Job Description

SOLV Energy is a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, designing, building and maintaining utility scale solar, battery storage and high voltage substation projects nationwide.

The Engineer 1 position will assist the EPC Engineering & Permitting team in administrative, organizational, permitting, and management tasks.

This role is hybrid, with regular in-office presence in San Diego, CA. Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

*This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

• Understand, review, and sort electrical, structural, and civil engineering documentation
• Coordinate design between electrical, structural, civil, HV, and SCADA teams
• Review, QC, and comment on engineering deliverables under guidance and supervision
• Coordinate owner, owner’s engineer, and independent engineer submittals
• Manage project data rooms, including uploading, downloading, and maintaining organized file structures
• Track and consolidate responses to comments and permitting questions
• Collect, organize, and communicate internal and external (Owner, AHJ etc.) comments to engineering partners
• Support permitting process
• Research requirements and preparing submittal packages
• Coordinate with SOLV Energy accounting to ensure timely payment of permitting and plan-check fees
• Schedule and organize meetings with internal teams and external engineering partners.
• Document meeting discussions and prepare meeting minutes
• Maintain and track engineering schedules to support project delivery. Maintain project trackers and monitor status updates.
• Develop and maintain project to-do lists for new and active projects
• Support engineering and procurement teams with documentation and administrative needs
• Maintain and enforce digital document organization on internal networks and client platforms
• Coordinate engineering documentation within AutoCAD. Utilize AutoCAD Civil 3D to support engineering deliverables, including working with georeferenced drawings, coordinate systems, and creating KMZ files for field use and stakeholder review
• Support civil and structural engineering efforts using SOLV proprietary software, including generating and reviewing pile takeoffs to assist with design coordination and procurement planning
• Create, manage, and maintain project files in SOLV proprietary software to support engineering workflows, constructability reviews, and document consistency across project phases
• Call in dig alerts as required for field activities
• Digitize handwritten field notes and organize field documentation.
• Prepare basic reports using standard templates (e.g., pile testing reports)
• Support engineering and procurement staff with coordination and documentation
• Assist with PowerPoint presentations for internal and external meetings
• Perform additional administrative and project support tasks as needed

Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Construction Engineering, or related discipline) from an accredited institution
• 0–3 years of relevant experience in EPC, construction, renewable energy, utilities, or large-scale infrastructure projects
• Working knowledge of EPC engineering workflows, including design deliverables, submittals, document control, and coordination with engineering partners
• Experience supporting solar, BESS, power, or civil/site projects, including exposure to pre-construction and execution phases preferred
• Ability to read, interpret, and organize engineering drawings and specifications
• Experience coordinating with project stakeholders, including tracking and responding to comments preferred
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), with ability to maintain trackers, logs, schedules, and reports
• Ability to complete multiple tasks and priorities across concurrent projects in a fast-paced EPC environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for effective coordination with internal teams and external stakeholders
• Ability to travel up to 20% to project sites or partner offices and work in active construction environments, with reasonable accommodation

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now or in the future.

SOLV Energy Is an Equal Opportunity Employer 

At SOLV Energy we celebrate the power of our differences. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces that improve our communities. SOLV Energy prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind against an employee or applicant based on race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, or ethnicity, mental or physical disability, veteran status, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

Benefits:

Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance. Employees can enroll in our company’s 401(k) plan and are provided vacation, sick and holiday pay.

Compensation Range:

$62,283 - $77,854

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

SOLV Energy does not accept unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies. We require all third-party recruiters to communicate exclusively with our internal talent acquisition team. SOLV Energy will not pay a placement fee to any third-party recruiter or agency that has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the appropriate member of our internal talent acquisition team.

In addition, candidate introductions or resumes can only be submitted to our internal talent acquisition recruiting team if a signed vendor agreement is already on file and the third-party recruiter or agency has received formal instructions from our internal talent acquisition team to submit candidates for a particular job posting.

Any unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or resumes sent by third-party recruiters to SOLV Energy or directly to any of our employees, or received through our website or career portal, will be considered property of SOLV Energy and will not be eligible for a placement fee. In the event a third-party recruiter submits a resume or refers a candidate without a previously signed vendor agreement, SOLV Energy explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire the candidate(s) without financial liability to such third-party recruiter.

Job Number: J13385

If you’re interested in a meaningful career with a brighter future, join the SOLV Energy Team.