Associate Director, EC

Your Responsibility

The Engineering Director will lead all engineering activities for Solar PV, BESS, and hybrid projects across the full project lifecycle, ensuring technical excellence, cost optimization, risk mitigation, and alignment with the company's growth strategy.

• The Director of Engineering will lead the planning, design, development, and implementation of solar photovoltaic and energy storage (mainly battery) projects across multiple countries. This role is responsible for ensuring the technical, economic, and regulatory viability of projects, managing multidisciplinary engineering teams, and ensuring compliance with quality, safety, and sustainability standards.
• Lead and oversee all engineering phases of solar and storage projects: conceptual, basic, detailed and construction design.
• Evaluate the technical feasibility of new projects and collaborate on pre-feasibility and feasibility studies.
• Coordinate with development, procurement, construction, and operations teams to ensure integrated execution.
• Supervise the design of solar PV plants, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and hybrid solutions.
• Establish technical standards, methodologies, and tools to optimize the performance and reliability, and bankability of projects.
• Lead and develop the engineering team, including electrical, civil, mechanical, SCADA, and other engineers.
• Review and approve technical specifications, drawings, calculation reports, and tender documentation.
• Ensure compliance with applicable local regulations, grid codes, and international industry standards (IEC, , IEEE, , EN/C, CEI, national grid codesetc.) and environmental policies.
• Coordinate with vendors and manufacturers to select appropriate technologies and optimize project costs.
• Participate in technical audits, project due diligence, and negotiations with investors or technical partners.
• Support M&A transactions, project acquisitions (including RtB projects), and technical due diligence activities.
• Provide technical leadership in EPC strategy, contractor selection, contract negotiations, and project risk management.

Our Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Mechanical, Civil, or related field.
• Preferred: Master’s degree in Renewable Energy, Project Management, or MBA.
• Languages: English
• IT: Office software, Presto, Primavera, MS Project Planner, PVSyst, Excel (knowledge of power system and BESS modelling tools is a plus).
• Skills: Enthusiasm / Flexibility / Teamwork / Leadership / Communication / Client orientation / Resistance to pressure/ “Hands on”
• Market Knowledge: High (engineering firms, technical advisors, EPC contractors, equipment providers, grid operators
• Organizational knowledge: High (process & product) modules, SCADA, etc, local and international electrical regulations.Minimum of 10 years in energy project engineering, with at least 5 years in solar PV and energy storage.
• Proven experience leading teams and managing large-scale (MW-level) projects
• Experience supporting project financing, technical due diligence, project acquisitions, and EPC contracting processes is highly desirable.