Principal Electrical Engineer - Solar

About the Role

Our client is an industry-leading engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) organization looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer who will play a foundational role in building and leading a high-performing engineering organization focused on utility-scale solar and energy storage projects. This is an opportunity to help establish engineering standards, influence organizational direction, mentor future technical leaders, and shape how engineering is delivered across the business. This role will serve as senior technical authority responsible for leading electrical design of complex utility-scale renewable energy projects while ensuring excellence, constructability, quality, and execution. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with a builder's mindset, creating processes, developing people, improving systems, and solving complex engineering challenges.

Essential Responsibilities

• Review, approve, and seal engineering deliverables as Engineer of Record (where applicable)
• Develop complete electrical design packages including one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, equipment layouts, cable routing and schedules, grounding plans, electrical calculations, specifications, and bills of material
• Ensure designs support safe installation, efficient construction, long-term reliability, and operational performance
• Provide technical oversight across multiple concurrent projects while maintaining schedule, quality, and budget expectations
• Establish and continuously improve electrical engineering standards, specifications, templates, design guides, and best practices
• Standardize engineering processes to improve quality, efficiency, and scalability across projects
• Evaluate emerging technologies, software, and methodologies to enhance project delivery
• Maintain expertise in applicable electrical codes, industry standards, and regulatory requirements, incorporating updates into engineering practices
• Mentor, coach, and provide technical leadership to engineers, designers, and junior team members
• Foster a collaborative culture focused on accountability, excellence, innovation, and learning
• Support recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, and development of future engineering talent
• Help establish long-term structure, processes, and capabilities of the engineering organization
• Partner closely with Civil, Structural, SCADA / Controls, High Voltage, Procurement, Construction, and Project Management teams to ensure fully integrated engineering deliverables
• Collaborate with Preconstruction and Estimating teams during project pursuit activities by supporting conceptual designs, constructability reviews, engineering estimates, and value engineering initiatives
• Support construction teams by resolving Requests for Information (RFIs), evaluating field changes, reviewing substitutions, and providing engineering guidance throughout construction
• Lead engineering activities across multiple utility-scale renewable energy projects simultaneously
• Ensure engineering deliverables support project schedules, procurement timelines, and construction sequencing
• Balance technical excellence with practical, field-driven solutions that improve constructability and reduce project risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or electrical Power Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in at least one U.S. state
• 7+ years of electrical engineering experience, including significant experience supporting utility-scale solar energy projects
• Demonstrated experience serving as Engineer of Record (EOR) or holding equivalent technical design responsibility
• Proven experience developing complete engineering packages through all major design phases, including 30%, 60%, 90%, and Issued for Construction (IFC)
• Strong knowledge of NEC, IEEE, ANSI, NEMA, and other applicable electrical codes and standards
• Experience leading, mentoring, and developing engineers and technical design teams
• Proficiency with AutoCAD and electrical engineering software used in renewable energy project design
• Strong understanding of EPC project execution and multidisciplinary engineering coordination