Redwoodmaterials
BESS Project Engineer, Senior or Staff
San Francisco, California, United States. Posted 2 months ago
The role
The Senior or Staff BESS Project Engineer will own the full project lifecycle for battery energy storage and microgrid projects. This includes commercial scoping, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handoff to Operations and Maintenance.
What you will do
- Drive end-to-end project execution from requirements scoping through Operations and Maintenance handoff
- Own the integrated schedule, budget tracker, and risk register for each assigned project
- Serve as the primary interface between Business Development, Product Engineering, EPC partners, and customers
- Track RFI and submittal workflows, change order logs, permitting, and interconnection coordination
- Partner with Product Engineering on equipment selection and technical scope definition
- Oversee commissioning readiness and test plan execution
- Maintain project data in project management tooling
- Provide planning inputs and deployment forecasting to leadership
- Capture lessons learned into repeatable delivery templates and execution standards
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Program Management, Business, or a related discipline
- Deep program management experience in battery energy storage, renewable energy, or utility-scale power infrastructure
- Demonstrated experience managing projects from scoping through commissioning and Operations and Maintenance handoff
- Strong cross-functional communication skills
- Willingness to travel to project sites as needed
- Climbing, standing, and stooping during project site visits
- Typing and extended computer work in an office setting
Nice to have
- Familiarity with key BESS-related standards such as UL 9540, UL 9540A, UL 1973, UL 1741, IEEE, NEC (NFPA 70), NFPA 855, and IEC
- A Passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!
About the company
Redwood Materials is a lithium-ion battery recycler in North America that recovers, refines, and redeploys critical minerals. The company deploys large-scale battery energy storage systems that power data centers and the grid.