Project Engineer

About the role

The Project Engineer serves as the primary point of contact ensuring seamless coordination between field operations, engineering, contractors, and stakeholders to deliver projects safely, on schedule, within budget, and in environmental/safety compliance specifications, contractual obligations, and regulatory and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Coverage of all engineering disciplines to support project design, drawing updates, permitting, environmental and safety excellence, and resolution of engineering issues on utility-scale solar and energy storage projects.
• Facilitation of weekly internal engineering meetings during pre-construction to ensure alignment across disciplines and project stakeholders.
• Building and maintaining strong customer relationships by participating in meetings and presentations, responding to questions & requests, and identifying opportunities for long-term partnership.
• Collaboration with permitting agencies nationwide to obtain construction permits aligned with project schedules, environmental & safety standards, and contractual requirements.
• Partnering cross-functionally with procurement, scheduling, construction, quality, and commissioning teams to ensure design criteria and requirements are clearly documented and executed.
• Maintaining engineering and design documentation, including revisions, transmittals, RFIs, submittals, and change requests, using project document control systems such as Procore.
• Identification of project constraints, development of mitigation plans, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supervision of 1-2 Field Engineers.

Requirements

• Utility solar or large-scale construction experience or an employee of a Koch company with engineering experience.
• Bachelor's Degree or higher in an Engineering discipline and/or Construction Management.
• Valid US Driver’s License.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Engineering experience in capital projects and permitting.
• EPC experience.
• Civil/Stormwater design experience.
• Solar and/or Battery Energy Storage experience.

Pay

$110,000 to $140,000 per year.

Schedule

Initially supporting a new project site in Burt County, Nebraska. This role offers flexibility to be based remotely (preferred mid-west area) in the U.S. with up to 50% travel. Travel is typically 2 times monthly, Monday-Friday, contingent to business needs.