Journeyman Electrician - PV & BESS

Ameresco•United States - California - Remote, CA

5d•$40 - $58•Remote

About The Position

Ameresco, Inc. is a leading energy solutions provider focused on helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero. They serve public sector, government entities, K-12 schools, higher education, utilities, and healthcare customers across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe. Ameresco develops, constructs, and operates smart energy efficiency solutions, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure upgrades. The federal Operations & Maintenance team has an opening for a Journeyman Electrician experienced in inspecting, troubleshooting, and maintaining commercial solar and/or battery storage facilities. This is a traveling position supporting facilities in San Jose, CA and Seattle, WA.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent required.
Current California Journeyman Electrician.
Minimum of three (3) years of industrial electric/electronic maintenance experience in the repair, inspection, testing, installation and/or maintenance of related electrical/electronic equipment.
Working knowledge of Solar PV and Battery Storage is preferred.
Experience or training with Sunny Central UP, Solectria XGI, Fimer/ABB series Inverters.
Demonstrated knowledge of electricity, voltage and current relationships for both AC and DC circuits.
Ability to successfully complete position training and testing requirements.
Ability to push, pull, bend, stand, stoop, lift, carry, reach, climb, hear, see, and work on ladders for extended periods of time with hands and arms at heights to install and troubleshoot equipment.
OSHA training and certification preferred.
Ability to travel and flexibility for ‘on call’ support or varied schedule needs.
Valid Drivers' License in good standing, issued by state of residence.
Ability to review confidential US security information.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of Solar PV and Battery Storage is preferred.
Experience or training with Sunny Central UP, Solectria XGI, Fimer/ABB series Inverters.
OSHA training and certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Recognizes safety hazards and follows safety guidelines for personal protection, protection of fellow workers and the protection of the public.
Reads and interprets instruction manuals, blueprints and control system drawings; applies knowledge to daily tasks under the supervision of the field supervisors and operations manager.
Completes written and electronic records (i.e., work orders, calibration sheets, timecards, material requests) required to document the work in progress and as it is completed.
Repair, test, troubleshoot, inspect; and install, remove and maintain solar site equipment such as batteries, solar panels, inverters, transformers, breakers, switchgear, and SCADA equipment under the supervision of the field supervisors and operations manager.
Supervise and train apprentice electricians/coworkers to teach proper and safe use of tools and maintenance procedures.
Preform Switching and LOTO on Medium Voltage Equipment for vendors
Manage onsite Subcontractors in their duties of preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance on SCADA, Medium Voltage Transformers, Medium Voltage Switchgear and BESS equipment.
Willingness to travel extensively to support O&M operations.
Perform other duties as required.