Director, Technical Assurance

Job Description

Company Description

Apex Clean Energy was founded with a singular focus: to accelerate the shift to clean energy. Through origination, construction, and operation of utility-scale wind, solar, and storage facilities, distributed energy resources, and green fuel technologies, Apex is expanding the renewable frontier across North America. Our mission-driven team of more than 400 professionals uses a data-focused approach and an unrivaled portfolio of projects to create solutions for the world’s most innovative and forward-thinking customers.

For more information about how Apex is building the energy company of the future, visit

Apex strives to excel in every phase of project realization, from origination and financing to construction and asset management. Our mission-driven team seeks determined, resolute individuals who strive to innovate and go above the call of duty, and who will relentlessly do their part to help accelerate the shift to America’s clean energy future.

Apex is hiring a Director, Technical Assurance to own the company's renewable energy technical advisory function across financing, procurement, and quality governance. In this role, you will support technical advisory reviews throughout the asset lifecycle for our utility-scale solar, wind, and battery energy storage systems (BESS). You will be Apex's senior technical voice with lenders, tax-equity investors, buyers, OEMs, and third-party consultants.

Primary Responsibilities

• The senior technical voice across financing, procurement, and construction work streams within the Apex portfolio. This will also include support wherever Apex needs authoritative technical judgment with external counter parties.

Technical Due Diligence & Financing Support (primary focus)

• Own the IE and technical due diligence program across debt and tax-equity financings and capital-recycling transactions, managing concurrent deals through financial close and COD.
• Serve as the senior Apex technical contact with lenders, tax-equity investors, buyers, and their third-party IEs, fielding inquiries directly during financing and due diligence processes.
• Review and validate IE reports, OEM specs
  
  Review and validate IE reports, OEM specs/test reports, and technical drawings against financing conditions and CPs.

Broader Technical Advisory (beyond IE)

• Serve as a technical resource to Procurement on OEM equipment contracts, specifications, and vendor disputes touching financing, warranty, or performance risk.
• Support EC/DC qualification and PWA reporting reviews upstream in development.
• Act as a technical escalation point on other cross-functional issues (e.g., transmission, preconstruction).

Program Leadership

• Lead and develop a team supporting technical assurance and broader procurement efforts — technical assurance staff and external consultants.
• Set diligence and advisory strategy and standards, and hold the team and consultants accountable to them.
• Direct technical data-room build and quality review.
• Escalate and resolve high-stakes technical issues, protecting valuations and schedule.
• Partner across engineering, development, transmission, finance, asset management, and legal.
• Build team capability and standardize repeatable processes.

Work Environment

Works primarily traditional office hours in an indoor office environment, with regular travel to construction sites, operating projects, factories, and counter party offices. Site visits require adherence to applicable site safety requirements and use of personal protective equipment. Flexible work hours allowed when work duties and business operations permit.

To succeed as a Director, Technical Assurance at Apex Clean Energy, you’ll need to excel within the following criteria:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, civil, or a related discipline) or equivalent experience is required; an advanced technical degree or an MBA would be an added advantage
• 10+ years of experience in the renewable-energy industry, spanning project finance, development operations, and engineering, including hands-on time in independent engineering, owner’s engineering, or…