Director of Professional Engineering

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Pearce is a leading technology-enabled provider of asset management solutions for mission-critical electromechanical infrastructure throughout North America. Pearce provides technical maintenance, repair, operations, and engineering services for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, backup power generators, battery energy storage systems (BESS), critical cooling systems, and other electrical and mechanical infrastructure across end markets such as renewable energy, telecom, and data centers. Founded in 1998, Pearce has more than 4,000 employees and 28 locations across the U.S. Pearce is a wholly owned subsidiary of CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. To learn more about Pearce visit http://www.pearce-services.com.

Your Impact:

Pearce is seeking talented and motivated candidates for a Solar – Chief Professional Engineer role focused primarily on commercial, industrial, and utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects. Secondary areas of focus include energy storage solutions (ESS), repowering of existing PV systems, electric vehicle charging station design, and various project types in the telecom sector. The selected candidate will engage with Pearce’s civil, structural, and electrical design teams and clients to provide innovative, forward-thinking design solutions that facilitate the development, design, and construction of solar projects.

Core Responsibilities:

• Oversee and seal commercial, industrial, and utility-scale solar PV and ESS designs, including interconnection designs, single-line diagrams, bid sets, construction sets, and as-built drawings

• Work closely with Business Development and Field Services teams to obtain a deep understanding of customer needs and design the optimal solution for each project

• Create, implement, and maintain quality control processes

• Attend customer meetings and presentations throughout the sales cycle, as necessary

• Determine project responsibilities by identifying project phases and elements, including activities associated with clients, utilities, permitting agencies, contractors, and other firms, and assign personnel to phases and elements

• Attend pre-construction meetings and progress meetings and develop meeting minutes

• Perform site assessments and analysis using on-site data collection and off-site network tools

• Contribute to or write technical papers

• Perform site-specific production analysis of PV arrays using models such as PVSYST