Senior BESS Design Manager, EPC at Redwood Materials
McCarran, NVFull-timeEPCPosted 22 days ago
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About Redwood Materials</strong></span></p>
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<p><strong>Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling </strong><strong>— </strong><strong>keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017,</strong><strong> we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.</strong></p>
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</div></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Senior BESS Design Manager, EPC</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Designing & building infrastructure, at record speed, is key to enabling us to scale worldwide. We are looking for a highly motivated BESS Design Manager to join our Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) team. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In this role, you will be asked to own and drive the full design and engineering efforts for construction and infrastructure development from concept to production. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering, construction, manufacturing, and/or project management. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The role requires a highly organized mindset, a passion for driving multi-disciplinary projects, and an unparalleled ability to pull people together to make things happen. Our capital improvement programs are always aggressive. This requires you to be extremely detail oriented, question requirements, identify real barriers and drive the cross-functional teams to execute quickly at high quality </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Responsibilities will include:</strong></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Manage and lead greenfield and brownfield Infrastructure and Equipment Install projects through conceptualization, feasibility, funding, design (30%/60%/90%/IFC), change management, and engineering services during construction. Focused on Redwood Energy Storage Systems (BESS).</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":278,"469777462":[1440],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[8]}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Point of contact for internal stakeholders and external parties to ensure consistent communication throughout the deployment.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":278,"469777462":[1440],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[8]}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Manage permitting and construction documents thru transmittal to permitting, construction, and other parties.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":278,"469777462":[1440],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[8]}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Own design funding and schedule for all assigned projects. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":278,"469777462":[1440],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[8]}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Coordinate key project schedule requirements with our Procurement and Construction partners for the overall schedule success of the project.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":278,"469777462":[1440],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[8]}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Identify project resource requirements and highlight gaps/constraints. Influence various teams outside of direct reporting structure.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":278,"469777462":[1440],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[8]}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Build and maintain strong relationships with the various cross-functional teams to ensure overall program alignment.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":278,"469777462":[1440],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[8]}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Understand lean construction principles and fully integrated design using Building Information Modeling (BIM).</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":278,"469777462":[1440],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[8]}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Support, lead feasibility studies, value engineering efforts, and options analysis.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":278,"469777462":[1440],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[8]}"> </span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Desired Qualifications:</strong></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Deep understanding of grid-scale energy storage technologies and balance-of-plant equipment (e.g. inverters, transformers, switchgear, HVAC, fire suppression). </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong working knowledge of electrical system design, interconnection requirements, and utility-scale project execution. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Knowledge of battery systems, electrical protection, power conversion, medium and high voltage systems, communication systems and control systems </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with relevant standards and codes (UL 9540/1973/1741, IEEE, NEC, NFPA, IEC). </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">B.S. in Engineering, preferably Electrical Engineering. Alternatively, demonstrate exceptional ability in the electrical engineering field through equivalent experience </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">PE or RA License preferred. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to prioritize and execute many tasks in parallel. An excellent attention to detail and quality decision making. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong communication skills. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Relevant work experience. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Knowledge of local codes and regulations. Experience with commercial or industrial electrical installations and with electricity distribution systems. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Project management and/or EPC experience. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience managing multi-disciplinary scopes within A/E or Design Engineering firms. At least 5 years’ experience desired. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thrives under pressure and in ambiguous environments. </span></li>
</ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.</span></p>
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