Civil Design Engineer Specialist for Wind  

The position holder is responsible to produce the civil engineering design analysis, plans, and requirements for hydro, solar, wind, and energy storage projects in the different phases of project development (desktop investigations, screening, pre-development, and development) across multiple projects to achieve the objective of developing and executing financially and commercially viable renewable energy projects.

Investigation

• Participates in and oversees site reconnaissance activities to ensure that all required data are procured within the approved schedule, timeline, and safety protocols.
• Participates in the exploration stage of new projects which will include interacting with LGUs and IPs on site to explain and help them understand the development and effects of the renewable power projects in their respective communities
• Creates feasibility study by conducting engineering designs, complying to the environmental impact studies, complying to the stakeholder relationship requirements, and collating data.

Screening

• Assist in the drafting of the Design Criteria based on the preliminary OODR (Owner’s
• Operation and Design Requirement), project location, boundary maps, topographic maps, aerial photographs, hydrology data, geology, and geotechnical studies, and all related engineering reports.
• Produces and confirms design reports, engineering drawings, concept plans, presentations, and other civil engineering designs as applicable based on the Design Criteria:
  • Constraint mapping.
  • Main project structures that include the following:
    • Road network, other transportation, and logistics systems, and appurtenances
    • Site development
    • Hydraulic structures and drainages
    • Plant superstructures and components
  • Other Miscellaneous Structures
  • Drawing plans for permitting purposes
• Analyzes design issues and ensures corrective action is taken. Makes design recommendations to solve technical and non-technical issues.
• Monitors change in the design and updates drawings and presentations, as necessary, in close coordination with the engineering designers.
• Ensures that the designs are compliant with the Design Criteria and the preliminary OODR (Owner’s Operation and Design Requirements)
• Documentation and preparation of requirements for permit applications

Pre-development & Development

• Produces engineering documents by developing construction specifications, plans, and schedules if needed, and works closely with third-party consultants in the provision of these engineering designs
  • Ensures alignment to design requirements and criteria.
  • Microsighting
  • Design and cost optimization
  • Value engineering
  • Assist in the drafting of the employer’s requirement to be used in the tendering for the EPC selection
• Leads or participates in the design optimization of the civil structures of projects assigned to his/her team to ensure optimized structures and project cost.

• 3 years of experience related to renewable energy or power projects.
• 5 years of professional engineering practice experience
• 1 year of experience supervising people or dealing with cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering
• Solar engineers - proficient in PVCase, VirtoSolar, Helioscope, PVCad, or other related solar plant design software. Knowledgeable of the theory, tools, and software in designing offshore structures.
• Wind engineers - skills in Openwind and other related software.
• Knowledgeable with theory, tools, and software in designing offshore structures.
• Expert in Autodesk AutoCAD and Civil 3D, and structural design tools such as StaadPro, StaadFoundation, Etabs, Tekla, or equivalent softwares. Proficient in the theory and foundation of structural and hydraulics engineering.
• Basic knowledge/experience in hydrology, geodetic survey, roads engineering, land development, geology, geotechnical engineering, and other related engineering disciplines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Licensed Civil Engineer
• Masteral in a specific civil engineering discipline is a plus (renewable energy, structural, earthquake, hydraulics, and other related disciplines)
• Proficiency in Computational Fluid Dynamics application for
• Hydropower Applications
• Proficiency in Finite Element Model (FEM) for structural design