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This role serves as the primary technical owner from BD kickoff through Design-to-Preconstruction handoff, aligning preliminary design, scope, schedule, risk, and technical assumptions before execution begins.This role is fully remote. Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.\nJob Description:\n*This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned\nPosition Responsibilities and Duties:\nPreliminary Substation Design and Technical Ownership \nOwn the first-pass preliminary substation design approach for assigned pursuits and projects by reviewing all applicable requirements and project-specific inputs to define the design basis, key assumptions, equipment requirements, layouts, quantities, risks, and open items needed to support the 10% design deliverable. \n\nReview client provided documents, technical exhibits, PPAs, interconnection agreements, utility and ISO handbooks, owner standards, and related project information to identify requirements, assumptions, risks, opportunities, and scope outside of SOLV standards. \n\nServe as the primary substation design subject matter expert for assigned projects and coordinate technical inputs from engineering consultants, procurement, estimating, scheduling, NERC support, revenue metering, security, and other specialty subcontractors. \n\nLead development of the 10% substation design, including single-line diagrams, general arrangement drawings, equipment sizing, and related refinements, to support estimating with pricing. \n\nEstimate and Scope Alignment \nCoordinate with estimating and scheduling to ensure the preliminary design, quantities, scope narrative, schedule, and commercial assumptions are aligned. \n\nReview estimates for technical completeness and identify gaps, exclusions, owner-furnished equipment, allowances, contingencies, and scope items that require clarification or escalation. \nDeliver the owner reviewed preliminary substation design to estimating and BD in accordance with the project stage-gate schedule. \n\nClient and Project Engagement \nParticipate in routine client meetings to review technical exhibits, explain preliminary design assumptions, identify risks, and clarify requirements outside of SOLV standards. \nSupport contractual exhibit reviews, markups, and technical responses needed to facilitate LNTP, while escalating material commitments, non-standard requirements, and significant risk. \nCommunicate design decisions, open items, risks, and required owner or utility inputs clearly to internal and external stakeholders. \n\nEOR and Engineering Consultant Coordination \nPrepare and issue proposal requests to EORs and engineering subcontractors, including, NERC support, revenue metering, and other specialty disciplines as required. \nReview received proposals for technical scope, deliverables, exclusions, assumptions, and commercial alignment. \nAlign EOR and subcontractor proposals with the project scope, estimate, schedule, and LNTP requirements, and submit the final proposal information to BD, scheduling, estimating, engineering controls, and other required stakeholders. \n\nHandoff and Early Execution Readiness \nPrepare the engineering scope, proposal information, schedule inputs, EOR or consultant coordination details, assumptions, risks, and open items needed for handoff to the Preconstruction Engineering team. \nSupport the handoff process by clearly transferring RFIs, client comments, design risks, procurement constraints, required decisions, and unresolved technical items to the HV engineering team. \n\nQuality Assurance, Value Engineering, and Documentation \nReview and approve preliminary substation design deliverables for assigned projects and verify alignment with PPA, IA, utility, ISO, owner, SOLV, AHJ, and vendor requirements. \nPropose cost-effective, reliable, and constructible alternatives and resolve design challenges in collaboration with internal teams, EORs, consultants, vendors, and clients. \nMaintain accurate documentation of design iterations, technical decisions, client comments, proposal revisions, assumptions, and handoff materials. \nUse established checklists and standards, identify recurring issues, and recommend improvements for incorporation into department processes and standards. \n\nTeam Leadership and Development \nAssign and coordinate work for substation designers, engineers, interns, and technical support staff on assigned projects; 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We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces that improve our communities. SOLV Energy prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind against an employee or applicant based on race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, or ethnicity, mental or physical disability, veteran status, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\nBenefits:\nEmployees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance. Employees can enroll in our company’s 401(k) plan and are provided vacation, sick and holiday pay.\nCompensation Range:\n$90,853 - $113,566\nPay Rate Type:\nSalary\nSOLV Energy does not accept unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies. We require all third-party recruiters to communicate exclusively with our internal talent acquisition team. 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