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About the Role
CalSolar is seeking a Design Manager to serve as a client-facing technical leader for commercial solar PV and battery energy storage projects in California. This role involves managing the design and engineering execution of projects, leading a team of Designers and Drafters, and acting as the primary coordination point between CalSolar and external stakeholders. Success requires technical expertise, leadership, project management, and strong client-facing communication.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for assigned clients and projects.
- Lead design coordination meetings with developers, architects, engineers of record, general contractors, utilities, and project owners.
- Manage technical communications throughout project development, permitting, and construction.
- Develop trusted relationships with clients and project stakeholders.
- Facilitate resolution of design challenges, scope changes, and technical conflicts.
- Translate client objectives into actionable engineering and design deliverables.
- Represent CalSolar professionally in stakeholder meetings, project reviews, and technical presentations.
- Manage the engineering and design execution of multiple commercial solar PV and BESS projects simultaneously.
- Direct the preparation of permit plans, construction documents, utility interconnection packages, and engineering deliverables.
- Coordinate internal design activities with project management, estimating, procurement, and construction teams.
- Ensure projects maintain compliance with applicable codes, utility requirements, and client standards.
- Perform quality reviews of engineering and drafting deliverables.
- Support utility interconnection and AHJ permitting efforts.
- Lead and mentor a team of Designers and Drafters.
- Assign workloads and manage project priorities within the team.
- Provide technical guidance, coaching, and performance feedback.
- Review design work for accuracy, quality, and consistency.
- Support onboarding and professional development of engineering staff.
- Promote engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Review and coordinate solar PV system layouts, electrical single-line diagrams, energy storage system designs, equipment selections, structural coordination requirements, and utility interconnection documentation.
- Identify and resolve constructability concerns early in the design process.
- Support field teams with technical issue resolution during construction.
- Contribute to the development of engineering standards, templates, and design procedures.
Requirements
- 5+ years of commercial solar PV engineering, design, or project delivery experience.
- Experience managing project stakeholders including developers, architects, engineers of record, contractors, and utilities.
- Prior experience leading or mentoring Designers, Drafters, or engineering personnel.
- Strong client-facing communication and relationship management skills.
- Experience with commercial and multifamily solar projects, including both new construction and retrofit applications.
- Experience coordinating permitting and utility interconnection processes within California.
- Working knowledge of battery energy storage systems (BESS).
- Strong understanding of NEC, California Building Code, California Fire Code, and commercial construction practices.
- Excellent organizational, leadership, and project management capabilities.
Skills
- Technical leadership
- Project management
- Client-facing communication
- Team leadership
- Mentoring
- Solar PV design
- Battery energy storage systems (BESS)
- NEC
- California Building Code
- California Fire Code
- Commercial construction practices
Location
- Full Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Health, vision and dental insurance
- 401(k) program with 6% matching
- Paid holidays
- Flexible PTO
About the Company
- CalSolar is seeking a Design Manager to join our Engineering Team and serve as a client-facing technical leader for assigned commercial solar PV and battery energy storage projects throughout California.