Project Engineer I, Energy Storage and Solar

Job overview

The Project Engineer I, Energy Storage and Solar role is onsite at East Point Energy’s office in Charlottesville, VA. Compensation is not specified. East Point Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates grid-scale energy storage projects to support a clean, resilient, and affordable electric grid. The engineer provides technical support across project development, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and transition to commercial operations. The role helps coordinate project teams, evaluate technical and commercial proposals, and verify that project execution aligns with requirements and applicable standards.

What you'll do

• Support project development and prepare scopes of work for requests for proposals
• coordinate handoffs among Development, EPC, and Asset Management
• work with the Owner’s Engineer on technical and commercial contract packages
• evaluate bids and review engineering drawings, submittals, RFIs, and change requests
• support project registrations
• maintain risk and lessons-learned logs
• perform or review engineering calculations and analyses
• conduct site walkdowns and track corrective actions.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

project engineer i

energy storage

solar projects

charlottesville va

east point energy

battery energy storage systems

project development

engineering design

construction

commissioning

approximately 30% travel

renewable energy

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• life insurance
• 401(k) with employer match
• parental leave
• paid time off, sick leave, and holidays
• education, parking, and gym stipends.

Why this role

The posting states that travel is approximately 30% of the time, varying with project status, and that standard office hours are 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. EST.

About the employer

East Point Energy is hiring for this role. Industry: Solar Electric Power Generation. Sector: 22.