Senior Project Engineer

Join us in this role where you’ll take the lead on dynamic engineering tasks, helping to scope, design, and construct the latest in onshore renewable power generation and storage facilities. You’ll be responsible for leading the technical design process, addressing challenges and optimizing the design of wind and solar energy production and battery energy storage facilities.

Welcome to Onshore EPC & Program Management

You’ll be part of Engineering where you, together with your colleagues, will identify new sites for renewable energy generation and storage facilities. You’ll help negotiate contracts, manage designs, and solve technical challenges related to design, permitting, and construction.

You’ll play an important role in:

  • leading and mentoring junior engineering employees and facilitate dissemination of technical expertise across the broader team
  • reviewing project specifics and advising the project team on technical risks and mitigation strategies
  • providing guidance and input for the drafting team to create preliminary site layouts and electrical drawings and optimize designs
  • managing engineering consultants and contractors through to completion to ensure high-quality products
  • supporting EPC contract negotiation and technical exhibit creation to ensure that project-specific design requirements are implemented into EPC design and construction contracts
  • acting as the primary interface to the EPC contractor and managing the review of design packages with internal and external teams
  • performing technical due diligence and risk assessments for greenfield development projects, origination opportunities, and acquisition targets.

 

To succeed in the role, you:

  • have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field
  • 5+ years of renewable energy experience (solar, wind, and/or battery storage) or other relevant industry experience
  • Demonstrated success across a multitude of complex infrastructure projects
  • Demonstrated knowledge about the design and operation of renewable energy projects
  • can manage and prioritize multiple tasks with competing deadlines
  • can identify early technical risk and mitigation strategies with an emphasis on safety and quality in construction
  • can manage internal and external stakeholders.

 

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

 

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

 

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.

 

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

 

About the job

Application deadline:  31 March 2025
Location: 

Austin, US Chicago, US Charlottesville, US

Field of work:  Engineering and construction
Employment type:  Permanent
Work hours:  Full-Time
Workplace:  Hybrid (office and home-working)

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted

- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America. 

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years. 

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 8,600 employees, working in 15 countries and growing. 

 

An inclusive team

Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.