Design Engineer II, High Voltage; Remote

SOLV Energy is a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, designing, building and maintaining utility scale solar, battery storage and high voltage substation projects nationwide.

Job Description

Summary:

The Design Engineer II, Substation owns the preliminary substation design and engineering lifecycle for assigned utility-scale solar, BESS, and related interconnection projects. This role serves as the primary technical owner from BD kickoff through Design-to-Preconstruction handoff, aligning preliminary design, scope, schedule, risk, and technical assumptions before execution begins.

This role is fully remote. Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

Job Description:

* This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned

Position

Responsibilities and Duties:

Preliminary Substation Design and Technical Ownership Own the first-pass preliminary substation design approach for assigned pursuits and projects by reviewing all applicable requirements and project-specific inputs to define the design basis, key assumptions, equipment requirements, layouts, quantities, risks, and open items needed to support the 10% design deliverable.

Review client provided documents, technical exhibits, PPAs, interconnection agreements, utility and ISO handbooks, owner standards, and related project information to identify requirements, assumptions, risks, opportunities, and scope outside of SOLV standards.

Serve as the primary substation design subject matter expert for assigned projects and coordinate technical inputs from engineering consultants, procurement, estimating, scheduling, NERC support, revenue metering, security, and other specialty subcontractors.

Lead development of the 10% substation design, including single-line diagrams, general arrangement drawings, equipment sizing, and related refinements, to support estimating with pricing.

Estimate and Scope Alignment Coordinate with estimating and scheduling to ensure the preliminary design, quantities, scope narrative, schedule, and commercial assumptions are aligned.

Review estimates for technical completeness and identify gaps, exclusions, owner-furnished equipment, allowances, contingencies, and scope items that require clarification or escalation.

Deliver the owner reviewed preliminary substation design to estimating and BD in accordance with the project stage-gate schedule.

Client and Project Engagement Participate in routine client meetings to review technical exhibits, explain preliminary design assumptions, identify risks, and clarify requirements outside of SOLV standards.

Support contractual exhibit reviews, markups, and technical responses needed to facilitate LNTP, while escalating material commitments, non-standard requirements, and significant risk.

Communicate design decisions, open items, risks, and required owner or utility inputs clearly to internal and external stakeholders.

EOR and Engineering Consultant Coordination Prepare and issue proposal requests to EORs and engineering subcontractors, including, NERC support, revenue metering, and other specialty disciplines as required.

Review received proposals for technical scope, deliverables, exclusions, assumptions, and commercial alignment.

Align EOR and subcontractor proposals with the project scope, estimate, schedule, and LNTP requirements, and submit the final proposal information to BD, scheduling, estimating, engineering controls, and other required stakeholders.

Handoff and Early Execution Readiness Prepare the engineering scope, proposal information, schedule inputs, EOR or consultant coordination details, assumptions, risks,…