Solar Services Electrical Engineer 4 – USA

The Opportunity

• The Solar Services Electrical Engineer 4 will function as a technical lead design engineer managing, leading and designing a variety of solar services projects, including utility scale and commercial/industrial small scale solar design projects, utility interconnection applications, and conceptual design reports on site capacity for utility scale solar projects.
• Develop electrical design deliverables of solar (PV) panels
• Create one-line drawings and collection system layouts, power cable sizing and cable schedules, equipment sizing and more!
• Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work resource planning meetings
• Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors
• QA/QC projects and mentor junior engineers
• Develop interconnection applications to connect utility scale solar projects to the utility grid.
• Develop conceptual designs to determine capacity of a prospective solar energy site.
• Develop solar designs for commercial/industrial small scale solar sites, including ground mounted, parking canopies, and multi-building complexes of roof-top solar applications.

Key Responsibilities

You will need to have knowledge and experience in the following areas:

• Experience with specifying and procuring electrical equipment (listed below)
• Understand and be able to work within a schedule and manhours budget
• Familiar with applicable NEC and IEEE/ANSI standards
• Experience with electrical equipment such as: MV and LV switchgear, pad mount transformer, Transformer -GSUT, panel boards, breakers, protective relays, inverter, battery, battery chargers, disconnect switches, surge arrestors, dead front disconnect switch, medium voltage cable, low voltage cable, control cable, fiber optic cable
• Experience with engineering calculations such as: load flow, short circuit and reactive capability analysis (ETAP or SKM), Arc flash analysis (ETAP or SKM), Cable ampacity study (CYMCAP or equivalent), grounding analysis, AC-DC voltage drop calculations, VOC/ISC calcs, AC/DC Cable sizing