Design Engineering Manager - New Leaf Energy, Inc.
Chicago, IL
About the Job
New Leaf Energy is an experienced clean energy developer that partners with landowners, policymakers, and other stakeholders to accelerate the transition to a world powered by renewable energy. We identify high-value sites, work with landowners and local communities to develop them, and partner with long-term asset owners to bring the most impactful clean energy projects to life.
New Leaf Energy is seeking a Design Engineering Manager to join our team.
This position may be filled out of our Lowell, MA, Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, or Troy, NY offices. We value in-person collaboration and offer a hybrid work environment. Hybrid employees work in the office at least two out of every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and are free to work from the office or from home on other days.
About the Role
The Design Engineering Manager manages up to eight design engineers to design prospective commercial and utility-scale solar PV, energy storage, and wind projects. The team's outputs are system design, production, and pricing analysis. These are developed in response to the needs of and in collaboration with New Leaf Energy's regional teams, and regional technical leads in particular. Collaboration with civil engineers, interconnection engineers, project developers, and project finance team members is also important.
In this role you will be responsible for ensuring that the team is time-efficient in developing projects in existing verticals, and provide the design engineering expertise to support New Leaf Energy's expansion into new verticals. This role requires a strong focus on resourcing, process management, continuous improvement, and practical problem solving to achieve engineering goals for quality, schedule, and financial results in support of New Leaf Energy's overarching mission and goals.
Position Responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
- Coordinate closely with the regional technical leads and other internal customers to understand key goals and generate an execution plan to develop portfolios successfully;
- Manage and train a team of design engineers to generate interconnection applications, preliminary designs, performance models, cost estimates, and late stage engineering package;
- Manage the technical review, risk evaluation, and optimization for projects under design;
- Ensure effective and efficient collaboration and communication with other teams within New Leaf Energy, recognizing the highly interdisciplinary nature of the design process;
- Assist in developing and tracking key performance indicators for the design engineering team's success on a recurring basis;
- Improve tools and process efficiency to achieve operational excellence within the design engineering team;
- Support the generation of project designs in new markets, including utility-scale solar and storage, and wind projects;
- Support the design engineering team in focusing on the New Leaf Energy mission and in embodying the company culture. Attract, motivate, and retain highly qualified team members.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 8+ years experience in renewable energy engineering;
- 2+ years experience of engineering or business management;
- Experience in solar PV engineering is required; additional experience with energy storage or wind engineering is desirable;
- Demonstrated ability to translate specific goals into action plans and implement them;
- High level critical problem solving skills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- Experience with BlueBeam, AutoCAD, PVSyst, Excel, SmartSheets or similar project management tool;
- Minimum education requirements: Bachelor's of Science, Engineering.
Compensation
New Leaf Energy compensates all employees in three ways: market-competitive base salary, plus above-market variable compensation, plus an equity-like program such that all employees experience the benefits of ownership. We use a data-driven and transparent methodology to calibrate compensation that is externally competitive and internally equitable, guided by the New Leaf Energy compensation manual, which is available to all employees.
Under our compensation framework, the likely base salary range for this position in the Chicago location is $146,690 - $170,470. The on-target annual cash bonus associated with this position is an additional 20% percent of base salary. Your actual salary may be above, in, or below this range, depending on your location and experience.
We value transparency and can share more during the interview process.
Benefits and Culture
New Leaf Energy's success is driven by our collaborative, long-term relationships based on trust and transparency. We offer a flexible work environment that places significant responsibility in independent teams and creates opportunities for innovation and personal growth. New Leaf Energy's benefits are designed to appropriately recognize our employees' contributions and enable a reasonable work/life balance. Our benefits include:
- Competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental and vision;
- A 401k plan with immediate vesting and a company match (100% of the first three percent of your pay; 50% for the next two percent you contribute);
- An open and self-managed paid time-off policy;
- A hybrid work location policy that supports working from home for part of the week;
- A parental leave policy for both birthing and non-birthing parents, available immediately upon hire;
- Professional development and education assistance.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
New Leaf Energy values the diverse perspectives, skills, experiences, and contributions of all employees. We want all our employees to feel like they belong and are empowered to be their most authentic selves at work. We're actively committed to fostering diversity and creating an inclusive environment not only within our own organization but also within the clean energy industry.
We seek a diverse candidate pool in this–and every–search. New Leaf Energy provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetics, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state, federal and local laws. In addition to federal law requirements, New Leaf Energy complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. EEO M/F/D/V.
A Note to Third-Party Recruiters
New Leaf Energy's People + Culture team coordinates all recruiting and hiring at our company. New Leaf Energy does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters, staffing firms, or related agencies. Resumes are only accepted from third-party recruiters, staffing firms, or related agencies if a signed agreement is in place AND if external recruiting assistance is authorized by the People + Culture team for a specific position. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of New Leaf Energy. New Leaf Energy is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.