Utility Interconnection Specialist
Full Time • Depew
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Buffalo Solar Solutions is hiring a Technical Preconstruction Lead to ensure our commercial solar and energy storage projects are technically complete, correctly submitted, and ready to build before construction begins.
This role leads and oversees the engineering, interconnection, permitting, and site assessment efforts across multiple projects, ensuring applications are accurate the first time, requirements are clearly understood, and each project stays on schedule from contract through Notice to Proceed (NTP).
What You’ll Do
What You’ll Do
- Lead the technical preconstruction process from contract execution through Notice to Proceed (NTP) across multiple projects at once
- Direct and coordinate teams responsible for:
- Engineering design development and review
- Utility interconnection applications and studies
- Permitting and AHJ/fire department submissions
- Technical site assessments and constructability reviews
- Set clear technical requirements and timelines for each submission
- Review, verify, and approve applications and drawings before they are submitted externally
- Ensure interconnection and permit applications are complete and correct on first submission
- Interpret utility feasibility, impact, and facilities studies and define required design or scope changes
- Guide team members through evolving utility and AHJ requirements and reviewer comments
- Coach and train contributors so they understand what each application and submission requires
- Identify risks, missing information, and constructability issues early and drive corrective action
- Maintain technical schedules and keep multiple projects on track simultaneously
- Coordinate with third-party engineers of record and ensure stamped drawing packages meet requirements
- Deliver a clean, coordinated, build-ready technical package to Construction at NTP
What We’re Looking For
- Prior roles such as Interconnection Manager/Engineer, Preconstruction Engineer, Design Manager, or Technical Project Manager on energy or electrical infrastructure projects
- Experience submitting and managing interconnection and permitting packages through final approval/PTO
- Familiarity with feasibility, system impact, and facilities studies and translating results into actionable requirements
- Experience leading AHJ and fire department plan review cycles and responding to comments
- Experience working in design-build or EPC project environments
- Familiarity with incentive or grant applications requiring technical validation
- Experience with project scheduling and document control for technical submissions
- Experience coordinating external consultants and engineers of record
- Solar + battery (BESS) project experience
- NABCEP certification and familiarity with NEC and applicable fire/building code
Preferred (not required):
- Solar + battery (BESS) experience
- Familiarity with NEC and local fire/building codes impacting PV and storage
- NABCEP certification
Why This Role Matters
This role exists to prevent problems before they reach the field. Success means applications are approved on the first pass, utility and AHJ reviews move efficiently, risks are surfaced early, and construction receives projects that are truly ready to build.
You are the technical leader and quality gatekeeper for preconstruction.
- 📍 In-person role based in Depew, NY
🚫 No remote / hybrid
Compensation: $95,000.00 - $105,000.00 per year
Our Story
At Buffalo Solar, our mission is bold and crystal clear, power 1,000 businesses with clean, reliable solar energy by 2035.
We specialize in commercial and industrial rooftop solar solutions that help companies cut operating costs, lock in predictable energy expenses, and meet long-term sustainability goals. Every project we deliver is designed to perform as a true business asset, driving savings, stability, and growth for decades to come.
Founded in Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Solar was built from the ground up by Founder and CEO, Tyler Uebelhoer. With more than a decade of experience as an electrician and construction professional, Tyler recognized solar as the industry where he could make the biggest impact, not just for businesses, but for the economy and communities of Western New York. What started in his South Buffalo living room in 2015 has evolved into a modern solar development and EPC company serving organizations across New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and beyond.
Over the past 10 years, Buffalo Solar has grown from a local startup into a trusted regional partner, yet our approach remains hands-on and personal. From the first consultation through post-installation support, we stay closely connected to every client to ensure their system is reliable, efficient, and built for long-term value.
We care so deeply about the businesses we serve that we developed our own in-house 15-Year Peace of Mind Warranty, providing unmatched protection that separates us from the rest of the industry.
Our vision is ambitious but simple, 1,000 businesses powered by Buffalo Solar by 2035. We have already come a long way from our beginnings in Western New York, and we are just getting started.
We specialize in commercial and industrial rooftop solar solutions that help companies cut operating costs, lock in predictable energy expenses, and meet long-term sustainability goals. Every project we deliver is designed to perform as a true business asset, driving savings, stability, and growth for decades to come.
Founded in Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Solar was built from the ground up by Founder and CEO, Tyler Uebelhoer. With more than a decade of experience as an electrician and construction professional, Tyler recognized solar as the industry where he could make the biggest impact, not just for businesses, but for the economy and communities of Western New York. What started in his South Buffalo living room in 2015 has evolved into a modern solar development and EPC company serving organizations across New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and beyond.
Over the past 10 years, Buffalo Solar has grown from a local startup into a trusted regional partner, yet our approach remains hands-on and personal. From the first consultation through post-installation support, we stay closely connected to every client to ensure their system is reliable, efficient, and built for long-term value.
We care so deeply about the businesses we serve that we developed our own in-house 15-Year Peace of Mind Warranty, providing unmatched protection that separates us from the rest of the industry.
Our vision is ambitious but simple, 1,000 businesses powered by Buffalo Solar by 2035. We have already come a long way from our beginnings in Western New York, and we are just getting started.
CAREERS AT BUFFALO SOLAR
If you have a great work ethic, think well on your feet and you’re great with people, Buffalo Solar may be a great career move.
Maybe you’ve been told you’re a super hero of installation or that you have better customer service skills than that gecko on the insurance company commercials, we’re a place where dedication and hard work pays off.
Maybe you’ve been told you’re a super hero of installation or that you have better customer service skills than that gecko on the insurance company commercials, we’re a place where dedication and hard work pays off.
Personal attributes we’re looking for:
- A keen eye for detail and more timely than a Swiss watch
- Stops at nothing to make sure the customer is happy
- Shows care and concern for the work you do and the people you work with
- Ability to take constructive criticism in stride and apply to improving
- Desire to grow personally and professionally
(if you already have a resume on Indeed)
Or apply here.
