Solar Operations Engineer

Job Description

Job Summary
We are seeking a skilled Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining various engineering projects.

100% REMOTE ROLE

Here is the JD:

Job title: Solar Operations Engineer

Location: New York, NY (New York City office, but we are open to our San Francisco office or remote for the right candidate)

Duration: Full-time

Salary: $140,000/ per year.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitoring and analyzing the performance of renewable energy assets, identifying any deviations from expected performance levels, and implementing corrective actions.
• Establish a safety protocol for remote closing/event analysis on each newly CODd site.
• Utilize deep technical prowess to resolve system issues, working closely with equipment, inverter, and DAS/SCADA technical support to create a sense of urgency with peak availability of our fleet at the forefront of priority.
• Coordinating inspections, preventive maintenance, and repairs to ensure the smooth operation of assets, maximizing energy production, and minimizing downtime.
• Organize meeting agendas, both internal and with clients, lead meetings with clients, O & M providers, other external parties and internal teams, particularly with our D&E and Technical Development teams.
• Collecting and analyzing data related to asset performance, energy production, and maintenance activities to generate monthly reports and recommendations for improvement.
• Managing O&M relationship and agreements including negotiations, compliance monitoring, vendor management, invoice approval, documentation, etc.
• Defining and managing the technical handover from construction to operations. Oversee onboarding new systems onto the monitoring platform.
• Researching and exploring best industry practices and new technology for monitoring and O&M.
• Administering all contractual guarantees. This may include performance and/or availability guarantees with multiple parties.
• Improving and managing all equipment warranties and warranty claims.
• Setting standard and overseeing all internal O&M event tracking to enable accurate record keeping and reporting.
• Establishing and implementing a spare parts management system and strategy.
• Assessing and mitigating risks associated with asset operations, including technical failures, and health and safety.

Qualifications

We are looking for highly motivated individuals who want to be part of a fast-paced and fluid company poised for growth in one of the countrys most rapidly changing industries.

Forward-thinking, innovative approaches and comfort with complexity are what define the ForeFront Power team. We are looking for individuals eager to run at the front with us.

• Monitoring and analyzing the performance of renewable energy assets, identifying any deviations from expected performance levels, and implementing corrective actions.
• Establish a safety protocol for remote closing/event analysis on each newly CODd site.
• Utilize deep technical prowess to resolve system issues, working closely with equipment, inverter, and DAS/SCADA technical support to create a sense of urgency with peak availability of our fleet at the forefront of priority.
• Coordinating inspections, preventive maintenance, and repairs to ensure the smooth operation of assets, maximizing energy production, and minimizing downtime.
• Organize meeting agendas, both internal and with clients, lead meetings with clients, O & M providers, other external parties and internal teams, particularly with our D&E and Technical Development teams.
• Collecting and analyzing data related to asset performance, energy production, and maintenance activities to generate monthly reports and recommendations for improvement.
• Managing O&M relationship and agreements including negotiations, compliance monitoring, vendor management, invoice approval, documentation, etc.
• Defining and managing the technical handover from construction to operations. Oversee onboarding new systems onto the monitoring platform.
• Researching and exploring best industry practices and new technology for monitoring and O&M.
• Administering all contractual guarantees. This may include performance and/or availability guarantees with multiple parties.
• Improving and managing all equipment warranties and warranty claims.
• Setting standard and overseeing all internal O&M event tracking to enable accurate record keeping and reporting.
• Establishing and implementing a spare parts management system and strategy.
• Assessing and mitigating risks associated with asset operations, including technical failures, and health and safety.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $120,000.00 – $140,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote