Project Engineer - PearlX

About PearlX

Founded in 2019, PearlX builds, owns, and operates flexible infrastructure. For our customers, PearlX delivers resilience and independence. For our investors, PearlX delivers long-life infrastructure assets. The Company’s mission is to generate long-life current yield for its partners and shareholders. We believe that mission is achieved by selling the most flexible electron with the highest energy margins.

At PearlX, we believe climate change is a leading threat to economic and social stability. The Company also believes that the mitigation of climate change represents a unique and generational wealth creation event. To harvest the opportunity, PearlX pursues 4 key objectives:

· Build infrastructure that enables the energy transition

· Ease capital formation for decarbonization

· Enable energy resilience and independence

· Accelerate retirement of hydrocarbon generation and emissions

PearlX is led by a world-class team of industry-leading veterans in the energy infrastructure and technology business. Our track record is among the finest in the sector and the Company is looking to bring on talented team members who are hardworking, passionate, and committed to our mission.

Who You Are

· Entrepreneurial and start-up minded

· Extremely organized and possess ability to aggregate and analyze data quickly and accurately.

· Passion for climate change issues, energy transition and clean energy project development

· Experience with residential solar, commercial solar, energy storage construction and utility interconnection processes.

· Strong electrical background and familiar with NEC 2017/2020, NFPA 70, 2019 CEC codes

· Excel at designing and structuring project solutions that satisfy multiple requirements

· Familiarity with solar / battery project development cycle and related design tools

· Working knowledge of critical system components such as solar panels, inverters, batteries, inverters, transformers, control systems, etc.

· Demonstrated ability to manage time-sensitive projects with competing deadlines

· Ability to work both independently and with collaborative remote stakeholders

· Ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional team members from other disciplines

What You’ll Do

The Project Engineer will serve as the key technical resource within PearlX to drive projects from conceptual design to an operating asset. You will regularly engage with technical and business leaders internally and externally to prove out project designs and make forward progress. You will leverage strong project engineering, project management, and construction experience. The successful candidate will know how to lead and support depending on circumstances, adjusting dynamically to meet team objectives. This includes but is not limited to:

· Support all aspects of Project Delivery including interdependencies with other departments

· Manage internal and external (partner) engineering and design deliverables

· Communicate and reinforce design requirements and establish design review processes

· Perform technical review of EPC contractor deliverables with focus on quality control

· Managing technical diligence associated with the projects, including interconnection support, EPC partner requests, Finance requirements, and investor diligence

· Monitor and manage project schedules, budgets and project contract documents

· Identify and evaluate solutions, products or suppliers to help meet project objectives

· Solicit and evaluate supplier quotes and evaluate for best fit

· Develop and utilize process standards and document templates to drive repeatability

· Support procurement deliverables such as purchase orders, task orders, etc.

· Perform site visits for project assessment and/or pre-construction meetings when needed

· Additional duties as assigned and/or directed.

· This position reports to the Senior Director of Engineering and Planning.

Required Skills and Experience

· A Bachelor of Science or similar academic degree focused on, electrical engineering, power systems, systems engineering, etc.

· 3-7 years professional experience in relevant field (Engineering, Construction, Utility)

· Demonstrated strong engineering and analytical skills

· Demonstrated strong Project Management skills

· Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Business suites, and AutoCAD-like design tools

· Candidates must be based in CA and ideally located in the Culver City area.

· This role is expected to travel to project sites as needed and to the Culver City office

Benefits

· Company paid health insurance

· Hybrid work environment

· Fun, fast-paced, start-up environment

U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and those authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer will be considered.