设计工程师

Job Description

The Design Engineer is responsible for the design coordination, planset production, and permitting of an energy project. For new construction projects, the design engineer works closely with the building AOR, SEOR, and EEOR, ensuring that the building infrastructure can support the energy system architecturally, structurally, and electrically. Internally, the design engineer must work closely with the Engineering Managers, Superintendents, and Project Managers, to tap into decades of solar expertise -- setting up the project for future construction success. The design engineer should have a firm grasp of the state and local building and electrical codes, have excellent time management, organizational and communication skills, all to deliver a fully coordinated, permitted, and buildable planset, on time and on budget. You must currently reside in San Diego or Riverside Counties. This is not a remote position.

Primary Responsibilities & Duties

• Follow company and department standards/SOPs.
• Ensure full coordination with building AOR, EEOR, SEOR, EOR, on key coordination points.
• Successfully communicate with all project stakeholders.
• Perform solar design intake, coordination markups, and draft solar shop drawings.
• Lead solar drafters in providing complete and accurate code compliant plansets on time.
• Coordinate site walks with superintendents.
• Coordinate carport structural sheets and calculations with carport mfg.
• Coordinate carport lighting and photometrics with lighting mfg.
• Coordinate with interconnection department on IX applications.
• Review & QC solar plansets, obtain shop drawing approvals from AOR/GC.
• Coordinate EE & SE Review/Calcs/Stamp.
• Submit, track closely, & follow-up on projects through AHJ plan - check.
• Track and constantly update project process/activity through Scoop platform.
• Track project time and costs through Miter platform.
• Ensure accurate inputs within Scoop platform.
• Maintain sense of urgency with clients and ensure timely deliver of permitted plansets.

Team Building & Culture

• Embody and promote the Cal Solar "GRIPT" core values and demonstrate those values in interactions with internal and external stakeholders.
• Foster open communication, team building, and sharing of best practices amongst all employees, to help create a continuous learning environment that drives team knowledge & preparedness.
• Encourage employees to take an active role and be accountable for their career growth.
• Oversee the training and development of all direct reports through the performance planning process and maintaining 1:1 meetings/check-ins, and coordinating with HR to help identify available programs and training that may assist in their professional and personal development.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Minimum 2 years of commercial solar design and engineering.
• A minimum of 50 designed & engineered commercial solar systems projects.
• Be a current resident in San Diego or Riverside Counties.
• 2 years of coordinating solar carport designs desired.
• Full competence in solar and battery design.
• Proficiency with 208V and 480V 3 Phase electrical architecture.
• Time management - sense of urgency, ability to pull - plan a critical path schedule.
• Effective & efficient communication both internally and externally.
• Project management and organizational skills.
• High reading comprehension and writing proficiency.
• Resourcefulness, able to do research on products and code, self starter.
• Knowledge of state and local codes as it pertains to Solar Energy.
• General architectural, electrical, and structural competence.
• Ability to comprehend and create construction plansets and electrical SLD.
• Ability to QC Solar PV System construction plansets.
• Ability to coordinate Electrical Tie-ins with EEOR.
• Experience with project management software such as Scoop.
• Ability to navigate multiple AHJ plancheck and permit issuance processes.
• AutoCAD and BlueBeam Competency.

The starting annual base pay for this role is between USD $85K - $120K. The actual base is dependent upon many factors, such as: location, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Health/vision/dental insurance
• 401(k) plan with 6% match
• Paid holidays
• Flexible PTO