Job description
Job Description
The Senior Project Engineer is responsible for coordinating and managing engineering activities for Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and power infrastructure projects across the EMEA region. The role ensures that engineering deliverables are completed on time, within budget, and in compliance with project requirements, quality standards, and contractual obligations. The Project Engineer acts as the key technical interface between internal teams, external engineering partners, subcontractors, suppliers, and customers throughout project execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage external engineering firms, subcontractors, and internal engineering disciplines, including civil, electrical, network, and permitting teams, to ensure timely and high-quality project delivery.
- Ensure engineering deliverables comply with contractual requirements, project specifications, constructability standards, and regional design considerations.
- Coordinate and lead internal and external design review meetings throughout the project lifecycle.
- Verify compliance of engineering deliverables with internal quality standards and applicable industry regulations.
- Promote value engineering initiatives and support innovative approaches to improve system design, constructability, and project efficiency.
- Support procurement activities by developing technical specifications, reviewing vendor documentation, and assessing technical proposals from suppliers and subcontractors.
- Review internal and external engineering designs to ensure alignment with project requirements and contractual commitments.
- Take ownership of assigned projects and provide technical leadership throughout the execution phase.
- Manage technical escalations and coordinate resolution of engineering issues impacting project performance.
- Support project safety initiatives and ensure engineering activities align with company safety objectives.
- Identify opportunities to improve engineering processes, project execution methods, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Travel as required throughout the EMEA region to support project execution, customer meetings, site activities, and stakeholder engagement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- Additional technical certifications or specialized engineering training are beneficial.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in engineering, project engineering, or project execution within the power, renewable energy, battery storage, or utility sectors.
- Experience designing or supporting utility-scale power systems, photovoltaic plants, battery energy storage systems, or related infrastructure projects.
- Knowledge of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) project execution.
- Familiarity with applicable electrical codes, industry standards, and regulations within the EMEA region.
- Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders, contractors, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.
- Strong problem-solving and organizational skills.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Professional proficiency in English and preferably Polish
Certifications
- Company-required safety training certifications.
- International travel health certifications where required for specific project locations.
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About this role
About Fluence
Company Overview
Fluence Energy
Arlington, VA, United States
2018
Approximately 600 employees globally (source: salestools.io).
What They Do
Fluence Energy focuses primarily on energy storage technology solutions and services, including design, delivery, integration, optimization software, and control platforms for renewables and storage integration into grids (source: fluenceenergy.com). Its core products encompass standardized energy storage systems such as Gridstack, Ultrastack, Sunstack, and Edgestack, designed for utility-scale, industrial, commercial, and renewable-integrated applications, paired with the Fluence IQ Digital Platform for AI-optimized asset management, rapid deployment, and maximization of clean energy usage (source: mapquest.com). These offerings build on pioneering technologies from AES Energy Storage (Advancion platform) and Siemens (Siestorage), providing container-based systems, comprehensive services, and cloud-based software to address grid challenges in a transforming energy landscape (source: pestel-analysis.com). Target markets include utilities, developers, commercial and industrial clients, and service providers across utility-scale projects, with a global footprint in 24 countries and territories (source: fluenceenergy.com). Fluence holds a competitive position as the global market leader in energy storage, having topped the Navigant Research utility-scale energy storage leaderboard in 2018, named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and deploying the largest fleet of energy storage projects worldwide (source: fluenceenergy.com).
Projects & Track Record
By 2021, Fluence had more than 2.4 gigawatts (GW) of energy storage projects in operation or awarded across 24 countries and territories, reflecting its early track record in utility-scale deployments (source: fluenceenergy.com). The company maintains the largest deployed fleet of energy storage projects globally, with deployments supporting grid integration of renewables in key markets, though specific completed project names, locations, capacities, and years are not detailed in available sources beyond aggregate figures (source: fluenceenergy.com). Ongoing operations emphasize global expansion, with projects and contracts secured through 2020 and beyond, focusing on new markets for storage (source: dcfmodeling.com). Key clients span utilities, developers, and industrial users, with partnerships rooted in its Siemens and AES origins, though specific client names are not listed; the company serves a broad ecosystem including power sector stakeholders worldwide (source: fluenceenergy.com).
Recent Developments
The provided sources, primarily from 2021 and earlier, do not cover major announcements, contracts won, acquisitions, mergers, funding rounds, awards, certifications, or milestones specifically from 2024-2025, limiting verifiable details to pre-2022 events such as the 2021 IPO raising $867.9 million (source: dcfmodeling.com). Fluence was recognized as topping the Navigant Research leaderboard in 2018 and listed among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies around that period, but no awards from the last two years (2024-2025) are documented here (source: fluenceenergy.com). Expansion efforts continue through Fluence Next, a unit for commercializing new technology-driven opportunities in power and energy shifts, as noted in 2021 job descriptions (source: fluenceenergy.com).
Working There
Fluence Energy offers roles across engineering (software development and infrastructure), product management and design, sales and marketing (business development, customer success), operations (finance, HR, procurement, logistics), and executive leadership, with positions like Principal Fluence Next (focusing on new technology commercialization, M&A evaluation) and Operations Manager (handling sales planning, reporting, compliance) often based in Arlington, VA, or continental U.S. locations (source: salestools.io). Hiring occurs at the Arlington, VA headquarters (4601 Fairfax Drive, Suite 600) and remote/continental U.S. options, with global offices like Alpharetta, GA, and others potentially open based on expansion (source: fluenceenergy.com). Company culture emphasizes safety, quality, integrity, personal ownership, honest communication, agility, intellectual curiosity, collaboration, prioritizing high-impact efforts, fun through creativity and inclusivity, and a hands-on attitude, fostering innovation via modern workspaces with open-plan offices, collaboration spaces, high-speed tech, wellness facilities, dining, and recreation at headquarters (source: salestools.io). Benefits include comprehensive packages supporting well-being and growth, with Fluence positioned as an equal opportunity employer; candidates are directed to apply via LinkedIn for open roles (source: fluenceenergy.com).