Civil Design Engineer Specialist  

The Specialist - 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 (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.

Responsibilities

Investigation

• Participates and oversees site reconnaissance activities to ensure that all required data are procured within 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 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
• Liaises and 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, and Execution Team)
• 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.
• Reviews designs to confirm compliance with the project requirements, current legislation, standards, and codes of practice as applicable.
• Analyzes design issues and ensures corrective action is taken. Makes design recommendations to solve technical and non-technical issues.

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.
• Participates and collaborates with C&F, PMO, and other functional units to provide technical inputs and services to complete the evaluation, scoring, and negotiation, and ultimately provide inputs for recommendation to BidCom for the tendering and selection of the company’s Owner’s Engineers and EPC’s.

• 3 years experience related to renewable energy or power projects.
• 5 years professional engineering practice experience
• 1 year of experience dealing with cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering
• Licensed Civil Engineer
• Masteral in specific civil engineering discipline is a plus (renewable energy, structural, earthquake, hydraulics, and other related disciplines)