What The Role Is

The Senior Manager, Development Engineering (Wind) will be responsible for leading the wind development engineering team at Clearway Energy Group, managing the engineering and EPC relationships needed to advance Clearway’s multi-gigawatt project pipeline. A successful candidate will have demonstrated expertise in managing and contracting large-scale wind projects. The position requires extensive experience in construction and design for civil, foundations, turbine installation, and electrical scopes to engineer, design, and plan construction of new or repowered wind farms. They will assist in developing and mentoring the engineering team as well as overseeing and managing multiple project opportunities. This role will include collaborating with cross-functional project development teams in planning, scheduling, budgeting, and technical review of utility-scale wind projects. The candidate will have direct experience in negotiating wind EPC agreements and will require demonstrable experience in working with engineering consultants in the design and optimization of utility-scale wind projects. This individual will be responsible for ensuring that the EPC design and schedule will align with the overall project schedule, including coordination with the turbine supplier. The position will offer the ability to interact with a wide variety of people within the organization and will require adaptability, initiative, and strong communication skills. The Senior Manager, Development Engineering (Wind) will contribute to Clearway’s forward-looking technology and cost roadmaps, integrating analysis of market and regulatory factors, and contributing to the achievement of Clearway’s US domestic content and ESG goals.

This position will report to the Managing Director of Development Engineering & Procurement – Wind.

What You'll Be Doing

• Manage the EPC RFP process, assuring there’s a comprehensive set of drawings, SOW, and other technical documents that will provide meaningful results.
• Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships with the major EPC’s.
• Work collaboratively with EPC contractors, developers, and wind resource analysts in identifying project constraints and opportunities for optimizing the levelized cost of energy.
• Develop and maintain a database of capex costs and use it to inform our future cost roadmaps.
• Support Clearway’s domestic content strategy for PTC and ITC.
• Collaborate on the development and submission of PPA proposals.
• Manage the design and constructability of new and repower wind projects.
• Mentor and develop other members of the wind engineering team.
• Prepare reports for leadership that will demonstrate the project’s readiness for financing and construction.
• Traveling to projects under development and in construction.

What You'll Bring

• Engineering or Construction Management Degree.
• 8 years of experience in the Wind Industry.
• 3 years of Project Management experience building utility-scale wind projects.
• An in-depth knowledge of the construction and cost basis of utility-scale wind projects.
• Proven record of EPC negotiations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Clearway will not sponsor nonimmigrant visas for this position (H-1B, TN, E-3, etc.).