Solar Engineering Lead – Preliminary Design
Moss & Associates (Construction)
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Fort Lauderdale • Florida • United States
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About the role
- Develop and review preliminary PV layouts prepared by Project Engineers, providing clear, actionable feedback to ensure technical accuracy and completeness.
- Ensure all preliminary designs align with the Scope of Work, owner requirements, and internal standards, proactively identifying deviations, risks, and missing inputs.
- Align DC collection strategies and key design decisions with Engineering Services electrical guidance and applicable codes and standards.
- Integrate lessons learned into preliminary design practices to drive continuous improvement and elevate overall design quality.
- Own the timely delivery of complete preliminary design packages, ensuring clean, well-documented handoffs to downstream teams with clearly stated assumptions and decisions.
- Accurately estimate effort and timelines for preliminary design tasks, prioritizing review cycles to support Project Engineer productivity and meet RFP and pipeline deadlines.
- Coordinate cross-functionally to resolve interface conflicts, close open technical items, and maintain alignment across disciplines.
- Maintain an organized version control and change tracking, clearly identifying the current approved design set.
- Make cost-conscious design decisions that reduce commercial risk and support efficient field execution.
- Minimize rework and downstream change orders through early risk identification, scope clarity, and resolution of ambiguities before handoff.
- Escalate potential safety risks in designs or deliverables and adhere to all Moss and Engineering Services safety protocols.
- Mentor and coach team members on preliminary design standards, workflows, and quality expectations, providing timely and constructive feedback.
- Communicate design decisions, trade-offs, and technical rationale clearly to foster strong cross-disciplinary collaboration.
- Identify resourcing or capability gaps early and propose practical solutions, supporting onboarding and skill development in preliminary design processes.
- Contribute to the refinement of workflows, checklists, and templates to improve efficiency, consistency, and overall handoff quality.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, technical field, or related discipline - required.
- 3+ years of project engineering and preliminary design engineering experience in the Utility-Scale Solar industry - required.
- Utility-scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) experience - preferred.
- Proficient knowledge of electrical systems, layouts, civil considerations, and AC and DC collection strategies.
- Understands sequencing and hand-offs from estimating preliminary design and downstream partners.
- Recognizes risks early and escalates scope/alignment issues for resolution.
- General budget awareness understands how Preliminary Design scope, materials, and assumptions affect cost and field execution.
- Proficiency in Excel and design/drafting tools for site constraints and layout trade-offs.
- Strong analysis and problem-solving for option evaluation and early conflict resolution.
- Effective written/verbal communication across disciplines and partners.
Benefits
- Moss is an equal opportunity employer.
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
preliminary design engineeringproject engineeringelectrical systemsAC collection strategiesDC collection strategiescost estimationrisk identificationlayout designproblem-solvinganalysis
Soft Skills
communicationmentoringcollaborationfeedbackorganizational skillsproactive identificationcontinuous improvementteamworkconflict resolutiontime management
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in engineering