BESS Project Engineer, Senior or Staff

In accordance with California pay transparency laws, the salary range for this position is listed below.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end project execution from requirements scoping and Business Development handoff through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and Operations and Maintenance handoff
• Own the integrated schedule, budget tracker, and risk register for each assigned project, and proactively identify and elevate schedule or cost risks
• Serve as the primary interface between Business Development, Product Engineering, internal and external EPC partners, and customers across all project phases
• Track RFI and submittal workflows, change order logs, permitting, interconnection coordination, and all contractual project deliverables
• Partner with Product Engineering on equipment selection, bill of materials alignment, and technical scope definition, and retain change control over the Basis of Design across the project lifecycle
• Oversee commissioning readiness and test plan execution, and manage structured handoff documentation to Operations and Maintenance
• Maintain project data in project management tooling, provide planning inputs and deployment forecasting to leadership, and capture lessons learned into repeatable delivery templates, checklists, and execution standards

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Program Management, Business, or a related discipline
• Deep program management experience in battery energy storage, renewable energy, or utility-scale power infrastructure such as peaker plants, combined-cycle generation, and substations; Staff level reflects a broader track record leading a portfolio of projects
• Demonstrated experience managing projects from scoping through commissioning and Operations and Maintenance handoff, with ownership of schedule, budget, and risk
• Strong cross-functional communication skills, comfortable managing up, down, and across internal and external EPC, customer, and internal engineering teams
• Familiarity with key BESS-related standards such as UL 9540, UL 9540A, UL 1973, UL 1741, IEEE, NEC (NFPA 70), NFPA 855, and IEC
• Willingness to travel to project sites as needed
• A Passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!
• Climbing, standing, and stooping during project site visits
• Typing and extended computer work in an office setting