Senior Solar Field Technician

Priority Power Management • Full-time • Midland, Texas • 3m ago

Full-time

Description

Job Summary:

Participate in solar inspections, operations, and maintenance activities. Oversee and perform periodic inspections of company and client owned solar assets. Assist with troubleshooting and outage response, and coordinate contractor activities. Communicate planned and unplanned outages with clients through phone calls, text messages, and email.

Requirements

Job Responsibilities:

· Perform monthly and annual inspections of the solar farms.

· Perform regular routine and preventative maintenance activities, and contract for third-party maintenance services.

· Monitor solar production and optimize production.

· Troubleshoot solar farm issues such as DC ground faults, switchgear faults, component failures and inverter issues.

· Lead and coordinated all warranty claims and maintenance work with manufacturers, vendors, and customers.

· Support energization of the solar farm.

· Verify no open items are missed during the commissioning phase.

· Support the handoff between the construction team and O&M team

· Perform MV/LV switching.

· Provide client notice and updates of outages and maintenance work by phone, text, and email, in a timely manner.

· Maintain a log of solar farm outages, including time, cause, duration, and response times.

· Create and maintain a safety conscious work environment by leading and influencing others to follow PPM safety protocols and safe work practices

Required Job Skills & Qualifications:

· Must be able to work in the field on remote job sites, in and around energized medium voltage, and low voltage electrical infrastructure.

· Must be able to travel regularly as required for asset management inspections and projects.

· Strong communications skills, and be customer focused, to appropriately identify and respond to clients’ business needs in a professional and courteous manner.

· Must be a problem solver, with creative and innovative thinking.

· Must have experience or ability to read and interpret electrical drawings.

· Must have the ability to work collaboratively with third-party contractors.

· Ability to follow prescribed safety protocols and safe work practices.

· Ability to use appropriate test equipment, instruments, and tools required for inspection and maintenance activities.

· Demonstrate a strong work ethic, and willingness to learn and contribute to a fast-paced team.

· Associate’s degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or at least three years of solar experience