Manager, Development Engineering

Job Summary

Urban Grid is a leading independent power producer (IPP) delivering reliable, utility-scale solar and storage solutions to help meet America’s unprecedented energy demand. We develop, own and operate projects that strengthen local economies through long-term partnerships and responsible land stewardship. By integrating agrivoltaics into our land management practices, we enhance soil health, support local farmers and benefit the communities we serve.

With a strong focus on execution and integrity, we are committed to being a trusted domestic energy provider and responsible corporate citizen. Urban Grid is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and operates across the United States with a growing portfolio that includes 12,000 megawatts of development assets. We continue to maintain our optionality to co-locate with battery storage based on customer demand, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness in our energy solutions.

Since becoming an IPP in 2023, we have successfully brought five solar projects online, begun construction on three additional projects and are actively advancing one gigawatt of capacity into pre-construction. To learn more, please visit

Urban Grid is a portfolio company of Brookfield, one of the world’s largest owners and operators of renewable power and climate transition assets.

Join our dynamic team at Urban Grid as we look for a passionate and skilled Manager of Development Engineering to help us drive our innovative projects forward!

• Establish standards, best practices, and incorporate lessons learned for contract technical documents and drawings that are developed during the EPC bidding and design phase and lessons learned during the construction process.
• Identify and develop specific project milestones for the Development Engineering team and support successful completion of those milestones during the development and preconstruction process.
• Manage the technical design and assumptions of development projects through preconstruction and fully understand all aspects of the handoff process from development to the Construction team
• Standardize the engineering portion of the EPC RFP process and support other departments in evaluating the EPC bids.
• Responsible for ensuring all Owner technical specifications are accurate, up to date, and implemented appropriately by the Development Engineering team.
• Provide mentoring and guidance to the Development Engineering team on technical and managerial matters.
• Review and provide written input on technical drawings related to BESS, High Voltage, Substation, SCADA, and PV plant design to identify errors and to provide valuable engineering advice.
• Support the Construction team during the bidding and design process to effectively triage and respond to any Requests for Information (RFIs) while coordinating with internal and external engineering resources.
• Review appropriately detailed design drawings for streamlined communication with Internal Departments, External Consultants, Permitting Agencies, Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), Contractors, and Utilities.
• Develop standards to streamline working with third party Owners’ Engineers (OE) to ensure consistency and adequate services are provided by OE to Owner.
• Negotiate, develop, review contracts, and manage OE service relationships.
• Assist with standardizing engineering contract deliverables from consultants, racking vendors, EPCs, and other third parties to anticipate Independent Engineer (IE) inquiries and ensure that the needed information is incorporated into our contract requirements and specifications, so the information is readily available during the Independent Engineer reporting process.
• Develop a program that provides accountability and streamlines IE responses during the initial financing phase of the project to support financing milestones.
• Provide technical expertise and support in all aspects of project implementation during initial procurement, design, development, and hand-over to construction.
• Ensure the Development Engineering team has implemented the latest standards and codes into the design documents, contract documents, and engineering process.
• Develop…