Engineer 3

SOLV Energy is a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, designing, building and maintaining utility scale solar, battery storage and high voltage substation projects nationwide.
Job Description Summary:
The Engineer 3 will act as a technical Subject Matter Expert focused on value engineering, QA/QC, and independent technical judgment across utility-scale EPC projects.

This role can be fully remote or located in our Edison, NJ office. Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process. Job Description:

* This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned

Position Responsibilities and Duties:
General Duties

- Be able to perform all essential Engineer II responsibilities

- Document meeting minutes for engineering and permitting-related meetings and distribute action items.

Pursuit & Preliminary Design Support

- Review technical RFP documents and provide engineering and permitting input to the estimating team.

- Represent SOLV engineering and permitting teams during pursuit and early-phase coordination meetings.

Multi-Discipline Engineering Coordination

- Ensure coordination of design deliverables prepared by internal and external stakeholders responsible for the project scope of work.

- Develop working knowledge of project-specific design requirements, including SOLV standards, owner/contract requirements, and permitting conditions.

- Review consultant deliverables for alignment with project-specific requirements and flag deviations or risks for escalation.

- Track and manage engineering and permitting deliverable schedules in coordination with project management.

- Act as a single point of contact for all engineering disciplines to internal and external stakeholders

- Review and approve consultant proposals, scopes of work, schedules, and budgets.

- Provide QA/QC oversight of individual consultant work products as well as the fully integrated, multi-discipline design.

- Share lessons learned and best practices across projects to improve future execution.

Owner, IE & Consultant Interface

- Manage Owner, Owner’s Engineer, and Independent Engineer submittals

- Coordinate review comments with consultants and track responses to closure.

- Assist in responding to Owner and IE comments and clarifications.

- Represent the engineering and permitting team during Owner and consultant meetings as assigned.

Permitting & AHJ Coordination

- Support permitting efforts by coordinating with Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) at the federal, state, and local levels.

- Attend in-person AHJ meetings as needed

- Act as a coordination point between internal engineering teams, external consultants, and AHJs.

- Track engineering and permitting changes that may impact project scope, cost, or schedule and elevate risks appropriately.

- Develop familiarity with AHJ requirements across jurisdictions and assist in communicating those requirements to internal teams.

- Assist with due diligence during RFP stages, including review of CUPs, environmental studies, wetlands permits, and related documentation.

- Support preparation, QA/QC, and submission of permit applications.

Contract & Due Diligence Support

- Review EPC contract exhibits related to owner- and contractor-obtained permits and flag issues or inconsistencies.

- Review EPC contract exhibits for value engineering opportunities and compliance with SOLV standards

Process Support

- Identify gaps in existing engineering process and workflow through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders

- Develop process updates and standards to increase efficiency and value of overall Engineering team

- Train up the team on process changes

Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements:

- 4–7 years of progressive engineering experience in EPC, renewable energy, utilit