The Sr Engineer - Preconstruction serves as the technical leader for complex projects, guiding multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinating with owners, Engineers of Record (EORs), and project stakeholders. This role applies advanced engineering expertise and business acumen to strengthen design integration, resolve technical challenges, develop standards and best practices, and optimize project delivery while mentoring engineers across multiple levels.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical leader for complex projects and provide direction across engineering disciplines.
- Lead engineering teams and mentor engineers across multiple levels and projects.
- Coordinate technical requirements, deliverables, and decisions with owners, EORs, project teams, and key stakeholders.
- Lead design reviews to promote technical accuracy, constructability, regulatory compliance, and alignment with owner requirements.
- Resolve complex technical challenges and cross-functional conflicts using strategic problem-solving and sound engineering judgment.
- Develop and implement engineering standards, governance practices, and best practices that improve quality and organizational performance.
- Support procurement strategies, design integration, and project delivery optimization.
- Lead technical change management and evaluate impacts to scope, schedule, cost, quality, and project risk.
- Apply business acumen to balance technical requirements with broader project and organizational objectives.
- Serve as a trusted technical resource and provide expert guidance across projects and the organization.
Required Skills, Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution.
- Eight to twelve or more years of progressive engineering experience, including technical leadership on complex projects.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license typically required where applicable.
- Expert knowledge of design integration, engineering governance, regulatory requirements, procurement strategies, owner requirements, and project delivery optimization.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and mentor engineers at varying levels of experience.
- Advanced strategic problem-solving, design review, conflict-resolution, and change-management skills.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, including experience coordinating with owners and EORs.
- Sound business acumen and the ability to align technical decisions with project and organizational objectives.
- Proven ability to develop standards and best practices, improve organizational performance, and serve as a recognized subject-matter expert.
- Advanced technical certifications are preferred.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited institution
- Eight to twelve or more years of progressive engineering experience, including technical leadership on complex projects
- Professional Engineer (PE) license where applicable
- Expert knowledge of design integration, engineering governance, regulatory requirements, procurement strategies, owner requirements, and project delivery optimization
- Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and mentoring engineers at varying levels
- Advanced strategic problem-solving, design review, conflict-resolution, and change-management skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, including coordination with owners and Engineers of Record
- Business acumen and ability to align technical decisions with project and organizational objectives
- Ability to develop standards and best practices, improve organizational performance, and serve as a subject-matter expert
- Advanced technical certifications
CoVolt Power, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Paid certifications, registered apprenticeship programs, and company-funded training support advancement tied to skill-building. Field staff may also receive per diem and travel support aligned with project demands.
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What We Do
CoVolt Power, Inc. (formerly Signal Energy and Applied High Voltage, rebranded in 2026) is a Houston, TX-based integrated utility-scale energy infrastructure and EPC company. It provides full-service engineering, procurement, and construction for utility-scale solar projects, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and high-voltage transmission and distribution infrastructure, serving power, industrial, and data center markets with more than 35 GW of operational assets delivered across 34 states since 2005.
