About Us
Solar Landscape is the leading commercial and community solar developer in the United States. We partner with the world's largest real estate companies to develop, install, and operate solar projects on commercial and industrial rooftops. Through our groundbreaking community solar model, households in surrounding communities can subscribe to receive solar power at a guaranteed discount.
To date, Solar Landscape has deployed over 500 megawatts of renewable energy projects totaling over $1 billion in capital investment. Solar Landscape was named the #1 Distributed Generation developer for 2023 by New Project Media and was awarded the U.S. Department of Energy’s Equitable Community Solar Grand Prize.
For more about Solar Landscape, visit www.solarlandscape.com.
About The Role
The Principal Project Engineer leads engineering efforts across a portfolio of distributed solar projects. You’ll guide technical design, manage cross-functional coordination, support permitting and construction, and mentor a team of engineers.
Principal Project Engineer will perform the following duties:
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- Lead a team of engineers, provide strategic direction, technical oversight, and mentorship. Guide technical decision-making and ensure design quality across all projects.
- Oversee and manage a portfolio of distributed solar projects through all phases of the project lifecycle, including development, design and engineering, permitting, construction, and commissioning. Projects include rooftop, ground mount, and carport solar PV systems.
- Coordinate design and engineering activities across internal and external teams including structural, civil, and electrical engineers. Lead Professional Engineer (PE) review and stamping processes
- Prepare interconnection applications, single-line diagrams, load calculations, and submit documentation to utilities for approval.
- Conduct engineering drawing reviews and facilitate AHJ and permit approvals. Track permitting progress and resolve technical issues.
- Coordinate with contractors, utilities, and AHJs during construction. Prepare and respond to RFIs, resolve field engineering issues, and support project managers through execution.
- Draft and update construction documents using AutoCAD. Support design team by translating engineering concepts into buildable plan sets.
Qualifications- Bachelor's Degree is required in Mechanical Engineering or Energy Engineering or Electrical Engineering
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Benefits and Perks
Solar Landscape’s company culture is second to none.
Our employees combine our mission, grit and drive with a rebel’s attitude that is changing the industry:
·Located in the heart of historic Asbury Park, our state-of-the-art office space offers flexible workstations encouraging collaboration and movement.
·Employees come together to eat every day! Like in a home, our gourmet kitchen is the heart of the office. Solar Landscape has a full-time in-house chef cooking daily farm-to-table meals using locally sourced organic food.
·Also included for employees is our competitive compensation package; a 401(k) employer-match; health, dental, & vision insurance, flexible paid time off and holiday PTO; We provide healthy snacks, coffee, volunteer opportunities, company outings, and more!
