Manager, Civil Engineering

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Job Description

Position Overview

The Manager, Civil Engineer, reporting to the Director of Civil & Structural Engineering, will perform engineering activities to support project development and oversee civil/structural design for assigned utility-scale renewable energy projects.  This position works within the Civil & Structural Engineering Team to support the development and construction of Invenergy’s pipeline. As Manager, this role is expected to manage, train and oversee Staff Civil Engineers on the Team.  Additional responsibilities include the initiation, development and implementation of civil/structural special initiatives identified to optimize cost, improve quality and normalize processes for renewable energy projects and assets.  This role within the Team is both supporting team members and leading initiatives that optimize and drive value engineering resulting in better construction estimates, project design and cost optimization.

Responsibilities

Manager within Invenergy’s Civil /Structural Engineering program for onshore renewable energy facilities.  Project responsibilities include:

• Provide risk analysis of development stage projects.

• Produce conceptual mass grading plans and earthwork calculations to support internal project estimating packages.

• Provide early identification of need for deep foundations or soil mass replacement depending on anticipated soil bearing capacity and other geotechnical/environmental issues.

• Collaborate in the efforts to prepare SWPPP documents.

• Work with the Project Engineering team to prepare RFP packages to run a competitive process to select consultants.

• Review civil structural design packages.

• Review hydrology studies and conceptual site layout, grading, drainage, stormwater management, accessibility, and roadway plans to support value engineering initiatives.

• Liaise with OEMs and equipment manufacturers to review loading diagrams and drawings to define other interfaces. 

• Provide foundation schedules, zoning and optimizations, based on equipment loads, bearing capacities and other factors.

• Review main structural design packages to ensure compliance with codes and standards and propose optimizations based on project requirements, equipment specifications and other constraints.

• Review design packages for foundations, supports, PV racking system, and any other miscellaneous structures.

• Collaborate with the electrical engineering and transmission teams in the review of engineering packages for transmission lines and substations, including lattice towers, tower destructive tests, foundations for poles and electrical equipment, dead-end frames, substation equipment and their supports.

• Contribute to the preparation of RFP packages to select contractors, in collaboration of the pre-construction team.

• Review technical proposals from contractors and contribute to the review of the design packages from the selected bidders.

• Review other third-party engineering design packages for conformance to project specifications, building codes, construction standards, contractual requirements and value engineering.

• Manage and respond to contractor RFIs and submittals.

• Manage information submittals to and reviews by owner engineers.

• Collaborate with internal teams to provide value engineering opinions.

• Review, creation, and maintenance of civil and structural construction specifications.

• Provide technical support for the geotechnical investigation program.

• Assist the Permitting team with input to prepare federal, state, county, and local permits.

• Support the Commercial and Development teams in the preparation of project sales proposals.

• Support Construction Project Management with cost estimates and other required information to prepare schedules and financial models.

• Support Financing by responding to lender and independent engineer due diligence questions.

• Interface with the Project Engineering, Development, Pre-Construction, and Project Management teams leading up to and through project commercial operations.

• Communicate effectively with internal teams, engineering providers, contractors, and clients.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in