Director, Renewable Project Engineering

About Invenergy

Invenergy is North America’s largest privately held developer, owner, and operator of power infrastructure. With 25 years of trusted execution, we deliver reliable, affordable energy through a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, solar, land-based wind, energy storage, transmission, and domestic manufacturing. Headquartered in Chicago, we develop, own, and operate large scale projects that power communities and support the energy future.

Invenergy follows a hybrid schedule, working in office Monday through Thursday and remotely on Fridays if work permits. This position will be open for application for at least 3 calendar days from the posting date. This position will remain open for application based on business need, which may be before or after the 3-day posting window.

As Director of Project Engineering, Renewable Engineering, you will lead Invenergy’s Project Engineering function for wind, solar, and hybrid projects. This role ensures consistent technical execution across project requirements, offtake and EPC obligations, interconnection commitments, engineering deliverables, issue resolution, commissioning, quality, and execution lifecycle project support, partnering closely with Project Management and all Engineering disciplines. Invenergy follows a hybrid schedule, working in office Monday through Thursday and remotely on Fridays.

Lead and develop Invenergy’s Project Engineering function, supporting wind, solar, BESS, and hybrid projects across Invenergy’s renewable portfolio. Refine expectations for Project Engineers to ensure consistent technical delivery of projects, according to specifications and stakeholder obligations. Oversee Project Engineering coordination with other project stakeholders, including wind, solar, BESS, electrical, SCADA, transmission, civil, structural, GIS, environmental compliance, construction, and operations engineering teams.

Ensure effective management of technical work streams, including drawing reviews, RFIs, submittals, NCRs, technical issue resolution, engineering deliverables, and escalation of complex coordination challenges. Strengthen alignment between Project Engineering and Project Management for project technical and commercial success. Serve as a senior technical leader and escalation point for complex engineering coordination challenges across active projects. Manage relationship and engagement protocols with Consultants and Owner’s Engineers.

Provide leadership on project engineering support for financing and independent engineer due diligence, including coordination of technical responses and alignment with project assumptions. Drive portfolio-level improvements to specifications, contract exhibits, design reviews, scopes of work, and technical standards using lessons learned from construction, commissioning, testing, and operations. Develop and manage Project Engineering resource allocation, workload balancing and hiring strategy to ensure adequate support across all projects and project phases.

Lead formal lessons-learned and root-cause analysis programs across construction, commissioning, and operations to improve project outcomes, reduce execution risk, and enhance engineering standards Own portfolio-level technical risk identification, mitigation planning, and escalation processes, ensuring integration with project controls, commercial strategy, and executive decision-making.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or a related technical discipline. 10+ years of progressive experience in renewable energy, power generation, engineering, project execution, construction, project management, or related technical leadership roles. 5+…