What You Can Expect

As our Project Development Advisor for ENGIE Distributed Solar and Storage (DSS), you will play a crucial role in supporting site origination and development of distributed solar and solar + storage projects across North America. In this role, you will engage in various tasks related to land acquisition, permitting, environmental review, and other key aspects of project development, aligning with ENGIE's renewable energy goals and growth strategy. You will demonstrate strong interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining a positive and professional demeanor. This position is based in Chicago, IL and reports to the Director of Project Development.

Project Leadership: Oversee development stages of greenfield and acquired projects, handling everything from land acquisition to design, while also managing interactions with stakeholders and attending key community and policy events

Business Development Support: Aid in identifying new opportunities in target states, support M&A activities, and ensure smooth transaction closures aligned with internal and stakeholder requirements

Team and Process Management: Lead and train the Project Development team, assign tasks, and coordinate with third-party consultants. Ensure adherence to ENGIE's internal procedures and approval processes

Strategic Presentations: Prepare and present detailed reviews of projects and market strategies to both DSS and global management teams

What You’ll Bring

• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Environmental Sciences, Economics or related field

• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in energy, customer/developer-facing experience
• A minimum of five (5) years of renewable project development experience, including managing projects at various stages of the development lifecycle
• You are conscientious and detail-oriented with unimpeachable integrity, demonstrating a team-first attitude while skillfully handling commercial disagreements with poise and professionalism across internal and external stakeholders
• You possess a high degree of creative problem-solving acumen, particularly in renewables transactions and project development, complemented by a general understanding of renewable energy market trends and the impacts on solar project development. Experience with distributed/community solar programs is advantageous
• You are results-oriented and motivated, capable of working independently within a large matrixed organization. You thrive in rapidly changing environments and are adept at managing multiple high-stakes transactions simultaneously
• You are proficient in MS Excel, Word, CRM tools and PowerPoint, with superior verbal and written communication skills, enabling you to effectively present to a diverse range of audiences

Additional Details

• This role is eligible for our hybrid work policy
• Must be available to travel domestically up to 25% of the time and with the need for some overnight trips
• Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies

Compensation

Salary Range: $112,000 – $165,000 USD annually

This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.

Actual offered salary may depend on geography, experience, industry knowledge, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.

ENGIE complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors. 

In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for a competitive bonus.

Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location

At ENGIE, we take your well-being seriously. Our comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, ESPP, generous paid time off including wellness days, holidays and leave programs. We also help you plan for retirement by offering a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match.  But that's not all – we're dedicated to the health and happiness of your entire family, offering supplemental benefits for full time employees that enhance emotional and physical well-being through all stages of life from family forming to caregiver benefits. Explore our benefits package to see how we can support you. Learn more.

Why ENGIE?

ENGIE North America isn’t just participating in the Zero-Carbon Transition, we’re leading it!  Join us as we develop energy that is renewable, efficient, and accessible to everyone.  

At ENGIE, our goal is to support, promote, and thrive on diversity, equity, and inclusion.  We do so for the benefit of our employees, customers, products and services, and community.  ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all employees.

We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

If you need assistance with this application or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at ENGIENA-ENGIEHR@engie.com. This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry regarding positions or application status.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at any time.

The safety of our employees is our number one priority. All employees at ENGIE have both a duty and the authority to STOP WORK if unsafe acts are observed. 

What You Can Expect

As a Maintenance Planner based in our Houston, TX or Chicago, IL office, you'll be supporting ENGIE's Renewables Global Business Unit (RGBU) initiatives for the United States and Canada wind and solar sites. Collaborating closely with electrical and mechanical engineers, as well as site management, your main responsibilities will revolve around planning, scheduling, and ensuring timely updates on inspections, repairs, and maintenance activities for mechanical, electrical, and substation works. This includes addressing obstacles, coordinating with vendors and contractors, and overseeing part procurement, shipment status, logistics, invoicing, billing, and progress reporting. Additionally, you'll be responsible for monitoring budgets, schedules, and personnel during site maintenance outages. Your role will also encompass developing inspection documents, processes, and maintenance instructions utilizing computer software, particularly maintenance management systems like Maximo or SAP, to maintain technical and safety documentation, as well as keeping historical records. Furthermore, you will utilize Microsoft Office to prepare documents, spreadsheets, and correspondence for reporting to leadership.

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum high school education or equivalent
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with working knowledge in scheduling, planning, coordinating field work industrial manufacturing, operations, or maintenance environment
• Must be able to use Outlook, Word, and Excel daily to analyze, communicate, distribute and report data to leadership and external partners
• Working knowledge of a maintenance management system such as Maximo/ SAP
• You must have process knowledge of operational scheduling, planning, logistics, and inspections.

Additional Details

• This role requires daily attendance at a worksite 
• Must be available to travel domestically up to 10% of the time and with the need for some overnight trips to attend company events and training in one (1) week increments
• Must possess a valid U.S. driver’s license/clean driving record to drive company vehicle or to drive personal vehicle for company events.
• Must be willing and able to comply with ENGIE’s policy with respect to COVID vaccination and testing 
• Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies 
• The position consists of 90% work indoors and 10% work outdoors; outdoor work may expose the employee to weather conditions 

Compensation

Salary Range: $75,500.00 -111,780.00 USD Annually  

This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.

Actual offered salary may depend on geography, experience, industry knowledge, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.

ENGIE complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors. 

In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for an incentive plan.

Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location

At ENGIE, we take your well-being seriously. Our comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, ESPP, generous paid time off including wellness days, holidays and leave programs. We also help you plan for retirement by offering a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match.  But that's not all – we're dedicated to the health and happiness of your entire family, offering supplemental benefits for full time employees that enhance emotional and physical well-being through all stages of life from family forming to caregiver benefits. Explore our benefits package to see how we can support you. Learn more.

Why ENGIE?

ENGIE North America isn’t just participating in the Zero-Carbon Transition, we’re leading it!  Join us as we develop energy that is renewable, efficient, and accessible to everyone.  

At ENGIE, our goal is to support, promote, and thrive on diversity, equity, and inclusion.  We do so for the benefit of our employees, customers, products and services, and community.  ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all employees.

We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

If you need assistance with this application or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at ENGIENA-ENGIEHR@engie.com . This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry regarding positions or application status.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at any time.

The safety of our employees is our number one priority. All employees at ENGIE have both a duty and the authority to STOP WORK if unsafe acts are observed. 

What You Can Expect

As a Mechanical Engineer II, you will bring technical expertise to a large operating fleet of wind and solar utility-scale projects, to maximize asset performance and reliability. You will be responsible for providing engineering support relating to wind and solar mechanical components, such as drivetrain systems, wind blades, hydraulic systems, generators, towers, foundations, fasteners, and solar trackers. You will adapt to site needs as they arise, tackling a variety of challenges using a continuous improvement mindset and collaborate with site and interfacing teams and own projects to improve operational efficiency. You may coordinate projects related to asset condition-monitoring, performance measurements, QA/QC monitoring, and new technology pilots.

• Serve as first line engineering support to boost asset availability and solve operations problems. to meet KPI targets for equipment reliability and availability by using drawings and designs, operating experience, fundamental engineering principles, and more
• Assess damage to major components, categorize severity, and provide repair or troubleshooting dispositions to the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
• Monitor and evaluate mechanical performance by examining and trending the results of various inspections,  monitoring systems, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system results
• Provide timely and effective follow-up actions based on identified problems, trends, and root cause determinations
• Serve as a technical liaison within and outside the organization with responsibility to act independently regarding technical matters
• Act as a mechanical consultant to teams within ENGIE to verify dispositions of OEMs, 3rd party Independent Engineer (IE)’s, and independent service providers
• Negotiate critical and controversial issues with top level engineers and officers of other organizations and companies
• Support multiple wind and solar sites in both US and Canada
• Make decisions and recommendations having significant impact on extensive engineering and related activities for the company
• Identify and prevent equipment faults/failures using proven Root Cause Analysis methodologies, such as 8 Disciplines (8D) Problem Solving, 6-sigma etc.
• Manage subcontractors during site maintenance activities as required
• Evaluate and implement mechanical improvement and pilot projects
• Develop the business case, economic justification, and budgets
• Oversee the implementation plan: develop Request For Quotes (RFQs), evaluate bids and contracts, award Purchase Orders (PO’s), manage contractors and costs in the field, and monitor effectiveness
• Develop scope, schedule, and review End of Warranty inspections for major components and file necessary claims with generation equipment OEMs
• Participate and support site safety and environmental management systems; assure safety and environmental considerations are included in all activities
• Manage mechanical engineering and repair documents to be accurate and of high quality and consistency across the North American fleet
• Develop and present training, standard procedures, and technical documentation as required for safe and efficient operations 
• Present technical information and results to site staff, management, directors and VP of operations

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in which you completed coursed in Mechanical Engineering 
• Minimum Two (2) years of relevant experience   
• Experience in the Renewables Energy industry
• Experience in conducting root cause analyses
• Knowledge of industry standards and recommended practices - The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), DNV/GL, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), America Case Management Association (ACMA), etc.
• Knowledge of mechanical operations & maintenance across multiple manufacturers (i.e. GE, Nordex, Acciona, Siemens, Vestas, Goldwind, etc) or repair contractors
• Experience creating engineering tools using programming languages like Matlab, Python or SQL
• Demonstrate a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding extensive engineering programs and activities
• Manage one or more programs of complex diversity and scope which are of critical importance to overall company objectives
• Possess strong planning, scheduling and project management skills with the ability to plan and work independently.
• Possess strong computer and analytical skills, including advanced MS Office Product skills like Excel, SharePoint, and/or PowerBI

Additional Details

• This role is eligible for our hybrid work policy
• Must be available to travel domestically and internationally up to 20% of the time and with the need for some overnight trips
• Must possess a valid U.S. driver’s license/clean driving record, the job may require to drive a company car
• Must be willing and able to comply with ENGIE’s policy with respect to COVID vaccination and testing 
• Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies 
• The position consists of 80% work indoors and 20% work outdoors; outdoor work may expose the employee to weather conditions 
• Ability to climb ladders and work in heights > 250 feet; enter confined spaces as required to complete assigned task
• Hear and understand audible alarms, detect changes in noise levels of rotating equipment and portable radio communication
• Could involve some lifting

Compensation

Salary Range: $74,500 – $114,195 USD annually

This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.

Actual offered salary may depend on geography, experience, industry knowledge, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.

ENGIE complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors. 

In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for a competitive bonus / incentive plan.

Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location

At ENGIE, we take your well-being seriously. Our comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, ESPP, generous paid time off including wellness days, holidays and leave programs. We also help you plan for retirement by offering a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match.  But that's not all – we're dedicated to the health and happiness of your entire family, offering supplemental benefits for full time employees that enhance emotional and physical well-being through all stages of life from family forming to caregiver benefits. Explore our benefits package to see how we can support you. Learn more.

Why ENGIE?

ENGIE North America isn’t just participating in the Zero-Carbon Transition, we’re leading it!  Join us as we develop energy that is renewable, efficient, and accessible to everyone.  

At ENGIE, our goal is to support, promote, and thrive on diversity, equity, and inclusion.  We do so for the benefit of our employees, customers, products and services, and community.  ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all employees.

We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

If you need assistance with this application or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at ENGIENA-ENGIEHR@engie.com. This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry regarding positions or application status.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at any time.

The safety of our employees is our number one priority. All employees at ENGIE have both a duty and the authority to STOP WORK if unsafe acts are observed.