About Arevon
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., and New York City, Arevon Energy, Inc. is a leading independent producer of utility-scale renewable power across the United States. The company has around 4 GW of solar and energy storage projects in operation and under construction, representing $4 billion of investment, and a 5 GW pipeline. With a team of more than 200 people and a strong investor base, Arevon is growing rapidly through both development and M&A activities. Arevon also leverage decades of experience to provide asset management services to other clean energy owners. The company is backed by institutional investors that together manage more than $1 trillion in assets and have a strong focus on sustainability investments. Arevon is powering the energy transition.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to everything we do. Arevon thrives on and celebrates different views, beliefs, and values. We are committed to our talented team and partners, regardless of background or affiliation, and to actively promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our business. We strive to be a place where you can be you and bring yourself to work.
Arevon is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, religion, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran or marital status, or any other legally protected category.
The Position
Arevon is recruiting for the position of Project Engineer, an outstanding opportunity for individuals seeking an exciting, high-growth work environment in one of the most important industries for the 21st century.
Job Description
The Project Engineer will be responsible for providing technical oversite for PV and BESS projects. The responsibilities include developing scope of work documents, reviewing design drawings, commissioning requirements, responding to technical RFI, and communicating with counterparties and internal stakeholders. The role requires detailed analysis and interpretation of civil, structural, and electrical Prudent Industry Practices. The role will be part of the Development & Construction team and will report directly to the Manager, Project Engineering. The responsibilities of a Project Engineer include but are not limited to:
- Lead engineer reviewing the PV, BESS, and HV designs of utility scale projects. This includes close coordination with civil, structural, and electrical Owners & Independent Engineer to ensure a comprehensive design package for Arevon.
- Review civil, structural, and electrical scope for use Request for Proposal (RFP) package submittals.
- Review and respond to technical RFI responses throughout the project lifecycle.
- Manage the EPC during the design phase of large-scale solar arrays including array orientation, tilt, spacing, height, collector system design and performance calculations.
- Perform due diligence on project documentation, then catalog and communicate fatal flaws to management.
- Accurately performs and/or manages the review of electrical design calculations for electrical loads, short circuit and device coordination studies, voltage drop, etc. using standard electrical engineering software in accordance with applicable codes.
- Provide accurate and timely engineering budget estimates for time and costs to sales or management based on available project information, knowledge, and preliminary calculations.
- Strong knowledge of applicable codes, standards, such as NESC, ASCE, ASME, ASTM, NEC, ANSI, IEEE.
- Familiarity with NERC.
- Able and willing to travel to construction sites.
- Collaborate with engineering, estimating and construction staff to document and develop company best practices and design standards.
Experience Requirements
- 5+ years of hands on experience as an engineer working with solar, BESS, or another related industry required.
- Engineer in Training or Professional Engineering Registration (PE) preferred.
- Electrical testing and field commissioning experience, preferred.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, highly motivated and results oriented, process oriented with strong organizational and communication skills
- Knowledge of engineering and renewable energy systems; solar PV systems including SCADA and monitoring systems, and BESS.
- Knowledge of site production & design calculations, plan preparation; site collector system calculations & report writing.
- Demonstrated knowledge of AutoCAD design, ETAP or similar, CYMCAP or similar, PVsyst or similar, WinIGS or similar, preferred.
- Knowledgeable in physical substation design methods and their application, preferred.
- Advanced computer skills in MS Office, MS Windows, and project controls.
- Proficient or able to learn Procore.
Education Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, required.
