Residential Solar Engineering Design Manager

Residential Solar Engineering Design Manager

Location: Stamford CT (In-Office)

Type: Full-time

Position Summary

Venture Home is seeking an experienced Residential Solar Engineering Design Manager to lead the technical quality standards and workflow of our residential solar plan set operation.

This is a hands-on technical leadership position requiring expert-level AutoCAD skills and extensive experience creating and reviewing residential solar permit plan sets. The ideal candidate will be capable of personally reviewing complex projects identifying and correcting design issues establishing drafting standards and helping improve and automate the plan set production process.

This position will work closely with Engineering Project Planning Site Assessment Operations and external design partners to ensure plan sets are accurate constructible permit-ready and delivered on schedule.

This position requires the ability and willingness to regularly commute to Venture Homes headquarters in Stamford Connecticut.

Key Responsibilities

Oversee the creation review revision and final delivery of residential solar permit plan sets.
Perform detailed quality-control reviews and ensure plans meet company AHJ utility and permitting requirements.
Personally review and troubleshoot complex residential solar projects when additional technical expertise is required.
Serve as the teams AutoCAD subject-matter expert including the ability to create modify troubleshoot and improve residential solar drawings.
Develop and maintain AutoCAD templates blocks details notes and drafting standards.
Identify opportunities to automate repetitive AutoCAD tasks and improve plan set production efficiency.
Review residential solar electrical drawings including single-line and three-line diagrams.
Review system layouts electrical equipment structural requirements racking systems roof conditions and other project-specific design requirements.
Coordinate engineering requirements including projects requiring additional structural or electrical calculations documentation or PE review.
Ensure Aurora designs and final permit/construction plan sets remain aligned throughout the engineering process.
Manage plan set revisions and ensure technical feedback is correctly incorporated.
Manage and prioritize the plan set pipeline including workload turnaround times quality and production volume.
Train mentor and provide technical guidance to plan set designers and reviewers.
Coordinate with and provide technical oversight to third-party plan set providers.
Track recurring plan set errors revisions permitting issues and installation feedback to improve standards and prevent repeat issues.
Develop and maintain Plan Set SOPs technical standards quality-control procedures and training materials.
Work with internal teams to improve Salesforce/CRM workflows and identify additional opportunities for engineering and design automation.

Required Qualifications

Expert-level AutoCAD proficiency - required.
Professional experience creating residential solar permit plan sets - required.
Professional experience reviewing and quality-checking residential solar plan sets - required.
Strong understanding of residential solar PV system design construction and permitting.
Experience with residential solar electrical drawings including single-line and/or three-line diagrams.
Ability to independently identify and correct technical issues within residential solar drawings.
Strong understanding of drafting standards and plan set quality control.
Strong technical problem-solving and attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a high-volume environment.
Ability to perform effectively and make sound decisions in a fast-paced high-pressure environment.
Strong sense of ownership and accountability with the ability to drive projects and issues through to completion.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to train mentor and provide technical direction to designers and other team members.
Ability and willingness to regularly commute to Stamford Connecticut.

Preferred Qualifications

Aurora Solar experience - preferred.
Working knowledge and understanding of the National Electrical Code (NEC) as it relates to residential solar - preferred.
Salesforce experience - preferred.
Google Workspace / Google Suite experience - a plus.
Experience developing or implementing AutoCAD automation - a plus.
Experience developing AutoCAD templates blocks scripts or automated drafting workflows.
Experience managing or providing technical oversight to residential solar designers.
Experience working with third-party or outsourced plan set production teams.
Experience with residential solar structural requirements racking systems and attachment methods.
Experience with battery storage systems and residential solar storage plan sets.
Familiarity with engineering calculations PE documentation and stamped residential solar drawings.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is more than a people manager. We are looking for a highly experienced residential solar designer and AutoCAD expert who can serve as the technical authority for the Plan Set team. This person should be comfortable taking ownership of a difficult project opening the drawings themselves identifying the problem determining the appropriate solution and ensuring the issue is resolved. The successful candidate will be technically strong organized dependable under pressure and committed to continuously improving the teams standards tools automation quality and overall performance.

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