Senior Solar Engineer

~E.ON is one of the world's largest investor-owned power and gas companies. ~

At facilities across Europe, Russia, and North America, our nearly 62,000 employees generated just under EUR 122.5 billion in sales.

We have an ambitious objective: to make energy cleaner and better wherever we operate.

Position Overview

E.ON is currently seeking to hire a Senior Solar Engineer. 

Responsibilities

• Lead engineer for one or more utility scale solar PV projects.
• Design, modeling and optimization of E.ON solar photovoltaic projects for new and existing sites.
• Owner of the technical specifications / Scope of Work for project(s).
• Manage outside engineering consultants / designers as necessary (with the goal of bringing more of the capabilities in house).
• Prepares quantity takeoffs and cost estimates; prepares specifications and material requisitions to purchase materials. Supports procurement department by preparing bid evaluation and reviewing offerings.
• Inspects construction site to ensure conformance to engineering plans, specifications, and construction and safety standards.
• Develop processes and procedures for project engineering and solar plant design.
• Educated other engineering team members with your subject matter expertise.
• Contributes to on-going learning, personally and at the team level -regarding overall system optimization and ongoing cost reduction efforts.
• Assures the implementation, during all the engineering phases, of the applicable laws and standard requirements regarding Health, Safety and Environment.
• Adhere to the company's values and behaviors as defined by the ONE E.ON philosophy.

Additional Roles if Candidate has SCADA qualifications: 

• SCADA equipment set-up, programming and parametrization.
• Supervise and coordinate commissioning of SCADA system, inverters and tracker control & monitoring systems, weather stations, meters, etc. for all new solar projects.
• Identify and solve SCADA issues which may happen during operation. Conduct daily analysis of SCADA system performance via monitoring & diagnostic.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• Masters degree preferred.
• Professional Engineering (PE) license strongly preferred.
• 5 years of electronic and/or electrical system design required.
• 3+ years of medium voltage design experience.
• Understanding of PV power plants and the parameters measured, as well as their influence on LCOE.
• Professional experience with utility, renewables and/or power plant design, construction and operation including design experience in one or more of the following: transmission, substation, distribution, collection, system studies and/or system protection.
• Solar inverter experience/knowledge a strong positive.
• Prior PV plant SCADA design, programming and commissioning experience would be a plus. 

Knowledge of control systems, automation, SCADA, PLCs, RTUs & IEDs, including experience in: 

• Network and fiber optics.
• VMWare.
• Serial communications.
• PV SCADA systems advantageous but not essential.
• MODBUS TCP/IP network protocol. 

• Candidates with experience in power electronics preferred.
• Candidates with international work experience preferred.

To Apply:

• Please click below: "Apply Here!" and follow the application instructions provided on our website.
• Position is open until filled.