Job Summary and Description:

Plans, designs, and controls the progress of complex project work within the technical department to meet member/client objectives; prepares and presents research reports. Significant customer interface component with ability to lead research programs. Manages medium level projects without direct people management responsibilities.

• Provides high-level engineering efforts to support requirements in development and design and provides guidance to junior staff

• Influences project teams in the engineering aspects of the technical work.

• Coordinates and facilitates technical engineering related communications with the client

• Leads proposal efforts and new promotional work.

• Preparing proposals, technical publications/papers, and making presentations. Acts as technical specialist for projects or project tasks.

• Continuing to lead national and international technical networks with manufacturers, consultants, academia, and research organizations.

• Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision

Education:

Advanced degree in science/engineering or equivalent experience required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• 10-15 or more years of research and development project and promotional experience, including development of advanced concepts or equivalent experience.

• Ability to recognize strategic issues and projects and build collaborative and successfully complete projects.

• Experience in successful proposal preparation, and marketing activities.

• Shows maturity of technical expertise and assumes responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives using creative imaginative solutions.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Continuing to increase depth/breadth in multiple technical areas and recognized as a subject matter expert

• Individual contributor

• Communicates project results to advisors and members, may communicate project status to Sector Council

• Meets with member organizations in support of Sector activities or to communicate Program content and strategy

Additional Job Information:

Overview
The Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI) Solar Generation program uses innovation and collaboration to advance safe, economic, reliable, and environmentally-responsible renewable energy. We develop and execute research, help our members apply the results, and disseminate results for public benefit. The focus of the Solar Generation program is large-scale solar plants. Its primary research areas include:

• Assessment of Solar Technologies. Objectively evaluating existing and emerging hardware and software towards increasing confidence in long-term plant performance and production.
• Solar Life Cycle and Best Practices. Developing comprehensive and actionable guidance to improve life cycle activities, ranging from plant design, commissioning, operations, maintenance, to end-of-life considerations.

We are seeking an individual with extensive solar industry experience to grow our team.

Responsibilities
Lead research development through:

• Applying existing knowledge and expertise and gathering additional input from stakeholders on research needs and opportunities
• Recognizing strategic issues and how they fit within an existing research portfolio or how the portfolio should adapt to trends in the solar and broader energy industry
• Independently investigating and vetting research opportunities, formulating technical approaches, and developing projects and/or proposals
• Leading internal and external (e.g., federal and state government funding opportunities) proposal efforts and new promotional work

Lead research execution through:

• Planning, designing, and managing the progress of complex projects to deliver impactful and valuable results and be on-time and on-budget
• Independently managing projects without direct people management responsibilities
• Providing technical insights to internal and/or externally-contracted project teams and mentoring junior staff
• Guiding, writing, and/or editing technical papers and presentations

Lead result dissemination and technology transfer through:

• Distilling complex research results into concise and actionable recommendations that can be implemented
• Presenting research results and clearly describing its value to members / stakeholders
• Providing technical advice and counsel to other professionals within EPRI
• Supporting research communications plans, including the development and execution of technology transfer events with members/stakeholders
• Representing EPRI through participation in industry events, conferences, workshops, etc.

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EPRI is an equal opportunity employer. EEO/AA/M/F/VETS/Disabled

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