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Electrical Engineer Supervisor – Utility-Scale Solar

Location: Houston, TX. The role is office-based, with regular travel to project sites in the Dallas and San Antonio areas.
Relocation: You must live in the Houston area or be willing to relocate there.
Travel: Frequent. On days you aren’t at a project site, you’ll work from the Houston office.
Assignment Type: This is a long-term (multi-year) contract assignment with a possibility of going perm at any time throughout the assignment.

About the Opportunity
Our client is a global engineering and construction group with decades of experience building major energy and infrastructure projects. Its solar portfolio in Texas is expanding, and it’s hiring a degreed Electrical Engineer to lead the electrical scope of solar PV builds from construction through energization.

The role calls for an engineer who can interpret design and construction documents, evaluate change orders, and then go to the field to check terminations and lead crews. Your time will be split between the Houston office and active job sites in North and South Texas.

What You’ll Do

• Plan and coordinate electrical construction on solar PV sites so work follows the design package, the schedule, and site safety requirements.
• Interpret engineering design and construction documents, including drawings, specifications, and contract scope, and turn them into clear direction for field crews.
• Review and evaluate change orders. Check them against the contract documents, assess technical, cost, and schedule impacts, and give project leadership a recommendation.
• Oversee installation of DC and AC collection systems: trenching, cable pulls, combiner boxes, inverters, pad-mount transformers, and the project substation.
• Manage electrical subcontractors and field crews. That means setting daily priorities, checking workmanship, and keeping teams on scope.
• Review one-line diagrams, schematics, layouts, and specifications, and raise constructability issues early.
• Support installation, testing, and energization of substation equipment, including breakers, switchgear, main power transformers, relay and protection packages, and SCADA and communications tie-ins.
• Track progress, quality, and milestones. When a schedule or quality risk comes up, bring it to project leadership with a proposed solution.
• Perform and witness inspections, functional testing, and commissioning.
• Model a strong safety culture and enforce HSE and quality procedures on site.
• Work closely with engineering, procurement, and project management to resolve technical questions quickly.
• Prepare field reports, redlines, as-built drawings, and commissioning turnover packages.

What You Bring

• A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (required).
• Proven experience reading and interpreting engineering design documents, construction documents, and change orders.
• 3–7+ years of experience on solar PV or other renewable energy construction projects.
• Hands-on knowledge of electrical construction methods, installation practices, and design principles.
• Background in MV and HV substations, protective relaying, and commissioning.
• Comfortable working from one-lines, three-lines, electrical layouts, and construction drawings.
• Experience on active construction or industrial job sites.
• Working knowledge of NEC, NESC, IEEE, NFPA 70E, and IEC as they apply.
• Proven leadership, organization, and communication skills.
• Willingness to travel regularly between Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.
• Fluent English. Spanish or another language is a plus.

Nice to Have

• Experience on utility-scale solar projects of 100 MW or larger.
• Familiarity with SCADA, plant controllers, and performance monitoring platforms.
• Familiarity with ERCOT interconnection and energization requirements.
• An OSHA 30, NEBOSH, or equivalent safety certification.
• Experience managing large field crews and several subcontractors at the same time.