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Catalyze is rapidly accelerating the transition to renewable energy by making it easy and profitable to integrate smart energy resources into new and existing buildings and infrastructure. As a national energy transition partner and independent power producer (IPP), we develop, construct, own, operate, and maintain integrated solar, battery storage, and electric vehicle (EV) charging assets for commercial and industrial customers. We combine our proprietary technology, financial strength, and industry expertise to deliver standardized, yet configurable systems that meet our partners’ unique needs. These offerings enable commercial and industrial property owners, operating companies, and their customers to extract greater value from their assets, take increased responsibility and ownership of their energy profile, and ultimately become part of the clean energy transition.
As we continue to grow and expand our solutions across the country, our team is shaping the future of renewable energy. We are looking for passionate, collaborative, innovative thinkers who want to build a better future and do work that matters.
We are seeking a Project Engineer to oversee design of solar and storage for small/medium (< 20MW) ground mount projects.
You Are:
- Passionate about working within the renewable energy industry for a mission-driven company
- An avid mentor to engineers who are gaining experience and implementation knowledge
- Knowledgeable on Medium Voltage interconnection project design, related utility requirements, and the causes and solutions to commonly occurring issues
- Able to apply your deep knowledge and experience to proactively guide project development away from issues that are costly and/or will result in long implementation timelines
- A continuous learner, proactively reviewing proposed rule changes and keeping abreast of developing standards and regulations
- A technical leader in the solar energy field and are respected by your technical peers within standards bodies, utilities, and ISO’s that you have and continue to build relationships with
You Will:
- Manage sourced engineering firms, ensuring project design follows our standards, industry best practices, and AHJ, Utility Interconnection, and relevant design standards
- Leverage your knowledge and experience to ensure project design is optimized for both CAPEX and OPEX costs, quality, and implementation efficiency; assess and advise on cost versus implementation timeline trade-offs
- Work with the members of the Development team, the Engineering team, the Construction team, and the Asset Management team
- Partner with the Solutions Engineering team to develop innovative products, standardized design, and new methods/processes that improve cost and implementation timeline while maintaining high quality
What You Bring to Catalyze:
- Master’s degree in Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical engineering; other advanced degrees will be considered with relevant experience and demonstrated knowledge
- 4+ years of experience in design of solar projects, including but to limited to:
- Experience designing solar+storage projects and/or standalone storage projects
- Experience with all engineering aspects of designing ground and roof mount solar PV for small/medium (< 20MW) projects
- Experience with community solar projects
- Experience with design/integration of EV charging a plus
- A Professional Engineer, licensed in one or more of the following states: CA, TX, NY, MA, IL, VA, and ME, with preference for NY
- Experience working with PV development processes, including land assessment, studies supporting discretionary permitting, identifying engineering and constructability issues early in the development process
- Experience with engineering assessment/diligence as part of project acquisitions
- Proficiency with Office tools, communication tools (Slack, Teams) and scheduling/construction management tools
- Ability and willingness to travel as needed to support effective execution and collaboration with internal teams and contracted resources; depending on location, 20-40% of the time
- Valid driver’s license and car insurance that meets or exceeds the minimum requirements of the state where you reside
What Catalyze Brings to You:
- Opportunity to play a significant role in transforming the energy industry.
- Growth and development
- A highly flexible environment where your voice, thoughts, and ideas will be heard
- Excellent benefits (company-paid and voluntary): Health / Dental / Vision / Life / AD&D / STD / LTD / AFLAC / Pet / Legal / Commuter / 401(k) with Company Match / Paid Time Off and more!
About Catalyze
Catalyze is a renewable energy developer and independent power producer (IPP) that partners with medium-to-large commercial and industrial real estate groups and renewable energy developers. We increase property net income and tenant value with renewable, resilient, smart energy infrastructure including solar, storage, electric vehicle charging, and microgrids.
We uniquely enable our customers to use that increased income as a competitive advantage to expand their property portfolios. Our proprietary origination-to-operations platform supports our partners with optimal site identification and acquisition, energy load estimation, system design, project finance, and asset management.
We believe that when people feel safe and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to the team, it brings out their best and strengthens our company as a whole. This is why we’re dedicated to creating a truly inclusive workplace - one that values and promotes diversity and fosters an empowered workforce - allowing all employees, from any background or level of the company, to succeed in their jobs.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity and value the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
