Senior Project Engineer
Houston, TX, US, 77019
About ContourGlobal
ContourGlobal, a KKR company, is an established Independent Power Producer (IPP) focused on developing, acquiring, and operating electricity generation and storage assets across Europe, North and South America, with a presence in Africa and Asia. The company currently manages 5.5 GW of installed capacity across multiple technologies and asset classes, with an additional 800 MW of renewables under construction and nearly 12.6 GW under development.
ContourGlobal is accelerating the decarbonization of its portfolio and evolving into a predominantly renewable IPP, supported by long- term contracts and innovative PPAs coupled with energy management solutions that deliver value beyond market standards. As a symbol of its ongoing transformation and growth, the company recently unveiled a new brand identity, celebrating 20 years of history and embracing The Right Power Forward as its guiding purpose.
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Senior Project Engineer
Location/Hybrid
Job Summary
As Senior Project Engineer, you will join our Global Operations / Performance team! In this role, you will report to the Americas Technical Director and will have the opportunity to lead and coordinate the full engineering program for utility-scale solar PV and BESS projects, serving as the central technical integrator across internal SMEs, external consultants, EPC contractors, and equipment suppliers. Acting as the owner’s representative, you will drive engineering strategy from due diligence and acquisition through design, permitting, construction, and COD, ensuring projects are technically sound, commercially optimized, and delivered on schedule and within budget while effectively managing cross-disciplinary risks. Join us to drive the right power forward and make clean energy the natural choice for all!
Key Responsibilities:
1. Engineering Program Leadership
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Own the overall engineering program for each project from acquisition through COD, establishing and maintaining the engineering schedule and deliverables across all disciplines.
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Serve as the single point of accountability for engineering quality and completeness, coordinating civil, electrical, structural, and SCADA/I&C workstreams to ensure integrated, conflict-free design packages.
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Lead engineering kick-off meetings, design progress reviews, and cross-discipline coordination meetings; manage action item tracking and issue resolution across consultant teams and internal SMEs.
2. Technical Due Diligence & Acquisition Support
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Synthesize discipline-level findings into an integrated risk matrix and executive-ready acquisition memo, translating technical issues into commercial impact and recommended mitigation strategies.
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Work with engineering specialists to provide consolidated engineering CapEx inputs for acquisition financial models.
3. Consultant & EPC Procurement and Management
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Support RFPs, evaluate proposals, negotiate contracts, and manage all consultant and EPC technical interfaces throughout the project lifecycle.
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Coordinate and integrate consultant deliverables across disciplines, ensuring cross-discipline consistency and identifying gaps or conflicts before they reach the EPC or permitting stage.
4. Design Management & Cross-Discipline Coordination
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Manage the overall design process from 30% through IFC and as-built, ensuring design milestones are met and inter-discipline conflicts are resolved.
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Coordinate equipment procurement interfaces, including review of PV module, inverter, tracker, BESS, and transformer technical specifications.
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Manage value engineering exercises, identifying opportunities to reduce CapEx without compromising technical performance, reliability, or interconnection compliance.
5. Construction Phase Technical Oversight
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Serve as the owner’s engineering lead during construction, overseeing EPC technical performance and coordinating discipline SME site visits, submittal reviews, and RFI responses.
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Review and adjudicate EPC RFIs, submittals, and change order requests from an integrated, cross-discipline perspective; escalate issues requiring discipline SME input and consolidate owner responses.
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Oversee commissioning and startup activities across all engineering disciplines, coordinating with the EPC, equipment vendors, utility, and O&M provider through Substantial Completion and COD.
6. Portfolio Engineering Standards & Continuous Improvement
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Develop and maintain company-wide engineering standards, design criteria, and specification templates for consistent portfolio-wide application.
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Lead post-COD lessons-learned reviews and translate findings into updated procurement practices, design standards, and risk management protocols.
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Mentor junior engineers and project management staff; support the development of the company’s internal engineering capability as the portfolio grows.
Qualifications and Skills:
Your profile is a natural match if you have:
Qualifications and Skills:
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Your profile is a natural match if you have:
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Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Civil, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
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Experience: 8+ years of progressive engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a lead or owner’s engineer role supporting utility-scale solar PV and/or BESS projects across the full lifecycle (due diligence through COD).
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Travel requirements: Occasional travel to project sites as needed to support execution and coordination.
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Skills:
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Engineering & Project Leadership: Proven ability to lead multi-discipline engineering efforts across solar PV and BESS projects, coordinating internal teams, EPC contractors, and external consultants from development through construction and COD.
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Technical Expertise: Broad knowledge of civil, electrical, interconnection, and SCADA/I&C systems, with the ability to review deliverables, identify risks, and drive resolution across disciplines.
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Owner’s Representative Experience: Track record of managing third-party consultants and EPC partners, ensuring alignment with project scope, schedule, budget, and technical standards.
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Communication & Influence: Strong ability to translate complex technical topics into clear, actionable insights for leadership, lenders, and non-technical stakeholders.
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Commercial Awareness: Ability to assess engineering decisions through a risk and value lens to support sound project outcomes.
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Preferred:
• PE license and/or PMP certification
• Experience supporting project finance transactions and lender due diligence
• Familiarity with BESS systems (BMS/EMS, NFPA 855, thermal management)
• Experience with hybrid solar + storage projects
• Knowledge of interconnection, regulatory, and NERC-related requirements
What drives your application forward:
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Experience with SQL databases or Python for data analysis.
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Knowledge of thermal or renewable power generation cycles.
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Experience troubleshooting industrial communication protocols (OPC, Modbus).
Our Values
«We» is our greatest asset
We respect and protect the environment
We are doers, committed to doing things right
We act with integrity and transparency
We think and act like entrepreneurs
You can find here more about our Purpose, Mission and Values.
Working@CG:
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As a globally integrated team, we push boundaries, work collaboratively, and remain agile in the pursuit of excellence. With an entrepreneurial mindset, we encourage initiative and innovation. At ContourGlobal you are an employee, and you are also an owner. Our Employee Ownership Program allows our employee-owners to make a difference and drive the right power forward and make clean energy the natural choice for all! (To be removed if N/A – e.g. Internship roles)
We foster a culture where individuals are empowered to succeed, contribute and shape the future of sustainable energy.
Cross-border collaboration shapes our way of working: our diverse workforce reflects the multicultural environment we embrace every day.
We offer a competitive compensation package: we believe in meritocracy and rewarding meaningful contributions.
We enjoy making the most of our shared spaces to foster teamwork and collaboration. At the same time, our flexible working policy allows us to prioritize results while supporting wellbeing and a healthy work-life balance.
Interested in joining our company?
We know that skills and experience come in different forms, and we value diverse perspectives.
If you’re excited about this role but you think you still need to learn some of the required skills, we’d still love to hear from you. You are much more than your CV, so come as you are and tell us who you aspire to become! The most important skills are collaboration, respect, trustworthiness and execution. So go ahead—apply, and let’s contribute to the new energy transition together!
ContourGlobal provides equal employment opportunities and maintains a diverse workforce that reflects the rich environment of our society and the markets in which we operate.
ContourGlobal provides equal employment opportunities and maintains a diverse workforce that reflects the rich environment of our society and the markets in which we operate.
Nearest Major Market: Houston