Civil Engineer, Battery Storage - Memphis

The role

You will design and document the civil and site work for a battery storage plant in Memphis, TN, including pads, grading, drainage, access roads and fire lanes. You will also coordinate with electrical, structural and fire-protection teams and support construction questions in the field.

What you will do

• Own civil and site design for the battery storage plant: pads, foundations, grading, drainage, access roads, fire lanes and equipment yards
• Support the fire and life-safety case with water supply, hydrant layout, deflagration venting clearances and emergency vehicle access for AHJ review
• Coordinate seismic and severe-weather structural design basis for storage blocks, transformers and equipment supports
• Produce issued-for-construction civil packages: site plans, sections, details, specifications and bid support
• Resolve field RFIs, submittals and installation quality issues during storage yard construction
• Coordinate underground duct banks, oil containment and grounding grid civil interfaces with Design and Ops/Build engineers
• Maintain as-built civil records for the storage plant

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, structural engineering, or an engineering discipline
• 3+ years of civil or structural design experience on industrial, energy or data center sites
• Perform hands-on work in all environments (heat, cold, rain), in tight quarters or at heights
• Lift up to 25 lbs unassisted
• Remain focused in hazardous environments while wearing appropriate PPE
• Valid driver's license
• Willing to work on-site in Memphis, TN

Nice to have

• Professional Engineering (PE) license or intention to actively seek a PE license
• NFPA 855 or energy-storage site civil experience
• Experience with seismic qualification and severe-weather hardening of outdoor electrical equipment
• AutoCAD Civil 3D or equivalent site-design software experience
• Experience coordinating civil packages with medium-voltage collection and fire-protection design
• Experience defending a design to an authority having jurisdiction

Before you apply

• Must be willing to work on-site in Memphis, TN; this is not a remote or hybrid role
• Must hold a valid driver's license
• Must be able to provide 24/7 on-call support for emergencies

About the company

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