SSOE is seeking a dynamic and knowledgeable Electrical Engineering Project Discipline Lead for our Solar/Battery Practice, who develops innovative projects in a transformational and growth sector. In this position, you will play a pivotal role in designing and shaping the future of advanced industrial facilities for the world’s leading companies. You will work closely with our clients, engineering teams, and other professionals to ensure that projects meet and exceed industry standards. If you have a passion for cutting-edge technology, your expertise will be crucial in ensuring the quality, compliance, and innovation of our designs. 

Why Join SSOE?

At SSOE, you'll work with amazing colleagues and be part of something big! We've consistently been named a “Great Place to Work” and are experiencing the most successful years in our history. Along with industry-leading salary compensation, you will have the opportunity to purchase shares in the company — shares that have significantly outperformed both the S&P and Dow averages.

We offer hybrid or fully remote work schedule options for this role.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Acts as an electrical discipline project lead in a multi-discipline design team, overseeing a multi-location production team, with strong client engagement skills.
• Responsible for the performance of the team to contracted scope, schedule, and budget on medium to large-sized battery/solar PV manufacturing projects. Manage technical resources to accomplish project objectives.
• Generate comprehensive technical project plans, specifications, drawings, and models aligned with industry standards and client requirements.
• Designing the system with items such as switchgears, transformers, and distribution panels to control and distribute power to various sections of the facility.

• Perform short circuit calculations to ascertain fault currents and specify suitable protective devices.

• Perform precise voltage drop calculations to ensure electrical system stability and compliance with industry standards.

• Determine conduit and conductor sizing, meticulously accounting for current loads and environmental variables.

• Assess cable tray fills methodically to guarantee proper cable management, organization, and future scalability.

• Implementing redundancy and backup systems to ensure uninterrupted power supply and minimize downtime in case of power failures.

• Integrate UPS systems to provide short-term power backup in case of power fluctuations or outages, ensuring continuous operation of critical equipment.

• Ensure all electrical designs strictly adhere to pertinent local, state, and national electrical codes and regulations.

• Apply established design techniques and exercises discernment in adapting and modifying design concepts as needed. Uphold quality control by adhering to company and project design and Revit standards.

• Foster collaboration, communication, strategy, and support within your team, multidisciplinary groups (Electrical, Structural, Process/Chemical, Architectural, etc.), and inter-company teams to optimize efficiency, quality, and resource allocation.

• Conduct field verifications and site walks to identify, validate, resolve, and integrate solutions into design packages. Resolve design issues on-site during construction if necessary. 

• Responsible for the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of the work.
• Responsible for overall quality management of the team.  Performing quality reviews of project deliverables to ensure accuracy, conformance to codes, specifications, design criteria and conformance to good engineering practices.
• Participate in managing change for deviations in scope, schedule or professional services for the discipline.
• Maintaining effective communication with project team members and with the client.
• Coordinates work with other disciplines.
• Meets with contractors to discuss technical aspects of project design and construction.
• Conduct field verification and site walks to identify, validate, resolve and integrate solutions into design packages.  Resolve design issues on-site during construction, as necessary.
• Provide leadership, guidance, mentoring/coaching less experienced staff
• Contribute to business development activities as needed.  
• Participate in proposal preparation activities to establish scope of services, effort hour estimate(s), exclusions/clarifications, deliverables, and staffing/work plans to align with project schedule.
• Travel required.

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary: $105k- $150k / year depending on location, education, experience, and certifications.
• Ownership Opportunities: As an employee-owned firm, we offer ownership opportunities to all employees at the associate level and above. 
• Comprehensive Benefits: Health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, 401K retirement savings plan (with company matching), professional development and training, generous PTO & paid holidays.

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SSOE – The Best of Both Worlds

At SSOE, our growth trajectory allows us to offer the opportunities normally associated with a large firm while embracing the collaborative and supportive culture often found in smaller firms. As a member of the SSOE team, you will work on exciting and diverse projects for Fortune 100 clients around the globe, supported by the best technology for the task at hand. You will experience our employee-centric culture that strives to offer a healthy balance, flexible working arrangements, direct access to leadership at all levels, and a mindset of continuous learning. Once you experience the SSOE difference, you’ll understand the why behind our metrics:

• 28% - of our employees have been with SSOE for 10 years or more.
• 15% - percentage of employees with tenure exceeding 15 years. 
• 99% - our CEO’s approval rating on Glassdoor
• 98% - portion of our clients who say they would recommend us to a colleague

A Sampling of What We Offer:

• A collaborative and supportive culture where you’re not just a number—you’re a critical and highly valued member of our team.
• As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will experience exciting projects from start to finish and interface directly with some of the most forward-thinking clients in the world.
• A mindset of continuous learning where you are encouraged to ask questions, bring fresh ideas to the table, and pursue your professional development goals.
• A diversity of market sectors, project types, and geographic locations that help insulate your career from economic ups and downs.
• A formal career path and real opportunities for advancement.
• A holistic approach to compensation and benefits that supports your physical and mental health, encourages work-life balance and empowers your career advancement and financial success.

What You’ll Need on Day One:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, which qualifies for licensure in the state of practice, is required.
• An active Professional Engineer (PE) license with the ability to become registered in additional states is required.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in electrical engineering design of complex industrial projects. Experience in battery / solar manufacturing projects is a plus.
• Thorough knowledge and application of the electrical requirements per NFPA 70, 70E, 72, 101, 110, building codes, energy codes, and other related standards such as IEEE and ASHRAE  standards.
• Proficiency in Revit, SKM, ETAP, EasyPower, or similar design software
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Mandarin, Korean, or Japanese speakers a plus.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Valid passport for occasional project-related international travel.

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