About NovaSource

NovaSource Power Services (‘NSPS’) is a technical service provider which provides services to owners, developers, and EPCs of renewable generation & storage plants that seek performance reliability. NSPS is an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) company with leadership that has over 20 years of experience and manages over 20GW of Solar PV Plants globally.

NovaSource has the leadership, global reach, and strategic capability to lead the market in this category of technical services both globally and throughout Australia. Through our range of services, our capabilities are structured to optimize every stage of a project lifecycle – from design, construction supervision, commissioning, re-vamping, re-powering, and third-party services with the goal of maximizing performance.

Basic Job Functions:

The Solar Asset Manager role encompasses a wide range of capabilities that ultimately ensures the accountability of compliance in operating a utility power plant. This includes but is not limited to the structuring of operational activities including effectively communicating with and reporting to external stakeholders, such as owners, their appointed representatives, and regulatory stakeholders as well as working with site staff to manage contractual requirements.

Working actively with management and field teams, the intent of this role is to ensure management tasks to a high level of efficiency and compliance of the plant, and to maintain a strong knowledge of all aspects of the site. This also includes reacting to new and developing events onsite, and contributing to the content of the operational reports, as defined by the agreement.

These responsibilities include but are not limited to operational excellence within plant operations; coordinating with monitoring and control centre functions and the management of work order and operational reports as defined by each site’s individual agreement.

Duties and Responsibilities

PV installation – Operation and Maintenance responsibility

Review the operation of plant equipment and systems continuously, to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate and solve problems in a timely manner, including identification of opportunities for improvement
Maximize the overall efficiency & value through interactions with maintenance teams across the fleet
Be highly conscious of any impacts of outages that can occur in the context of effective availability and performance requirements
Maintain a strong understanding of operating contract, operating protocols, transmission and scheduling entity operating handbooks, operating agreements, and any standards or regulations applicable to the generator operator / generator owner

Receipt of failure alarms

Work with Control Centre/Planner Scheduler to review, evaluate and organize for failure correction to be carried out by the Field Technician.
Oversee that documentation and work records are accurately recorded and reported.

Creation of Scheduled documentation

Ensuring the creation of reports of all PV installations assigned to them are distributed in a timely manner.
Accurate reporting of the annual maintenance plan (based on checklists, annual maintenance, tickets etc.).
Understand and deliver comprehensive information to the customer and to prepare or coordinate documentation of activities learned or performed.

Creation of event-based documentation

Responsibilities include the finalisation of event-based reports based on information captured from internal resources such as the Control Centre, Operations Manager and field teams.
This includes, but is not limited to, reports on additional orders such as vegetation management, retrofitting etc.

Interface to customers

First point of contact for customer inquiries with technical-operative content
Distribution of reports to the customers
Contact for customer inquiries regarding the distributed reports
Participation in periodical telephone conferences with customers

Additional Orders

Independently determine necessary and appropriate additional work and retrofitting for assigned projects
Calculation of customer offers for additional work as a result of ongoing O&M activities
Management of delivery of larger additional orders to customers

Interface function

Regular reporting to Senior Management on the latest project status (larger projects, work schedules etc.)
Regular contact with other work teams throughout the business, including but not limited to Control Centre

Training:

Candidates Experience:

Prospective candidates should be able to provide evidence of:

Demonstrated understanding of PV and renewable energy power plants, EH&S compliance, management, operations, and maintenance
A desire to deliver best practice operations & maintenance methodology
Demonstrated experience communicating with network service providers & AEMO
Understanding of contracts and demonstrated comprehension of agreement requirements
Ability to demonstrate a high level of commitment to the customer’s success
Proven experience in efficiently executing tasks, as defined by a maintenance plan
Demonstrate strong organization skills with excellent problem solving and effective communication skills
Reliable, organized and team focused
Abilities to deep dive into technical issues including root cause investigations
Experience managing third party contractors
Outstanding communication skills both verbal and written in English
Ability to share technical expertise with team members and the customer
Ability and willingness to acquire new knowledge and skills and contribute to continuous improvement of procedures and best practices
Demonstrate care with all works and tasks
Have a strong desire to exceeding expectations, combined with a can-do approach

Relevant Safety Certifications (white card)
Relevant Technical or Engineering degree
A valid Drivers Licence

Key Competencies

The ideal candidate has a demonstrated comprehension of Solar Plants, and the roles of the O&M function. This is evidenced by:

Exceptional commercial & technical acumen with an understanding of how to clearly communicate project status
A thorough knowledge of the power generation business and the associated opportunities and challenges as evidenced by a rich and successful track record in the industry, knowledge of regulatory and permitting issues, and relationships with utilities and other customers
Strong Leadership Skills – In the context of a high-growth company and results oriented culture
Detail oriented and not afraid to get his/her hands dirty through a high degree of focus on the resolution of day-to-day issues
Embodies a “can-do” attitude and meets goals despite roadblocks

Physical Requirements:

Sit and stand periodically during the day
Walk and climb stairs
Reach over shoulder heights and below waist

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is NovaSource Power Services’ policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. NSPS disapproves of, and will not tolerate, unlawful discrimination against any applicant or employee because of race, colour, national origin or ancestry, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related status), gender identity, age, religion, disability, family care status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.

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