Senior Project Engineer - Solar PV

Summary:

A leading Consultancy is looking for a Senior Project Engineer - Solar to support their growth in the APAC region. You will initially take a lead on multiple APAC solar projects, with a view that the role will grow into leading a team of solar and storage experts.

Your Role:

• Work with customers as the main client interface and attend client meetings with lenders and developers as needed.
• Manage high profile Independent Engineering and Technical Advisory projects for project financing, sales and acquisitions primarily for solar projects and portfolios.
• Perform site visits during construction and operation and perform monthly construction monitoring site visits to review progress against technical specifications
• Support and compile and complete IE and TA reports and summarize key results and conclusions.
• Prepare communication plans and related project status reports. Facilitate and lead regular status meetings with internal project team, sponsors, and stakeholders.
• Work with internal resources, associate project managers, project managers, as well as sub-consultants. Ensure project deliverables stay on time, on target, and on budget.

Your background:

• Previous experience (5 years or above) in the solar PV industry, preferable on consultancy. Additional experience on solar PV Project development would be positively evaluated.
• Good understanding of solar technology with experience in the review of main PV related equipment (PV modules, inverters, trackers and other main equipment in the BOS of a solar PV Project).
• Good understanding on typical KPIs for solar PV and high level understanding of energy modelling for solar PV projects.
• Demonstrable experience handling utility scale solar PV Projects with experience on PV Project design
• Experience defining and reviewing provisional acceptance and commissioning requirements for solar PV Projects.
• Experience leading teams or projects, with a growth mindset