Project Engineer, BESS

Highland Electric Fleets is hiring a Project Engineer to lead engineering design packages for EV charging, battery energy storage, and edge compute projects. The role manages external engineering partners and ensures designs meet utility and permitting authority requirements through permit-ready status.

Responsibilities:

• Generate project-specific conceptual and schematic design packages
• Review and approve project-specific conceptual, schematic, development, permit, and
  construction design packages
• Solicit and respond to project-specific design inquiries from customers, consultants, contractors,
  utilities, and permitting authorities
• Direct and quality-check the work of external engineering partners to keep design packages
  moving on an aggressive, portfolio-wide timeline
• Ensure adherence to NEC, engineering and design specifications, and best practices
• Ensure adherence to Highland engineering package content and standards
• Interpret utility and AHJ technical requirements and ensure compliant designs
• Support development of a repository for utility and AHJ design requirements
• Support procurement and equipment selection approval process

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, or 8+ years of directly related professional experience
• 3–5+ years of experience in project-based design management (renewable energy, EV charging infrastructure, or power grids desirable)
• 2+ years of construction project design specification development and management
• 3+ years of managing third-party engineering consultants
• 3+ years of creating, editing, and commenting in CAD tools, with expertise in AutoCAD
• renewable energy, EV charging infrastructure, or power grids desirable
• 1+ years of EV charging infrastructure project design experience
• Familiarity with project management and review software (Procore, Bluebeam)