Full-Time

Project Engineer

esVolta

esVolta

51-200 employees

Utility-scale battery storage developer and operator

Compensation Overview

$120k/yr

+ 20% annual bonus + 401(k) 6% match + Monthly cell phone stipend

Remote in USA

Remote

Remote within the continental United States; periodic travel to offices, project sites, or meetings may be required, estimated at 20%.

Bachelor's

Category
Electrical Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Word/Pages/Docs
OSHA
Excel/Numbers/Sheets

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Requirements
  • At least 3 years of experience in electrical engineering, power delivery, substations, transmission lines, interconnections, renewable energy, or energy storage.
  • An ABET-accredited bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
  • Familiarity with applicable standards including the International Building Code, National Fire Protection Association 855, California Electrical Code, California Fire Code, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standards, National Electrical Manufacturers Association standards, National Electrical Code, Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards, and Underwriters Laboratories standards.
  • Familiarity with battery energy storage design and technical standards.
  • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Primavera, Microsoft Project, and Smartsheet.
  • Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to maintain calm and effective exchanges during stressful situations and provide executive-level reporting that enables timely action and decision-making in time-pressured scenarios.
  • Willingness to travel to project sites, estimated at 20%.
Responsibilities
  • Organize and oversee project engineering activities during construction to complete engineering projects.
  • Review project engineering proposals and design documents and confer with engineering management and project management during construction.
  • Maintain engineering issues, request for information, and submittal logs; identify project responsibilities and assign personnel to tasks with definitive due dates.
  • Review product and project design specifications, including product and major-material design, requirements, and performance standards.
  • Collaborate with project managers and construction managers on project schedules by studying execution plans and schedules to ensure activity feasibility.
  • Review manufacturers' specifications to determine the scope for multiple project disciplines and ensure design and construction documentation are consistent.
  • Review and recommend engineering expenditures to management for approval during project execution.
  • Participate in regular project team meetings to ensure engineering requirements are met on time.
  • Prepare weekly project engineering status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and recommending actions.
  • Ensure project designs comply with federal, state, and local regulations.
  • Validate technical studies, including load-flow, fault-current, arc-flash, device-coordination, motor-starting, and harmonic studies.
  • Facilitate preparation of design criteria, specifications, datasheets, and one-line diagrams for electrical equipment such as battery energy storage systems, power conversion systems, and transformers.
  • Track performance and analyze completion of key goals during project execution.
  • Verify that project execution during construction agrees with issued-for-construction design drawings.
  • Assist third-party and independent-engineer partners in confirming product performance.
  • Manage document control, including issued-for-construction and redlined prints, manufacturer information, and as-built drawings.
  • Support final inspections and the punch-list process with contractors, vendors, independent engineers, and management.
  • Assist project management and the health, safety, and environment team in developing and executing site-specific safety programs and activities.
  • Monitor and review engineering, procurement, and construction work plans and activities for safety concerns.
  • Participate in and contribute to project planning and hazard analysis.
  • Maintain safe and clean working environments by enforcing procedures, rules, and regulations.
  • Maintain operational knowledge of construction safety, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, American National Standards Institute, National Fire Protection Association, and other applicable standards, regulations, laws, and procedures.
  • Serve as a resource for safety issues or concerns for project team members.
Desired Qualifications
  • Engineer-in-Training certification is preferred.

esVolta develops, owns, and operates utility-scale battery energy storage systems across North America. Its projects store and dispatch electricity to the grid, providing on-demand capacity, energy arbitrage, and ancillary services to utilities and large energy users. It handles the full lifecycle—from origination and development through construction, financing, and long-term operation—owning assets under long-term contracts. Backed by Generate Capital, esVolta aims to expand reliable storage capacity and grid modernization by scaling its project pipeline.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$1.4B

Headquarters

Aliso Viejo, California

Founded

2017

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What believers are saying

  • June 2026’s $450 million facility funds development, procurement, and pre-construction across 30 projects.
  • March 2026’s $139.6 million MUFG deal advances Boxcar’s 150MW ERCOT project for 2027.
  • 2025 hiring of regulatory, asset-management, and accounting leaders strengthens execution capacity.

What critics are saying

  • Texas Boxcar still depends on 2027 completion and a single corporate offtaker.
  • A 3.2GWh Pinal County project needs utility procurement, entitlements, and grid interconnection.
  • Interconnection failures in CAISO, ERCOT, or SRP can strand projects and break financing.

What makes esVolta unique

  • Generate Capital-backed platform owns, develops, and operates storage, not just land-banks projects.
  • esVolta has 2 GWh operating or building, plus 25 GWh pipeline across markets.
  • Nomura, MUFG, and institutional lenders repeatedly finance esVolta’s repeatable project-construction machine.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Remote Work Options

Phone/Internet Stipend

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-6%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-2%
Energy-Storage.news
Jun 8th, 2026
esVolta closes US$450 million expanded credit facility to expand US BESS portfolio.

esVolta closes US$450 million expanded credit facility to expand US BESS portfolio. June 8, 2026 California-headquartered developer esVolta has closed an expanded corporate credit facility providing up to US$450 million of capital to expand new utility-scale energy storage projects in the US. Led by global investment bank Nomura Securities International, the transaction extends and upsizes esVolta's existing US$200 million facility originally closed in March 2024 by Nomura, to a size of up to $450 million. Additional lenders participating in the expanded credit facility include Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners through its Green Credit Fund I & Fund II acting as the largest lender, Allianz Global Investors, Celtic Bank, HSBC Asset Management, Fiera Infrastructure Private Debt, and Truist Bank. According to esVolta, it will apply this new capital primarily to support project development, long-lead equipment procurement, and pre-construction costs of its battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio. EsVolta highlights its activity across the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) markets. The company also notes that the credit facility will enable its continued expansion into the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) markets. In total, esVolta claims its portfolio contains approximately 30 energy storage projects totaling 25GWh, including 2GWh in operations or construction. In March, esVolta closed a US$139.6 million project financing package with MUFG Bank for its 300MWh Boxcar energy storage project located in Wylie, Texas, northeast of Dallas. The project will deliver 150MW of power output, alongside its 300MWh of BESS, to ERCOT when it becomes operational in 2027. In December 2025, the Board of Supervisors (BoS) for Arizona's Pinal County gave esVolta the go-ahead to construct its 3.2GWh BESS. Utility Salt River Project (SRP) and public utility Electric District No. 3 (ED3) were in talks to procure some of the capacity. 15 September 2026 San Diego, USA You can expect to meet and network with all the key industry players again in 2025 from major US asset owners, operators, RTOs and ISOs, optimizers, software and analytics providers, technical consultancies, O&M technology providers and more. 6 October 2026 Warsaw, Poland The Energy Storage Summit Central Eastern Europe is set to return in September 2025 for its third edition, focusing on regional markets and the unique opportunities they present. This event will bring together key stakeholders from across the region to explore the latest trends in energy storage, with a focus on the increasing integration of energy storage into regional grids, evolving government policies, and the growing need for energy security.

PR Newswire
Jun 3rd, 2026
esVolta secures $450M credit facility to expand battery storage portfolio across North America

esVolta, a developer and operator of utility-scale battery energy storage projects, has closed an expanded corporate credit facility of up to $450 million led by Nomura Securities International. The refinancing more than doubles the company's previous $200 million facility from March 2024. The Newport Beach-based company will use the capital for project development, equipment procurement and pre-construction costs across its 30-project portfolio totalling 25 GWh, including 2.0 GWh already in operations or construction. The portfolio spans key US markets including California, Texas and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council region. Additional lenders include Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Allianz Global Investors, Celtic Bank, HSBC Asset Management, Fiera Infrastructure Private Debt and Truist Bank. Founded in 2017, esVolta is a portfolio company of Generate Capital.

Texas Politics
Mar 27th, 2026
esVolta secures $139.6M for texas battery storage project.

esVolta secures $139.6M for texas battery storage project. esVolta closes fiancing for a major battery energy storage in Wylie, Texas. March 27, 2026 esVolta has secured 139.6 million in financing to advance a major battery energy storage project in North Texas, marking another step in the state's rapidly expanding energy infrastructure. The financing, provided by MUFG Bank, will support construction and long-term operations of the Boxcar Energy Storage project in Wylie, Texas. The package includes a construction loan, texas equity bridge loan, letters of credit, and term loan facilities. Once completed, the project is expected to deliver 150 megawatts of power and 300 megawatt-hours of energy storage capacity to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid. The Boxcar project has already secured a long-term offtake agreement with a major corporate customer, signaling strong demand from commercial and industrial users for reliable, on-demand energy solutions. "MUFG is a premier lender in the energy infrastructure space, and their support of Boxcar reflects strong confidence in both the project and esVolta's platform," said Justin Johns, Chief financial Officer of esVolta. Battery storage projects in Boxcar are becoming increasingly critical in Texas, where rapid population growth, industrial expansion, and renewable energy integration are driving volatility in electricity supply and demand. Storage systems help stabilize the grid by delivering power during peak demand and storing excess energy when supply is high. The project is part of esVolta's broader expansion in Texas. By 2027, the company expects its five-project portfolio in the state to provide a combined 1.56 gigawatt-hours of storage capacity. "Energy storage technology and infrastructure are critical to the growth of clean energy," said Fred Zelaya, Managing Director at MUFG. "We're intent on strategically supporting projects in key markets such as ERCOT." As Texas continues to experience record energy demand, investments like the Boxcar project highlight the growing role of battery storage in ensuring grid reliabiltiy and supportng the state's evolving energy mix.

Power Technology
Mar 25th, 2026
esVolta secures $139.6M to build 150MW Texas energy storage project

esVolta has secured $139.6 million in project financing from MUFG Bank to support construction of the Boxcar Energy Storage project in Wylie, Texas. The facility will provide 150MW of power and 300MWh of storage to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas market. The financing includes a tax equity bridge loan, construction loan, letters of credit and term loan facilities. esVolta has signed a long-term offtake agreement with a corporate customer for the project, which is expected to begin operations in 2027. Once operational, Boxcar will increase esVolta's total energy storage capacity within ERCOT to approximately 1.6GWh. The company's Texas portfolio will reach 1.56GWh across five battery storage projects. esVolta has developed and operated battery storage assets across North America since 2017.

PR Newswire
Jul 8th, 2025
esVolta Hires Mike Kalansky as Vice President of Accounting

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - esVolta, LP ("esVolta") today announced the hiring of Mike Kalansky as Vice President of Accounting.