Civil Lead Owner's Engineer - Renewables

About This Role

Serve as a trusted third-party Civil Lead Owner’s Engineer for renewable energy owner-clients, focusing on solar, wind, and battery energy storage projects. This role involves planning, scheduling, conducting, and coordinating detailed, multi-discipline design reviews across all project phases with a focus on civil and structural scope.

Responsibilities

• Operate as the Owner’s independent reviewer of EOR designs for civil and structural packages, providing actionable comments and risk-based recommendations.
• Lead formal design reviews at 30/60/90/IFC stages, manage comment logs, and drive closure with EORs and EPCs.
• Verify civil and structural basis of design, ensuring conformance with project requirements, AHJ codes, environmental constraints, and owner standards.
• Assess constructability and construction risk for haul routes, laydown areas, cut/fill balancing, temporary works, and erosion/sediment controls.
• Review stormwater and drainage design and perform necessary calculations to confirm hydraulic capacity, erosion protection, and permit compliance.
• Evaluate structural designs for design loads, settlement, corrosion, frost, uplift, and constructability, flagging geotechnical gaps.
• Check plans and specs for completeness, consistency, and code compliance, ensuring drawing coordination across disciplines.
• Provide owner-side technical leadership during RFI/field changes, NCRs, and change orders, advising on impacts to quality, schedule, and cost.
• Support permitting (stormwater, grading, roadway, encroachment, SPCC) and coordinate with environmental specialists.
• Mentor and guide reviewers and junior engineers, fostering a collaborative, solutions-oriented culture.
• Partner with clients to define review scope, standards, and success criteria, and support business development with technical scoping.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8–10+ years of civil and/or structural engineering experience with utility‑scale renewables design or design review
• B.S. in Civil or Structural Engineering from an ABET‑accredited program (or equivalent)
• Civil PE
• Working knowledge of codes and standards relevant to civil and structural design (e.g., IBC, ASCE 7, ACI/AISC), construction practices, and permitting
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
• Proven ability to lead multi‑discipline reviews and drive decisions
• Strong report writing and documentation skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Permanent work authorization for the US

Qualifications

• B.S. in Civil or Structural Engineering from an ABET-accredited program (or equivalent)
• Minimum of 8–10+ years of civil and/or structural engineering experience with utility‑scale renewables design or design review

Nice to Have

• Experience as Owner’s Engineer or Independent Engineer

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits