Project Engineer Utility

SunEdison is a leading solar energy services provider, with a significant presence in global energy markets, such as, U.S., Canada, Italy, Spain, India, Thailand, Korea, and China among others.  SunEdison has over 250 MW of solar PV generation capacity under management worldwide, consisting of over 400 solar power plants. The company develops finances and operates distributed generation solar power plants using proven photovoltaic technologies, delivering fully managed, predictably priced solar energy services for its commercial, government and utility customers. 

SunEdison is a wholly owned subsidiary of MEMC, an S&P 500 corporation and a premier manufacturer of silicon wafers for the solar and high technology industries.  

SUMMARY OF FUNCTIONS

This individual will be responsible for managing the design and engineering for utility projects in the US.  Projects range from approximately 1 MW interconnection at medium voltage to 20+ MW systems interconnected with utility transmission systems up to 500 kV.   Project involvement ranges from initial site selection to power generation.  The Project Engineer will be responsible for resource planning, consultant management, and overall quality of design.  The position will be primarily focused on executing design and engineering of utility projects: managing all aspects of the system design; Civil, Electrical, and Structural disciplines, SCADA design, providing detail construction plans; equipment and installation specifications; obtaining necessary building permits, technical approvals for construction, and construction quality inspections.  The Project Engineer will be responsible for direct coordination with all other departments to receive system design approval from all internal stakeholders, overall engineering planning and forecasting activities, as well as day to day production and resource management.