Senior Solar Project Engineer Chicago, IL

What we’re looking for:

Nexamp is seeking to hire a Senior Solar Project Engineer to join it's Project Engineering team. In this role, you will lead engineering execution for complex solar and energy storage projects throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring technically sound, cost-effective, and constructible solutions. You will owns critical technical decisions, drives cross-functional alignment, and supports successful project delivery while advancing engineering standards, mentoring team members, and implementing continuous improvements.

We are accepting candidates across our hub offices of Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, and Washington DC offices where you will be hybrid. You will report to the Manager, Project Engineering.

• Lead engineering and design execution across the full project life cycle for complex PV and BESS assets. Coordinate internal teams and external engineers and vendors to deliver optimized engineering packages that meet project requirements and business objectives.
• Own project-level technical decision-making by identifying risks early, driving resolution of ambiguous design and construction issues. Constantly seek a balance between cost, schedule, constructability, and long-term asset performance.
• Direct cross-functional collaboration with Design, Development, Engineering, Estimation, Pre-Deployment, Deployment, Project Finance, and Grid Integration teams. Ensure that the basis of design and plan of record for project execution is understood by the entire project team.
• Lead development maintenance, and interpretation of plant performance models and related technical analyses for your assigned projects. Leverage models and analyses to evaluate project- and portfolio-level tradeoff decisions, value engineering opportunities, and focus areas for optimization.
• Review and approve key engineering deliverables, equipment selections, procurement inputs, RFIs, Submittals, construction drawing markups, and other project artifacts. Verify technical accuracy, constructability, and code compliance of all design specifications, and ensure that overall design spec will support project objectives.
• Mentor lower-level Project Engineering team members through technical coaching, design reviews, work shadowing, and direct practical feedback.
• Own department-level process improvement initiatives, standards updates, and tooling enhancements for Project Engineering. Partner with the Technical Strategy Team to evaluate, pilot, and deploy innovative technology and translate research into scalable solutions.
• Develop and manage relationships with a network of vendors and engineering consultants across the project life cycle.
• Perform site visits during construction for project assessment.
• Additional duties as assigned and/or directed.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.
• 5+ years of solar or BESS design and/or project engineering experience.
• Experience leading engineering for complex PV or BESS projects across the full project life cyc le, including managing third-party engineering resources, reviewing design details, reviewing specs for critical equipment, and driving project-level decisions.
• Strong knowledge of PV and BESS engineering, design, and construction principles including power engineering fundamentals, major system components, constructability considerations, utility interconnection and acceptance processes, and performance optimization principles.
• Strong working knowledge of industry-standard PV and BESS design codes, engineering principles, and construction methods, including but not limited to NEC, IBC, and IFC.
• Demonstrated a bility to independently prioritize and manage multiple projects and tasks, identify critical path schedule items, and proactively anticipate and resolve construction challenges. Specific experience in roles where this is a core responsibility.
• Strong understanding of the DG and community solar market, including utility, state, and regional nuances, and how project execution differs from C&I and utility-scale PV.
• Proficiency reading and interpreting outputs from CAD and energy modeling tools, including AutoCAD and PVSYST or equivalent platforms, and…