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The ideal candidate will be capable of personally reviewing complex projects, identifying and correcting design issues, establishing drafting standards, and helping improve and automate the plan set production process.\nThis position will work closely with Engineering, Project Planning, Site Assessment, Operations, and external design partners to ensure plan sets are accurate, constructible, permit-ready, and delivered on schedule.\nThis position requires the ability and willingness to regularly commute to Venture Home's headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.\nKey Responsibilities\nOversee the creation, review, revision, and final delivery of residential solar permit plan sets.\nPerform detailed quality-control reviews and ensure plans meet company, AHJ, utility, and permitting requirements.\nPersonally review and troubleshoot complex residential solar projects when additional technical expertise is required.\nServe as the team's AutoCAD subject-matter expert, including the ability to create, modify, troubleshoot, and improve residential solar drawings.\nDevelop and maintain AutoCAD templates, blocks, details, notes, and drafting standards.\nIdentify opportunities to automate repetitive AutoCAD tasks and improve plan set production efficiency.\nReview residential solar electrical drawings, including single-line and three-line diagrams.\nReview system layouts, electrical equipment, structural requirements, racking systems, roof conditions, and other project-specific design requirements.\nCoordinate engineering requirements, including projects requiring additional structural or electrical calculations, documentation, or PE review.\nEnsure Aurora designs and final permit/construction plan sets remain aligned throughout the engineering process.\nManage plan set revisions and ensure technical feedback is correctly incorporated.\nManage and prioritize the plan set pipeline, including workload, turnaround times, quality, and production volume.\nTrain, mentor, and provide technical guidance to plan set designers and reviewers.\nCoordinate with and provide technical oversight to third-party plan set providers.\nTrack recurring plan set errors, revisions, permitting issues, and installation feedback to improve standards and prevent repeat issues.\nDevelop and maintain Plan Set SOPs, technical standards, quality-control procedures, and training materials.\nWork with internal teams to improve Salesforce/CRM workflows and identify additional opportunities for engineering and design automation.\nRequired Qualifications\nExpert-level AutoCAD proficiency - required.\nProfessional experience creating residential solar permit plan sets - required.\nProfessional experience reviewing and quality-checking residential solar plan sets - required.\nStrong understanding of residential solar PV system design, construction, and permitting.\nExperience with residential solar electrical drawings, including single-line and/or three-line diagrams.\nAbility to independently identify and correct technical issues within residential solar drawings.\nStrong understanding of drafting standards and plan set quality control.\nStrong technical problem-solving and attention to detail.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a high-volume environment.\nAbility to perform effectively and make sound decisions in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.\nStrong sense of ownership and accountability, with the ability to drive projects and issues through to completion.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\nAbility to train, mentor, and provide technical direction to designers and other team members.\nAbility and willingness to regularly commute to Stamford, Connecticut.\nPreferred Qualifications\nAurora Solar experience - preferred.\nWorking knowledge and understanding of the National Electrical Code (NEC) as it relates to residential solar - preferred.\nSalesforce experience - preferred.\nGoogle Workspace / Google Suite experience - a plus.\nExperience developing or implementing AutoCAD automation - a plus.\nExperience developing AutoCAD templates, blocks, scripts, or automated drafting workflows.\nExperience managing or providing technical oversight to residential solar designers.\nExperience working with third-party or outsourced plan set production teams.\nExperience with residential solar structural requirements, racking systems, and attachment methods.\nExperience with battery storage systems and residential solar + storage plan sets.\nFamiliarity with engineering calculations, PE documentation, and stamped residential solar drawings.\nIdeal Candidate\nThe ideal candidate is more than a people manager. We are looking for a highly experienced residential solar designer and AutoCAD expert who can serve as the technical authority for the Plan Set team. This person should be comfortable taking ownership of a difficult project, opening the drawings themselves, identifying the problem, determining the appropriate solution, and ensuring the issue is resolved. 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