Solar Performance Analyst

Invenergy•Chicago, IL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Solar Performance Analyst will serve as a primary data and performance analytics resource, providing technical support to a growing solar operating fleet. This role is responsible for transforming plant-level operational and meteorological data into actionable insights and business intelligence to optimize asset performance and enable data-driven decision-making.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
6 months to 2 years of experience working with operational, industrial, or renewable energy asset data in an analytics, engineering, or performance monitoring role.
Strong proficiency in Python for data analysis, automation, and performance modeling using large time-series datasets.
Experience designing and maintaining dashboards and reports in Microsoft Power BI or comparable business intelligence platforms.
Ability to clean, validate, and transform raw SCADA and telemetry data into structured datasets suitable for analytics and reporting.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate technical insights into actionable recommendations for cross-functional stakeholders.
Eligible to work in the United States without the need for employer visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of SQL for querying, transforming, and managing large-scale time-series and relational data sources.
Familiarity with utility-scale solar photovoltaic system operations and performance metrics such as availability, performance ratio (PR), capacity factor, and degradation.
Experience analyzing weather and irradiance data, including POA, GHI, and temperature-based performance impacts.
Hands-on experience with the AVEVA PI System, including development and maintenance of Asset Framework hierarchies, templates, attributes, and analyses.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain operational metrics, KPIs, and standardized reporting frameworks that convert SCADA, met, and plant data into actionable performance insights.
Clean, validate, and process raw operational datasets, identifying and correcting data quality issues such as sensor errors, data gaps, and outliers.
Transform and structure time-series and relational data into scalable formats suitable for dashboards, automated reporting, and advanced analytics workflows.
Design, develop, and maintain reports, dashboards, and visualizations that effectively communicate plant and fleet performance to operations, engineering, asset management, and executive stakeholders.
Partner cross-functionally with operations engineering, asset management, and site teams to develop analytical tools that identify, diagnose, and resolve system underperformance.
Manage recurring plant and fleet performance reporting, proactively identifying trends, anomalies, degradation, and optimization opportunities.
Perform ad hoc analyses to quantify energy production and revenue impacts associated with equipment outages, curtailment, weather variability, availability losses, and operational events.
Support regulatory, contractual, and compliance reporting requirements through accurate data preparation, validation, and documentation.
Utilize AVEVA PI System tools—including Asset Framework (AF), Analyses, and Event Frames—to develop real-time monitoring, calculations, and performance tracking solutions for solar assets.