Operations and Maintenance Technician - Solar
SkyFire Energy is a Certified B Corporation and employee-owned company with offices and staff in 3 locations across Western Canada. We value integrity, accountability, perseverance, safety, celebration, and innovation. Our vision is to bring the magic of solar to the world for a stronger, healthier, and more sustainable global community.
SkyFire Energy is looking for experienced O&M Technicians to add to our quickly growing O&M Division.
We welcome candidates that are certified Journeyperson Electricians with solar experience, that are interested in starting or continuing a career in the solar Operations and Maintenance sector. This individual will be self-motivated, energetic, personable, with great leadership skills, and is excited to work as part of a fast-growing company in the solar industry.
Primary duties include:
- Respond and travel to multiple sites located in Southern and Central Alberta
- Ensure crew and job site safety in an Industrial environment
- Perform Preventative Maintenance on inverters, racking, transformers, capacitors, switchgear, etc.
- Assess and troubleshoot Utility-scale solar equipment software and/or component failures
- Perform equipment repairs and/or replacements following Standard Operating Procedures
- Commissioning of Utility-scale solar equipment and projects
- Documentation and reporting of daily tasks using internal software applications
- Liaising with customers, subcontractors, internal SFE O&M team and other stakeholders
- Represent SkyFire Energy with professionalism, safe work habits, humility and integrity
Qualifications:
- Red-Seal Journeyperson Certificate required
- Experience with medium and high voltage electrical work
- Strong electrical understanding and troubleshooting
- Strong organizational and documentation skills
- Be in good health and physically fit (must be able to lift equipment and other items up to 60lbs)
- Must be able to work outside in all weather conditions
- A valid class 5 license with a clean driving record
- Strong communication and leadership skills
- Safe work practices and understanding of LOTO, Arc Flash Boundaries and levels of PPE
- Ability to work safely in a high potential Utility environment
- Must be available to join the "On Call Rotation" to respond and react quickly to emergency situations on sites
- Must be available to work regularly out of town on projects for durations of 2 days to 2+ weeks
- Willingness to learn and adhere to all safety rules and regulations
- Willingness to be flexible and adapt to changing schedule and work conditions
Assets (preferred but not required):
- Solar training and/or solar installation certification (SAIT, NAIT, NABCEP, SEI, etc)
- Solar installation experience – Utility and Industrial projects
- Fall protection training/certification
- Experience with medium and high voltage switchgear
- Willingness to work on Utility-scale solar installation projects
Benefits of Working for SkyFire Energy
As a SkyFire employee you can look forward to enjoying the feeling of accomplishment, and working in a progressive industry which fosters sustainable development principles.
- An industry competitive wage
- Opportunity to own shares in SkyFire Energy as an employee shareholder
- Comprehensive dental and health benefits
- Workwear and cell phone allowance
- Permanent, full-time positions (work is available 12 months of the year)
- On and off-site training
- The difference of working for a Certified B Corporation
- An enjoyable, modern workplace, including organized staff events
Learn more about us here: www.skyfireenergy.com/about
At SkyFire Energy, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our organization. We know that having varied perspectives helps generate better ideas to solve the complex problems of a changing world. These values are central for us to achieve our mission to relentlessly lead the solar industry to the benefit of our community and future generations.
