Plant Technician I – Renewables

$25.17 to $31.47 Hourly

Location: Rosamond, CA

Avangrid Renewables is currently looking for a Wind and Solar Technician for the Manzana Wind plant and Camino Solar plant. Avangrid Renewables will determine the technician’s level based on their experience and education. The main responsibilities of this position include on-site operations, maintenance, repairs, and replacement of equipment at various wind and solar-powered generation plants.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain solar and wind turbine equipment and associated infrastructure, including substations, collection, and transmission systems.
• Read schematics and proficiently troubleshoot complicated mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic problems and PLC issues.
• Perform mechanical and electrical component repair or replacement of parts to correct malfunctions, following all manufacturers’ requirements.
• Comply with all project environmental health and safety programs.
• Perform preventive maintenance in accordance with OEM maintenance manuals.
• Adhere to effective internal controls.
• Perform data collection and prepare reports to meet plant reporting requirements.
• Perform various retrofits and design modifications.
• Perform various QA/QC functions, compile and submit supporting documents of items found.
• If applicable, support Construction in the Mechanical and Commissioning walk-downs.

Additional Responsibilities

• Increase professional knowledge of equipment, including safety regulations.
• Willing to work overtime on holidays, weekends, and on short notice, participating in an on-call schedule.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 90% of the time throughout the NW and support remote solar assets that are currently built and future construction that comes online. Some travel will require overnight stays.
• Due to the nature of solar, much of the maintenance may require working at night. The ability and willingness to work a swing shift and work evenings, nights, or early mornings is essential.
• Perform duties at low, medium, and high voltages.
• Ability to work in extremely adverse weather conditions.

Required Qualifications

• One-year college or technical school certificate; or 12 months of related experience or wind industry training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Familiarity with maintenance and electronic testing equipment (e.g., voltage testers, amp clamps, oscilloscopes, megohmmeters, infrared testers, hydraulic torque equipment, alignment, and various hand and power tools).
• Advanced computer skills utilizing word processing, spreadsheets, email, facility control, management, and reporting systems, including the use of computerized diagnostic and troubleshooting tools.
• Ability to walk up to 2-3 miles daily and up to 70-100 miles during a maintenance cycle.
• Ability to climb towers up to 100 meters daily to perform maintenance in the nacelle and hub.
• Ability to frequently lift items weighing up to 60 pounds and occasionally lift items up to 100 pounds.
• Ability to work with electrical wires and differentiate between color-coded wires.
• Ability to interpret and follow a variety of instructions, whether written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Knowledge of heavy equipment required for facility maintenance and working knowledge of crane and rigging requirements.
• Demonstrated teamwork, initiative, and a positive attitude.
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record.
• Weight must not exceed 285 lbs., excluding equipment/gear worn when performing job-related tasks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in power plant operations and maintenance.
• Experience in solar and wind plant construction, operation and maintenance; including, specific experience in wind turbine and solar power converters and inverters.
• Experience in high voltage switching.
• Directly related experiences gained in fields that require a strong electrical and mechanical aptitude.
• Qualified candidates living in or near the greater local area.

Additional Success Factors

• Effectively provides and receives information orally in individual and group situations. Written expression is clear, concise, and conveys the desired message.
• Ability to foster and participate in a productive team environment by establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with co-workers, managers, customers, contractors, and vendors.
• Ability to efficiently manage multiple, concurrent, time-sensitive projects and priorities.
• Takes action beyond that required by explicit job responsibilities; sets high performance goals and originates action rather than responding to the action of others.

Competencies

• Develop Self & Others
• Empower to grow
• Collaborate and Share
• Be a role model
• Focus to achieve results
• Be agile

AVANGRID employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties.

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