Senior Solar Engineer
immediately
Full-time, Unlimited
Birmingham
Senior Solar Engineer
Your responsibilities
- Your primary responsibility will be to design utility scale ground mounted solar PV projects with an initial focus on project development support
- Using industry standard software, technical design work will progress from preliminary to detail level in line with the projects development maturity
- Optimizing layouts and yields based on constraint analysis
- Design in compliance with industry codes and standards and incorporating feedback from Construction, Operations and Development
- Support the preparation of post-construction documentation
- Provide expertise during project development and implementation, remotely and on site
- Support and lead technical due diligences
- Optimal cooperation within Renewables, consisting of developers, engineers, project-, contract- and offtake-managers, market and strategy analysts as well as a network of external partners
- Strong stakeholder management activities internally and externally
Your profile
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Renewable Energy, or related field)
- Extensive experience in utility-scale solar design and project delivery
- Proficiency in solar PV design software (e.g., PVsyst, AutoCAD) and understanding of renewable energy systems
- Strong analytical, creative problem-solving, and system optimization capabilities
- Proven track record of international work experience and cultural adaptability
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Business fluency in English (other languages are an advantage)
- Open-minded, proactive, and detail-oriented
Job ID:
87960
Application deadline:
23/04/2025
Do you have any questions?
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We look forward to receiving your application!
Your Uniper Talent Acquisition Team
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