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Director, Renewable Project Engineering

Chicago, IL, US💼 Full-time💰 $180,000–$180,000🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead Invenergy's Project Engineering function for utility-scale wind, solar, BESS, and hybrid projects, ensuring consistent technical execution and lifecycle support.

Role type

Director, Renewable Project Engineering

Builds

Utility-scale renewable energy projects (wind, solar, BESS, hybrid)

Domain

Renewable energy, power generation, EPC

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Technical leadership, EPC contract management, multi-disciplinary coordination, risk identification, change management, resource allocation, root-cause analysis, stakeholder engagement

Preferred skills

Portfolio-level improvement strategy, financing support, independent engineer due diligence coordination

Technologies

SCADA, GIS

Responsibilities

Lead and develop the Project Engineering function; Refine expectations for Project Engineers; Oversee coordination with wind, solar, BESS, electrical, civil, and operations teams; Manage technical workstreams including drawing reviews and RFIs; Strengthen alignment between Project Engineering and Project Management; Serve as escalation point for complex engineering challenges; Manage relationships with Consultants and Owner's Engineers; Provide leadership on financing and due diligence support; Drive portfolio-level improvements to specifications and standards; Develop and manage resource allocation and hiring strategy; Lead lessons-learned and root-cause analysis programs; Own portfolio-level technical risk identification and mitigation.

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership & hands-on technical oversight

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