papers and presentations at conferences.
- Conduct project status meetings with clients as required.
- Travel to client offices/project sites as required.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (electrical, chemical, or mechanical preferred) or related field from an accredited curriculum. Minimum 7 years related experience, including 3 or more years managing engineering projects.
- Previous consulting engineering experience strongly preferred.
- Project development, project management, or renewable energy experience a plus.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Due to the dynamic nature of the renewable energy market, the ability to learn, understand, and apply new technologies is a must.
- Willingness and ability to utilize IT to streamline work processes and approaches.
- Experience with estimating or designing electrical systems is preferred.
- Knowledge of and competence in PVSyst preferred.
- Knowledge of photovoltaic systems, NEC requirements, and construction practices is preferred.
- The position requires the ability to effectively multi-task and manage numerous projects/tasks simultaneously, frequently within an aggressive and compressed schedule.
- The ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial, as well as the ability to maintain the project schedule and achieve target due dates.
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