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Megawatt Recruitment Overview:

Megawatt Recruitment is a specialist recruitment firm that works with leading US and international firms to attract top talent for jobs in Renewable Energy, Carbon Capture, and related fields.

Employer Overview:

Join a specialized infrastructure private equity firm that is integrated across the lifecycle of distributed energy and C&I solar projects in the U.S. and Europe. With a portfolio spanning 16 states and two European countries, it has over 800MW of projects under construction or operational in its portfolio, a pipeline of 4+ GW of new projects, and has deployed over $1.2 billion of capital since inception.

This firm invests and develops greenfield solar projects at the DG, C&I, and community-scale levels through partner developers or corporate partners including ground mounted, rooftop, and carport solar. Using an outsourced EPC, it completes construction of projects and then holds projects until an optimal time to exit.

Position Overview:

As the Head of Engineering for Solar, you will play a strategic and crucial role in selecting and advancing community-scale, C&I, and distributed generation solar. The goal is to develop 900 MW in the next 3 years. Your role will allow you to exercise a diverse set of skills across design, feasibility studies, technical due diligence, and owner’s engineering. Critical to this role will be the ability to conduct technical due diligence and project feasibility on early-stage projects originated by our 3rd party sourcing providers. You will review designs, optimize output, evaluate risks, and propose risk mitigation strategies.

Job location: Remote OR Hybrid – Westport, CT. Come to the office a few days per week if local or fly in 1-2x monthly for a few days at a time.

Reporting to: Fund Operating Partner and Co-Founder

Direct reports: Solar Design Engineer (to be hired in Q4 2024/Q1 2025)

Key internal interfaces: VP of Construction, Permitting Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Energy production modeling for projects in development (PVSyst, Helioscope)
• Provide review of technical inputs to financial models, including costing
• Generate project scope of work and technical specifications and prepare RFP packages for Engineering and Construction.
• Resolve technical and engineering related issues in a streamlined and efficient manner
• Technical diligence for new project opportunities, assessing accuracy of third-party provided information, production estimates, site plans, product documentation and meteorological data
• Work extensively with PVsyst, AutoCAD and other modelling software packages to prepare design conceptual layouts and generation projection (P50) of ground-mount, rooftop or carport solar systems
• Work with AutoCAD to convert and prepare all project site data for integration into detailed conceptual layouts and models of solar plants, identifying site constraints such as detailed terrain maps, wetland features, flood zone delineations, and other existing exclusion areas with associated construction limitations and setback requirements (such as transmission lines, wetlands, public roadways, pipelines etc.)
• Review technical documentation (EPC Contract, equipment specifications, warranties, studies, etc.) during due diligence and construction stage with the proven ability to problem solve
• Provide support regarding risk assessment related to the development of solar facilities
• Provide inputs based on due diligence of critical documentation pertaining to Electrical, Civil, Structural or Environmental aspect of the PV project
• Assess and recommend primary project equipment (inverters, PV modules, batteries, etc.)
• Collaborate closely with various departments throughout the project realization cycle

Requirements:

• 4+ years of power generation project engineering, likely overall work experience of 10-15+ years
• Proven ability of high-level problem solving
• Skillful at managing third party partners such as EPCs, general contractors, and technical consultancies
• Willing to travel one day weekly, not always overnight. Most project sites are in the Northeast and within driving distance or train distance of the headquarters

Other:

• Knowledge of electrical codes, especially in New York is a plus
• Solar experience is a plus

Benefits:

• Base salary
• Bonus
• 100% of medical benefits paid by the firm
• 401k matching up 26% of base salary or to IRS limit

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• Solar Project Engineer
• Associate General Counsel for C&I Solar
• Community Solar Project Developer
• Director of Business Development for Solar Supply Chain Consulting
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