Senior Engineer​/Project Manager - Civil Renewables - Solar and BESS

Atwell, LLC is a bold leader in the consulting, engineering, and construction services industry, delivering a broad range of creative solutions to clients in the real estate & land development, and energy markets. We have a strong national presence and a diverse, award-winning project portfolio. Atwell is a privately owned company, with 2,000+ passionate team members across 70+ locations and growing!

Atwell, LLC is a proud recipient of the following 2025 awards:

• Ten consecutive years in a row as a “Best Place to Work” by Zweig Group (#11)
• Recognized as #70 in the ENR Top 500 Design Firms, ranked in every region
• Recognized in Crain's “Fast 50” as one of the fastest-growing companies (#14)
• Recognized as the 2025 ENR Design Firm of the year for the Southeastern US

Atwell’s Power & Energy team is hiring a senior civil professional to lead site development for large-scale renewable projects. You’ll own scope, schedule, and budget; direct multi-disciplinary design; and serve as a primary client interface from early feasibility through IFC and construction support.

• Project ownership: Drive civil work streams (site planning, grading, drainage, roadways, stormwater, erosion/sediment control) from feasibility and 10/30/60/90% through IFC and as-built.
• Design management: Set design criteria; review/approve calculations, plans, and specs; enforce QA/QC and Atwell standards.
• Multi-discipline coordination: Align civil with electrical collection, substation, environmental/permitting, and survey; resolve interfaces and constraints.
• Permitting & entitlement: Lead submittals and responses with AHJs (SWPPP, NPDES, grading, access/ROW, drainage reports, floodplain, utility coordination).
• Client/PM responsibilities: Manage schedules, budgets, risks, and change orders; run progress meetings; present technical findings and value-engineering options.
• Construction support: Provide RFIs responses, design clarifications, cut/fill optimization, access improvements, and field reviews/site walks as needed.
• Team leadership: Mentor and direct engineers/designers; delegate production tasks; develop best practices and reusable details/standards.

• Utility-scale site layout optimization for PV arrays and BESS yards (setbacks, topographic constraints, access, O&M, drainage).
• Grading/earthwork (mass balance, constructability on variable terrain; under-rack grading; tracker constraints).
• Hydraulics & hydrology (detention/retention, culverts, channels, outfalls, floodplain impacts).
• Stormwater & erosion control plans (SWPPP, BMPs) tailored to phased construction.
• Reports & deliverables: Civil basis-of-design, drainage/H&H reports, quantity takeoffs, opinions of probable cost, and IFC package leadership.

• AutoCAD & Civil 3D (surfaces, corridors, grading, pipe networks, sheet sets).
• H&H modeling: HEC-RAS/HEC-HMS (or Hydraflow equivalents).
• Nice-to-have: GIS workflows, Bluebeam, Procore, PV-adjacent tools (e.g., PVcase Civil or similar), glare/reflectivity assessments, and basic 3D earthwork tools.

• BS in Civil Engineering (MS a plus).
• 8–12+ years of civil/site design with at least 4+ years in utility-scale solar/BESS or comparable large infrastructure.
• PE license (or ability to obtain in short order) strongly preferred.
• Proven project management experience (scope, schedule, budget, risk, change management).
• Demonstrated success leading multi-disciplinary design teams and mentoring junior staff.
• Willingness to travel periodically for site walks, permitting meetings, and construction support.

Par Range - $100,000 - $150,000 Base + bonus.

While AI tools may support your application process, this role is built on human talent. Your judgment, experience, and character matter most, so we encourage you to showcase what makes you uniquely you.

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