Senior Project Engineer

Title: Senior Project Engineer
Department: Engineering Center
Location: Teaneck, NJ
Supervisor: Director of DG Engineering
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Position Status: Full Time

Work Status (Remote/Hybrid/In-Office): Hybrid

Senior Project Engineer

Hanwha Qcells USA Corp (Qcells USA), headquartered in Irvine, CA, specializes in providing utility-scale modules, solar photovoltaic (PV), and battery energy storage systems (BESS) project development, along with Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services for solar and BESS projects nationwide. Qcells USA delivers comprehensive turnkey solutions encompassing the entire utility-scale project lifecycle. By choosing Qcells USA for turnkey solutions, customers can reduce uncertainty and risk, leading to enhanced investment returns and contributing to a more sustainable future.

Qcells USA’s complete turnkey solutions seamlessly integrate the expertise of our Module, Development, and EPC teams, while ensuring close coordination with other vital internal groups such as Project Finance, Systems Integration, and Legal. This collaborative approach ensures that Qcells USA projects deliver exceptional value and performance. With several multi-billion-dollar investments, Qcells is pioneering the establishment of the only complete module supply chain in the U.S., including the expansion of our Georgia module manufacturing facility, which stands as the largest in the Western Hemisphere.

As an integral part of the global Qcells brand, Qcells USA benefits from a legacy of excellence in photovoltaic manufacturing. Qcells is renowned worldwide for its high-performance, superior-quality solar cells and modules. With dual headquarters in Seoul, South Korea (Global Executive HQ) and Thalheim, Germany (Technology & Innovation HQ), Qcells operates under the umbrella of Hanwha Group, a FORTUNE Global 500 company and one of the top 8 business conglomerates in South Korea.

SUMMARY

The Senior Project Engineer will be responsible for managing all engineering deliverables for our solar and energy storage projects. They will manage this through internal and external engineering resources. The Senior Project Engineer will support projects from early planning, through design and construction and will serve as the primary technical point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, vendors, consultants, and the broader HQC US team.

This position reports to the Head of Engineering, or another senior management personnel that the CEO may designate. This position location will be hybrid and based out of our Teanek, NJ office.  25% travel required.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTION & RESPONSIBILITIES
 

• Regular attendance, in accordance with company's attendance policy and supervisory assignment, is an essential job duty requirement for this position
• Serve as technical point of contact for internal and external project stakeholders, including project managers, owners, construction managers, vendors, and consultants.
• Create and manage engineering project schedule to ensure all required engineering activities and deliverables are completed on schedule. Manage communication, contracts, and recovery plans for any scope or schedule changes.
• Establish and maintain metrics to quantitatively characterize project status
• Lead and/or participate in regular project meetings to ensure alignment between stakeholders on engineering progress, needs, risks, and roadblocks and to ensure engineering is supporting the project needs. Keep meeting minutes for all technical aspects of project meetings.
• Provide regular written updates on engineering activities and progress for assigned projects
• Track and follow up on action items for engineering team in support of assigned projects
• Anticipate the needs of the assigned projects and proactively obtain needed information to allow project to continue without interruption
• Review contract documents for scope of work and technical requirements and support outgoing proposals to design
• Manage relationships, communication, RFP’s, and contracts with outsourced engineering/technical consultants and vendors.
• Assist in the development and review of energy production models, project schedules, cost estimation, bill of materials, budgets, scopes of work, standards, and supplier quotes.
• Provide responses to RFI’s and submittals and/or route to appropriate reviewers to ensure timely responses from engineering.
• Work with team to develop and improve systems and standards to enhance efficiency and quality
• Assist with training for team members and new employees.
• Supervising compliance with project specific standards and with quality management system.
• Drive a safety culture that embraces both a “Responsibility to act” and “Show by Example” approach
• Perform other duties and special projects, as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 6+ years of relevant experience in the solar or renewables industry
• 8+ years of total engineering experience
• Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or another related engineering science, with the working knowledge within several fields of engineering
• Passionate about renewable energy and advancing the solar industry
• Experience designing solar energy systems
• Experience with complete lifecycle of design-build projects
• NABCEP certification
• PMP certification
• Strong understanding of solar PV systems and components, power systems, distribution service, and utility interconnections
• Experience with project scheduling and associated tools – such as MS Project, Smartsheet, or P6
• Knowledge of the National Electric Code and other industry codes and standards
• Demonstrates a willingness and ability to maintain documents and databases in an organized and accurate fashion
• Demonstrates proactiveness and initiative in their work
• Manages own workload and priorities effectively
• Actively seeks ways to improve how their work and the work of the teams around them is done
• Proficiency with Smartsheet, Procore, and Bluebeam Revu
• Proficiency with MS Office applications Outlook, Word, Excel, Project, and Sharepoint
• Demonstrates expert oral and written communication skills through clear and concise discussions and writing.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a dynamic team including sales personnel, engineers, project managers, clients, consultants, product vendors, and support personnel
• Communicates important information to necessary stakeholders immediately to prevent delays
• Assertive and able to cope effectively with pressure
• Seeks, gives, and receives feedback in a receptive, congenial manner, making adjustments as appropriate

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Stationary Position: frequently remains stationary up to 90% of the time and sitting up to 8 hours in a day
• Move/Traverse: infrequently bend, stand, stoop and/or walk
• Carry Weight: infrequently carry weight and/or lift objects (light to heavy) weighing up to 10 pounds
• Hearing and Speech: frequently communicates with the ability to hear and talk on a regular basis with employees, coworkers, and all personnel matters; must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations
• Sight: frequent use of sight to detect images on computer, office documents, and office objects near and far
• Climb: occasionally ascends/descends on stairway to get to office upper and lower floors
• Travel: up to 25% as needed

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Regular professional, office business setting
• Noise level ranges from low to moderate (if in office setting)
• Noise level ranges from moderate to high (if on construction worksite)

Hanwha Qcells is proud to be an at-will Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination against race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status and any other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local law.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

It is important to note that the job descriptions provided by Qcells USA Corp are not intended to be comprehensive lists of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the positions. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice, reflecting our dynamic and evolving work environment.

We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.  As part of this commitment, Hanwha Qcells will provide reasonable accommodations to all qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.  Please contact us to request accommodations at [email protected].

Nothing in this statement shall imply implicitly or explicitly a guarantee of employment outside our at-will employment opportunity.

I hereby, accept and acknowledge this job description as my own and am committing to these responsibilities and required qualifications.

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