Operational Performance Engineering Lead
About The Position
Origis Energy is seeking an Operational Performance Engineering Lead to join our team reporting to the Senior Director, Performance Engineering. The individual will develop and lead strategy, direction and implementation of all technical processes and procedures relating to operational fleet performance. The role will have a hand in crafting the overall performance strategy for the organization and define the technical critical processes, systems, and tools that will allow the overall performance engineering group to drive the highest value/MWh possible across all operating renewable energy assets. In addition, this role will be the technical interface in developing a cohesive bond between our Remote Operations Center (ROC), Field Operations Teams and Asset Management. The Operational Performance Engineering Lead is a regular, full-time position, and is eligible for our generous employee benefits package, including employer paid health insurance, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions, and other great benefits.
Requirements
- Proven technical leadership in the energy space and successful experience building and managing a technical team.
- Strong technical professional background in engineering, electrical design engineering, and/or project engineering role in the renewable industry
- Success in building and delivering on Performance and Engineering functions relating to operating PV solar and BESS projects
- Demonstrable experience defining team KPI’s to best meet corporate initiatives and developing supporting metrics to identify and track improvements to ensure target goals and objectives are met
- Deep knowledge with industry standard PV modeling software (i.e., PVsyst or PlantPredict)
- Ability to utilize Excel spreadsheets and be able to use Word and PowerPoint for reporting/presentations via Teams or in person
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mathematical Science required (Master’s preferred)
- 5+ years performance engineering and/or analytics in the energy industry working with 20MW+ PV plants
- Experience performing data analysis to improve fleet performance and reliability
- Experience driving the identification and resolution of product failures; working to optimize plant performance and directing performance projects with site technicians
- Knowledge of monitoring and communications protocols, substation equipment and utility meters, battery backup systems and inverters, SCADA and MET station equipment.
- Proficient in understanding asset design documentation, PV performance modelling and analysis
- Experience leading 3rd party software providers in onboarding, QA and implementation, knowledge of Power Factors Unity a plus
- Management of technical contract scopes and partnerships with third-party providers
- Significant experience working with O&M subcontractors to locate and resolve system outages
- Experience with Python
Responsibilities
- Direct oversite and responsibility for all operational performance engineering activities for both Origis Energy and 3rd party assets
- Provide leadership and advance the team’s effectiveness across asset management, field operation and ROC
- Perform analyses to evaluate the uncertainty of existing PV and BESS energy performance models
- Develop new and improved models and tools to reduce PV and BESS underperformance and streamline notification and direction of the Field Operations team
- Provide operational feedback loop into design, engineering and finance teams
- Utilizing operational performance data to work with supply chain and engineering teams to influence AVL and final equipment selections
- Ownership of daily, weekly, monthly plant performance reporting
- Ownership of operational Expected Energy definition and as-built energy production modeling
- Translate commercial and operational objectives into well-defined initiatives that integrate into the company and department KPIs
- Responsible for technical process and procedure development and the implementation at all levels
- Responsible for supporting technical investment decisions leading to operational efficiency improvements
- Ensure technical processes are documented and drive improvement organization wide
- Primary POC interface with our Asset Management Technical Platform (Power Factors Unity)
Benefits
- generous employee benefits package
- employer paid health insurance
- paid time off
- a 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions
- other great benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
