VP Engineering

Position Overview

The Vice President of Engineering will be responsible for design and deployment support of all Distributed Generation (DG) and Utility Scale (US) projects for the organization. The VP will set the strategic and operational objectives of engineering to support organizational goals to create industry bestinclass PV and Storage designs in terms of buildability and performance. This will be accomplished through technical expertise innovative ideas collaboration with internal stakeholders and establishing personal relationships with the key proponents of in business development supply chain deployment and asset management in our current and future markets. In addition to setting the strategic pace this position will manage a technical team to drive project level execution for solar and storage. A balance of soft skills technical acumen and an innovative thinker will be empowered to lead the team to be an engineering leader in our industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Sets strategic and operational goals for the Design Electrical Engineering and Civil Engineering that are nested within and support Radiance Solars national strategy.
• Provide guidance direction and mentorship to the Engineer team to value engineer all projects so the organization can efficiently and cost effectively build DG and Utility Scale commercial solar and storage projects nationwide.
• Collaborate with Business Development/Channel Operations Grid Integration and Deployment to facilitate solar construction nationwide.
• Develop and enforce standards and procedures to ensure quality standards are met and consistent.
• Responsible for all Engineering comp and noncomp budgeting; drives organizational structure and is responsible for coordinating talent acquisition and business unit personnel development to support Engineering objectives and Radiance strategy.
• Assist the COO to lead the organizations innovation teams by providing priorities of work feedback on initiatives and establishing new focus areas to drive continuous improvement.
• Provide senior management and Clevel executives with accurate and timely engineering analytics and reporting on a regular basis.

Qualifications Required:

• 810 years of relevant engineering experience.
• 6 years crossfunctional project leadership.
• 5 years of experience in commercial solar experience.
• Bachelors degree in Engineering Operations Management Mathematics Science is required from an accredited university.
• Technical (Engineering Operations Management Mathematics Science) masters degree from an accredited university preferred.
• Experience leading people and teams; 6 years of experience.
• DG and Utility Scale PV operational experience strongly preferred.
• Strategic planning and implementation experience.
• Policy and/or legal experience strongly preferred.
• Experienced or certified in Quality or Process Excellence methodologies.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.