GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Main Accountabilities:
- Ensure proper operation and maintenance of solar field equipment and associated solar plant components, including inverters, tracker systems, transformers, substations, and switchgear
- Proactively look for improvement opportunities to job-appropriate processes and procedures and communicate through appropriate channels or implement improvements using the appropriate control management protocol
- Read schematics in order to troubleshoot complicated mechanical, and electrical, problems with investors, tracker control systems, PV panels, and components
- Perform mechanical and electrical component repair and replacement of parts to correct malfunctions in accordance with all pertinent manufacturers' requirements
- Effectively gather information regarding solar performance/issues
- Diagnose, recommend, and implement solutions up to intermediate routine issues
- Seek assistance when encountering issues outside the trained skill level to ensure success in the resolution
- Comply with all pertinent environmental health and safety programs
- Act as a safety role model; encourage and recognize others completing safe acts and intervene when unsafe acts are being practiced
- Identify gaps in safety standards as well as safety risks in the environment
- Implement effective risk mitigation and provide recommendations to higher-level technical staff and management
- Promote integrity, strong initiative, and a no-compromise focus on safety and quality of work on a continuous basis
- Perform preventive maintenance in accordance with OEM maintenance manuals
- Perform data collection and prepare reports in order to meet reporting requirements
- Work with and respond to EDPRs Remote Operations Control Center when necessary
- Perform QA/QC inspections in accordance with applicable SOP
- Ensure that reliable electronic communication is maintained between the solar field, substation, site office, and home office
- Facilitate periodic equipment inspections and reporting
- Document all work performed using computer-based service reporting procedures (SAP)
- Adhere to effective internal controls
- Supervise contractors on site to ensure compliance with all EDPR’s policies and procedures
Direct reports: None
Travel: Minimal, as needed.
Minimum qualifications:
- 1+ years of college or technical school education, or an equivalent combination of training and experience
- 2 – 5 years relevant experience in solar energy or a related industry, Renewable energy experience is a plus
- Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office software, SQL Server software, facility management, and reporting systems, and computerized diagnostic and troubleshooting tools.
- Experience with power plant operations and maintenance, solar plant operations, (including power inverters specifically), high-voltage switching, and post-operational repair and maintenance of solar field components (preferred)
- Understanding of Microsoft products and/or complementing products. (Preferred)
- Competency in Analytical Problem Solving, Strong Communication, Customer/Partner Relationships, and Technology Expertise. (Preferred).
Behavioral requirements:
- Ability to operate a motor vehicle and possession of a valid driver’s license
- Ability to work around low- and medium-voltage equipment
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Ability and willingness to travel occasionally to other operational sites within the US as needed
- Ability and willingness to work overtime on holidays and weekends and to work on short notice as needed due to on-call scheduling
- Ability and willingness to respond to site emergencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as needed
Physical demands & working conditions:
- Sitting/Standing/Flexibility: Ability to frequently perform physical tasks including standing, sitting, walking, kneeling, bending, twisting, squatting, and reaching approximately 75% of the time while on solar farm sites; ability to stand and sit for 8 or more hours when in an office environment
- Walking: Ability to walk .25 to .5 miles per day, including across unpaved and rough surfaces when on solar farm sites
- Speech/Reading: Ability to speak, read, and write English proficiently and deliver a variety of instructions furnished in written verbal, diagram, or scheduled form
- Lifting: Ability to frequently lift items weighing up to 50 pounds
- Climbing:
- Weight must be between 125 lbs. and 275 lbs., excluding equipment/gear worn when performing job-related tasks, to be in accordance with the ANSI Fall Protection Standards.
- Vision/Hearing: Ability to interpret and follow a variety of instructions furnished in written, verbal, diagram, or schedule form
- Tolerance to Extreme Weather Conditions: Ability to work in adverse weather conditions 25% of the time while on solar farm sites
- Safety: Ability to understand and communicate safety precautions when necessary