Manager or Sr. Manager, Development Engineering

ABOUT AVANTUS Avantus develops, owns and operates utility-scale clean energy projects across California and the Desert Southwest. Our development pipeline of solar with integrated storage will generate enough dispatchable power to serve more than 10 million Americans, day and night. Backed by strategic investment from KKR and EIG, and building on more than a decade of industry leadership, Avantus is growing its position as an independent power producer, delivering affordable, reliable clean energy solutions to meet America’s growing energy demand. ABOUT THE POSITION The Sr. Manager delivers on our current mid- to-late-stage projects and supports our growing pipeline. They provide guidance to cross-functional project teams on site constructability, engineering study impacts (Geotech, hydro) and key design levers. This person is a key contributor to projects through entire project lifecycle, both managing a team and further building out process and team efficiencies. The Sr. Manager works closely with Optimization Engineering teams to assess project cost-benefit (site, design, and technology) and works cross functionally, bridging development, engineering, procurement, and construction considerations. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Manage and bridge Development Engineering and Estimating team within broader cross-functional teams Opine on constructability considerations and help drive cost/benefit assessment around site conditions and design layout (early stage through EPC design work) Provide guidance to bound risk/opportunities on design and cost with imperfect/limited information. Guide discussion on sensitivities linked to project stage and available project information as project progresses through development lifecycle Collaborate with Optimization, Development, Permitting, EPC and Procurement teams to further build out processes and efficiencies on optimization assessments Participate in site visits and site assessment (impacts of site conditions, nee