Owner's Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

The Owner’s Engineer will support owner’s engineering efforts and assist development engineering efforts for utility-scale solar and BESS projects. This role will serve as the technical lead and primary engineering point of contact for the IPP project execution team supporting execution-phase projects developed by Strata. The role will work closely with internal departments including development, capital markets, and IPP; as well as with EPC contractors (including Strata EPC, as applicable), O&M contractors (including SSS, as applicable), Independent Engineers, 3rd-party Owners’ Engineers, financing parties, and other consultants, contractors, and stakeholders as needed.

Summary:

We’re leading the industry in sustainable energy careers. We understand that our employees are the lifeblood of the company. We strive to align company goals with those of our employees. We're constantly innovating to make a difference for our customers, our employees, and our planet. Our mission is to make a difference by developing cost-efficient alternatives to traditional energy sources, without long-term dependence on government subsidies. We’re leading the industry in sustainable energy careers. We hope you’ll join us.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Act as the primary technical resource to Strata’s Owner representatives.
• Liaise with development engineering team, CTO, and technical asset management team to support their
efforts as required. Infill for development engineering team as bandwidth allows.
• Develop and memorialize processes and procedures to perform owner’s engineering work on projects.
• Support technical reviews of EPC, O&M, energy manager, and procurement RFPs and perform associated
cost/benefit analyses.
• Assist commercial and legal teams with negotiation of EPC, equipment purchase, O&M, lease, and asset
management contracts.
• Lead value engineering efforts with contractors.
• Fulfil Strata’s technical Owner obligations to EPC contractors, O&M contractors, asset managers, energy
managers, offtakers, interconnection providers, and other counter parties.
• Manage all resources internally or externally as necessary to review designs, performance estimates, cost
estimates, schedules, and other technical deliverables from contractors.
• Support quality assurance and quality control oversight of contractors.
• Prepare project update reports and presentations.
• Onsite and offsite project representation of Owner’s technical interests with internal and external
stakeholders
• Assist construction-period closeout of key project contracts.
• Manage relationships with various equipment vendors, contractors, and third-party engineering firms,
especially 3rd-party owners’ engineering firms.
• Provide technical input assumptions and review of project finance modeling.
• Assistance with hiring additional project staff as required.
• As applicable, assign owner’s engineering tasks and train team members to perform them independently.
• Support company continuous improvement activities

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering-related discipline
• 8+ years related-industry experience in project engineering, development engineering, or owner’s
engineering
• Experience with solar and energy storage
• Working knowledge of energy industry and project finance fundamentals
• Strong project management skills & ability to work with limited supervision
• Self-motivated with a high level of initiative, attention to detail and accountability
• Ability to multi-task and work in a deadline driven environment
• Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Proficiency in using MS Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint

Physical Requirements/Work Environment:

• Work is performed primarily in an office environment with some tasks assigned at outdoor solar plant sites.
• Must be able to sit, stand or walk for the entire duration of a workday.

About Us
Strata Clean Energy is a leading developer, EPC, and service provider for utility-scale solar and storage systems in the United States. We control and self-perform all processes from our nationwide solar and storage developments, to construction, O&M, and Asset Management.

Our employees are empowered to drive our business in a collaborative, creative, and passion-driven environment that fosters long-term professional growth. There is a lot to learn at Strata, but we’re here to help you give your best and have a good time doing it.

At Strata, you’re part of something big. We’re leading the industry in sustainable energy careers. We are driving innovation to make a difference for our customers, our employees, and our planet. Join us in powering the future.

Strata Solar is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Strata Solar is an equal employment and affirmative action employer whereby we do not engage in practices that discriminate against any person employed or seeking employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other status or characteristic protected under applicable law.

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