Engineering Manager

About the role

New Energy Equity is seeking a Manager of Development Engineering to lead and grow our talented team. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of directly related experience in engineering, engineering management, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to the development engineering team, fostering a collaborative, organized, and high-performing work environment.
• Oversee the hiring process to build a team of skilled and qualified engineering professionals.
• Identify training needs and implement development programs to enhance team capabilities and support career progression.
• Identify and develop high-potential team members for future leadership roles, ensuring continuity and long-term team strength.
• Conduct regular check-ins with team members as well as semi-annual performance evaluations, offering constructive feedback and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Organize and lead quarterly on-site gatherings to strengthen team cohesion and align departmental goals.
• Serve as a technical mentor and subject matter expert, offering hands-on design guidance, coaching, and support to ensure engineering excellence and professional growth.
• Assist in the development of workflows for the engineering team and company.
• Manage technical strategy throughout the development lifecycle balancing design, energy production, CapEx, constructability, permitting, interconnection, schedule, and overall project economics.
• Establish and maintain design standards for development drawings and production models to ensure quality and alignment with company objectives.
• Develop and implement standardized workflows and documentation practices (SOPs) to ensure consistency and efficiency across engineering projects.
• Work closely with internal teams including land acquisition, interconnection, permitting, real estate, and finance to deliver critical engineering inputs.
• Forecast and manage resource needs including personnel, tools, and budget to support current and future project demands.
• Define, track, and report key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure team effectiveness and communicate progress to leadership.
• Ensure seamless handoff of projects from development engineering to project management/construction, supporting long-term project success by checking the design basis, permitting conditions, interconnection requirements, equipment assumptions, constructability, and outstanding technical risks.
• Manage technical requirements and risks coming out of the interconnection process and ensure they are incorporated into the design.
• Develop and manage preferred external engineers, manage scopes, budgets, schedules, quality, and deliverables for outside civil, electrical, structural, geotechnical, or other engineering consultants as needed.
• Research new technologies in racking, solar panels, inverters, and batteries to ensure the company is using the best possible equipment for the job.
• Lead initiatives focused on applying value engineering principles early in development, optimizing equipment selection, evaluating decisions based on CapEx, and refining design strategies to achieve cost savings in EPC project execution based on production data, constructability, schedule, and long-term project value.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives by integrating new technologies and best practices to enhance efficiency, sustainability, and project outcomes.
• Evaluate and implement software, automation tools and workflows to reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and accelerate project deliverable timelines.
• Establish a feedback loop from completed projects to capture lessons learned and apply insights to future development efforts and share them with construction team paying special attention to constructability issues, change orders, field experience, and operating performance.
• Foster a culture of innovation within the team by encouraging experimentation, creative problem-solving, and cross-functional idea sharing.
• Conduct regular benchmarking against industry standards and competitors to identify areas for improvement and adopt best practices.
• Coordinate site visits with team members throughout various stages of project development and construction to provide hands-on exposure to solar design principles and industry best practices.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of battery storage systems and experience integrating BESS into layouts, SLDs, equipment selection, and interconnection strategy.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related field (master’s preferred).
• High level of interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive and productive working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Analytical, investigation, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.

Skills

• Proficiency in AutoCAD (any version), PVsyst, HydroCAD (or similar stormwater BMP program), AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoTurn, PVcase.
• NABCEP Certification is preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including Retirement Benefits, Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, Life Insurance and Disability, Tuition Reimbursement, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences, and more.

Pay

The expected annual compensation range for this position is $135,000 - $160,000, encompassing base pay and potential incentive target opportunity.

Schedule

This position may be subject to assessment of skills, job match and/or aptitude. The employee may be required to travel for approximately 10% of the time.

Contact

To apply, please email amekonnen@newenergyequity.com.