Manager, Project Engineering

Role Description

The Manager, Project Engineering is accountable for technical execution during the delivery phase. This role ensures TPS deliverables are commissioned to TPS standards, meet customer requirements, and achieve customer acceptance. It leads technical milestones during execution, owns all external technical discussions with customers and vendors during project execution, and drives technical issue resolution to protect schedule and commissioning outcomes. After COD, this role provides first level technical review for issues that arise and ensures proper escalation and closure. The Manager, Project Engineering is also responsible for building, hiring, and developing a high-performing Project Engineering team.

• Own the technical execution plan for each project from design handoff through commissioning, performance validation, and turnover.
• Lead technical milestones including site readiness, installation readiness, pre-commissioning, SAT, performance testing, and acceptance readiness.
• Define and maintain clear milestone entry and exit criteria aligned to TPS commissioning standards and customer requirements.
• Own and lead all external technical discussions with customers and vendors during project execution, including design clarifications, interface alignment, commissioning planning, and issue resolution.
• Ensure commissioning procedures are executed consistently, safely, and to TPS standards provided by System Integration group, with complete evidence capture using TPS Control Console and Data Acquisition.
• Validate system performance against customer requirements and document results for acceptance and turnover.
• Drive punch list closure and readiness sign off before milestone transitions.
• Lead execution phase technical issue triage, root cause analysis, corrective action, and closure verification.
• Coordinate internal groups: Product, System Integration, PMO, and field resources to remove blockers quickly.
• Drive technical issue closure to protect schedule and commissioning outcomes, prioritizing by safety, schedule, and cost impact.
• Manage deviations and non-conformances, ensuring they are documented, approved, and do not compromise safety, certification assumptions, or warranty constraints.
• Provide clear escalation packages to leadership when decisions are required, including options, impacts, and recommended path.
• Partner closely with Product and System Integration groups to interpret customer requirements, define acceptance criteria, and prioritize defects discovered during execution.
• Establish and maintain relationships with EPC firms to increase familiarity with TPS equipment, installation requirements, commissioning standards, and service model.
• Develop and maintain TPS standard programs and documentation for installation, onsite commissioning, maintenance, safety, and training.
• Build and maintain safety procedures for field work, including LOTO, arc flash, battery safety, and incident reporting expectations, in coordination with EHS and Compliance.
• Provide technical leadership on BoS design and configuration for TPS deployments, including AC and DC switchgear, protection philosophy, coordination, and interface requirements.
• Build, hire, and lead a high performing Project Engineering team to support current and future deployments.

Qualifications

• 7+ year experience leading technical execution and commissioning for complex power or BESS.
• Strong interdisciplinary capability across electrical, controls, software integration, and system level troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical milestones and drive issue closure across cross functional teams.
• Demonstrated experience owning customer and vendor technical discussions during execution, including driving alignment and closure.
• Experience at an EPC delivering turnkey BESS projects, with extensive field troubleshooting and commissioning issue resolution.
• Strong documentation discipline and ability to run structured triage and change control processes.
• Experience leading, hiring, and developing engineers, including building training and onboarding plans.
• Extensive experience with BoS for BESS projects, including AC and DC switchgear configuration and protection, with demonstrated value engineering and field execution impact.
• Strong communication skills for executive escalation and customer facing technical leadership.
• Experience building and improving commissioning standards, checklists, and repeatable execution playbooks.

Requirements

• Familiarity with safety and certification context such as UL 9540A, UL 9540, NFPA 855, and related commissioning expectations.

Benefits

• The compensation range for this role is between $150-180 + Benefits.