Civil Design Engineer Staff  

The Staff - Civil Design Engineer 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 (investigations, screening, pre-development, and development) across multiple projects to achieve the objective of developing and executing financially and commercially viable renewable energy projects.

Responsibilities

Investigation

• Participates site reconnaissance activities to ensure that all required data are procured within approved schedule, timeline, and safety protocols.
• Participates in the preliminary 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 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 includes the following:
    • Road network, other transportation and logistics systems, and appurtenances
    • Site development works
    • PV layouts
    • WTG foundations (for wind) and Module mounting structures (for Solar)
    • Plant superstructures and components
    • Transmission line structures and service roads
  • Other Miscellaneous Structures
  • Drawing plans for permitting purposes
• Provides technical support to other teams and functional groups to ensure the technical and financial viability of the project (i.e. Commercial and Financial, Project Development Team and Land Acquisition Team, Stakeholder Relationships and Compliance)
• Communicates with the draftsmen to deliberate the concepts and facilities that the Project Development Team is considering and to resolve design issues as they arise.
• Monitor changes in the design and update drawings and presentations, as necessary, in close coordination with other engineering designers.
• 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
• Participates in the design optimization of the civil structures of projects assigned to his/her team to ensure optimized structures and project cost.
• Work with the other engineering team and the C&F (Commercial and Financial Team) for the value engineering activities
• Documentation and preparation of requirements for permit applications

• Atleast 3 years professional engineering experience
• Preferably with experience related to renewable energy or power projects.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering
• Must be a Licensed Civil Engineer
• Masteral in specific civil engineering discipline is a plus (renewable energy, structural, earthquake, hydraulics, and other related disciplines)

Other Qualifications

• Must be knowledgeable in Autodesk AutoCad and Civil 3D, and structural design tools such as StaadPro, StaadFoundation, Etabs, Tekla, or equivalent softwares. He/she should be proficient in the theory and foundation of structural and hydraulics engineering.
• Basic knowledge/experience on hydrology, geodetic survey, roads engineering, land development, geology and geotechnical engineering, and other related engineering disciplines.
• Proficiency on solar design softwares like PVCase, VirtoSolar, Helioscope, PVCad, or other related softwares is a plus.
• Proficiency in Openwind and other related software for wind power is a plus.
• Proficiency in Finite Element Model (FEM) for structural design is a plus.