Electrical Project Engineering Manager
DEPCOM Power, a Koch Engineered Solutions company, is looking for an Electrical Project Engineering Manager. This role sits in DEPCOM's Electrical Engineering capability supporting utility-scale Solar and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) EPC projects and can be physically based in Scottsdale, AZ, or Bedminster, NJ. The primary function of this role is to lead electrical engineering execution by aligning stakeholders, coordinating deliverables, managing schedules, identifying risks, and supporting successful project outcomes across the full EPC lifecycle.
At Koch Industries, our Principle Based Management philosophy is at the center of how we do business, and as an employee, you will begin your journey of understanding and applying the way we do business in your everyday work.
- Lead engineering execution for utility-scale PV and BESS EPC projects, with responsibility for coordinating electrical engineering activities across project stakeholders.
- Establish electrical engineering priorities, milestones, schedules, and deliverable expectations in partnership with project delivery leadership and discipline leads.
- Coordinate electrical design activities with Civil, Structural, SCADA, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, customers, and other key stakeholders.
- Monitor engineering progress and proactively identify risks related to schedule, quality, cost, permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning, and contract compliance.
- Serve as a primary engineering interface for customers, owner's engineers, consultants, utilities, authorities having jurisdiction, vendors, subcontractors, and project delivery teams.
- Lead engineering-focused meetings, issue-resolution discussions, project reviews, and interdisciplinary coordination efforts.
- Drive timely resolution of RFIs, field issues, engineering changes, and interdisciplinary conflicts.
- Coordinate with Supply Chain to support material procurement, long-lead equipment identification, and vendor documentation.
- Manage engineering transmittals, vendor submittals, RFIs, change requests, and design revisions.
- Create clarity around engineering responsibilities, deadlines, decision owners, and required stakeholder inputs to support disciplined engineering execution.
- Experience identifying risks, resolving issues, and communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to influence without direct authority, align matrixed stakeholders, and drive accountability across project teams.
- Commitment to safety, quality, customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, and project success.
- Bachelor degree or higher in Engineering
- Experience supporting engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, or project execution activities
- Experience managing engineering deliverables, schedules, documentation, project workflows, or cross-functional coordination
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering execution across electrical, civil, structural, SCADA, procurement, construction, or commissioning teams
- Experience with scheduling, document management, Procore or similar construction/project execution systems, and engineering workflow tools
- Experience in utility-scale solar, battery energy storage systems, substations, transmission, or EPC project delivery
- Experience working with customers, owner's engineers, vendors, subcontractors, or utilities
- Experience supporting procurement, construction, commissioning, FATs, RFIs, submittals, change management, or project closeout activities
- Experience with EPC contracts, scopes of work, engineering deliverables, permitting requirements, and technical exhibits
For this role, we anticipate paying $120,000 - $150,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, DEPCOM Power is a leading energy solutions partner for the utility solar and broader energy industries, providing project development support, engineering, procurement and construction, energy storage, repowering and operations and maintenance services. Our highly skilled team of conventional and renewable power industry experts work to deliver the lowest cost of energy and the highest rate of return.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
