Wind Project Engineer

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TITLE: Wind Project Engineer

EMPLOYER: AES Clean Energy Services, LLC

LOCATION: Louisville, CO (Full-time telecommuting permitted, 25% travel required to project sites)

DUTIES: Conduct Due Diligence for M&A Projects: Perform thorough reviews of potential merger and acquisition

projects or portfolios, assessing risks, opportunities, and overall feasibility. Lead Project Planning and Development:

Oversee and coordinate the early stages of project development, including feasibility studies, site selection, and

preliminary design to ensure alignment with strategic goals and profitability targets. Provide Constructability

Guidance: Offer expert support to the prospecting team by evaluating project designs for constructability, ensuring

practical and efficient execution. Develop Preliminary Balance of Plant (BOP) Designs: Create initial designs for site

civil work, turbine foundations, electrical collection systems, substations, and generation tie-lines. Perform Micro-

Siting Activities: Optimize placement of turbines, road layouts, electrical collection routes, and substation/switchyard

locations to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Review and Negotiate Contracts: Lead the negotiation of BOP and

Turbine Supply Agreements (TSA), ensuring favorable terms and conditions for project success. Conduct Design and

Change Order Reviews: Review BOP and switchyard designs, evaluate contractor change order requests, and provide

oversight to maintain project quality and compliance. Ensure Safe and High-Quality Project Execution: Guide

construction efforts to ensure work is performed safely, meets quality standards, remains within budget, and is

completed on or ahead of schedule.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree in Engineering (any field), or a related field. and 3 years of experience in wind system design, development, construction and analysis. Also requires OSHA 10-hr or comparable job-site safety certification.

• Job requires EIT qualification requiring passing the Fundamental of Engineering (FE) exam and application to the state board OR PE qualifications requiring passing the FE exam, or 3 years and a graduate program.

Job requires 3 years of experience in each of the following:

• Experience in substation layout, planning, Civil and Structural Design using AutoCAD, ArcGIS or Civil 3D software, High voltage Equipment, Protection and control design, Power System Studies using ETAP, PSSE & PSCAD software, Project Management and co-ordination using Microsoft Tools or Primavera.
• Experience with electrical design, trenching and cable laying, MV cable testing, termination and energization of MV collection, design, construction, and operations of MV collection, Substation, Gen-Tie, Interconnection Switchyard, Site Civil, Turbine Foundation, Geotechnical for the wind projects.
• Experience with Gen-Tie line design using PLSS CAD software, permitting and environmental consideration, overhead and underground line construction, testing and commissioning.
• Experience with roadway design, drainage and erosion control using Civil 3D, ArcGIS or AutoCAD and crane pad construction
• Experience with foundation design, geotechnical investigation, concrete construction, foundation testing

SALARY: The expected salary for this position, at commencement of employment, is between $108,000 to

$145,000 USD/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position also includes

annual bonus. The benefits offered for this position are: medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, 401(k)

eligibility, and paid time off (including vacation, sick leave time, and parental leave). Details of participation in these

benefit plans will be provided if a candidate receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will

position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or

compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual

department/team performance, and market factors.