Melanated HR Inc. is looking for a Engineering Manager

    We have an opportunity for a Solar Engineering Manager with a passion for leading a team of solar engineers. We seek a creative, intelligent, driven individual with expertise in the large commercial and small utility-scale solar industry. The ideal candidate will build, train and lead Associate Engineers, Project Engineers, and Sr. Project Engineers, support project due diligence, engineering… designs, and third-party engineer oversight for large-scale distributed generation (DG) solar PV projects. This is an exciting opportunity to showcase your talent, lead a growing team, and work for a proven leader in the renewable energy industry.

    Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

    • Management Duties
    • Manage a team of engineers performing project support and engineering design and oversight work
    • Team to include 4-8 full-time engineers
    • 1-3 interns at a time, seasonally
    • Set objectives, review performance, and meet periodically with team members.
    • Review and approve timecards and expense reports for direct reports
    • Assign and allocate work to direct reports
    • Train engineers in:
    • Interconnection application and management
    • Production modeling
    • PV interconnection policy, incentives, and electricity tariff analysis
    • Value engineering
    • detailed PV system design
    • third-party engineer contracting, management, review, and interpretation of third-party engineer deliverables.
    • Update and draft new standard operating procedures pertinent to the job as necessary
    • Reinforce standard operating procedures and proper use of file management and CRM systems.
    • Review deliverables and work product of direct reports on a continuous basis
    • Engineering Duties
    • Work with appropriate electric utilities to prepare and process interconnection paperwork; provide technical support and management of the interconnection process.
    • Update status in tracking documents, and provide updates to other departments as needed.
    • Guide direct reports in the performance of the same duties.
    • Review l technical drawings, and specifications of PV systems to ensure that installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements.
    • Manage and work closely with equipment vendors to identify technical challenges and create new solutions.
    • Work with vendors to obtain and assess bids for major equipment such as PV system racking, transformers, and MV switchgear.
    • Participate in meetings and technical presentations to customers, investors, and PV technical community.
    • Review specifications for purchases of materials or equipment.
    • Identify appropriate equipment for use in PV systems and perform technical qualification of vendors.
    • Maintain constant communication with key members of construction management and other departments as needed to ensure optimal system design
    • Review and markup necessary deliverables such as complete system designs, single line diagrams, equipment or material specifications, engineering validation, 3-D renderings, interconnection policy, electric tariff analysis, and energy production estimates.
    • Provide engineering and/or technical input and direction relevant to site evaluation and characterization, permitting, Power Purchase Agreements, Interconnection Agreements, financial modeling, and related project development tasks.
    • Perform detailed energy production modeling calculations, string sizing, PV array to inverter matching, voltage drop, as well as orientation and inter-row spacing analysis.
    • Snow and soling loss calculations
    • 3-D shade modeling
    • Solar resource assessment and analysis
    • Perform electricity tariff analysis, electricity bill analysis, and load versus energy generation analysis.
    • Review and understand state and local discretionary permitting rules, requirements, setbacks, and limitations.
    • Engage in Request for Proposal (RFP) review, and response coordination
    • Maintain a deep understanding of the National Electrical Code (NEC), the International Building Code (IBC), and the International Fire Code (IFC), National Electrical Safety Code (NESC)
    • Learn to use PVsyst, HelioScope, PVCase, and Microsoft Excel