Energy Storage Business Representative

CenerTech Canada Ltd.; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A Canadian energy solutions company is looking for a professional to manage local investment in energy storage and hydrogen production projects. The role demands fluency in both Chinese and English, excellent coordination skills, and familiarity with energy policies. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and at least two years of relevant experience in the energy sector. The position involves responsibilities like market analysis, project financing strategies, and ensuring compliance with local regulations.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of work experience in energy storage systems or related fields.
• Experience in the full development and construction process of energy storage or power-related project.
• Understanding of North American grid connection and grid codes, such as CSA, IEEE, NERC.

Responsibilities

• Market and Price-Spread Arbitrage Analysis related to energy storage.
• Coordinate NRCan's application pathways for ITC and grants.
• Establish project IRR/NPV/LCOE models and set investment thresholds.

Skills

Fluent in Chinese

Fluent in English

Interpersonal communication

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel modeling certifications

CFA Level II

PMP

Job description

Job Profile

steadily carry out local investment business in energy storage and hydrogen production projects, give priority to Canadian candidates, fluent in both Chinese and English, and possess good local public affairs coordination skills and resource networks, familiar with relevant policies and regulations in the new energy field, including but not limited to implementing project site selection, coordinating with local partners, coordinating project approval processes, cross-departmental/cross-border collaboration, and other related work.

Job Responsibilities

• Market and Price-Spread Arbitrage Analysis: Capture AESO real-time electricity prices and peak-valley curves, quantify the annual arbitrage profits and auxiliary service premiums of energy storage scale projects, and form investment hypotheses.
• Policy Funding and Compliance Implementation: Coordinate and implement the application pathways for NRCan's 30% ITC, Alberta ERA grants, and carbon credit proceeds (OBPS/CCUS), ensuring that subsidies can be cashed out.
• Financial Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis: Establish project IRR/NPV/LCOE models, test the impact of CAPEX, battery degradation, and electricity price fluctuations on returns, and set investment thresholds.
• Financing Strategy and Transaction Structure: Compare project loans, green bonds, tax equity investments, and other tools, design a refinancing-capable SPV structure, and secure low-cost funding.
• Post-Investment Monitoring and Exit Planning: Establish KPIs (availability rate ≥97%, attenuation <10% per 10 years), set trigger conditions for refinancing/sale, and ensure timely realization of investment returns.
• System Solutions: Familiar with various forms of energy storage systems (centralized, string, high-voltage cascade, etc.), electrochemical energy storage, and other forms of energy storage. Understand the latest development trends of electrochemical energy storage systems. Identify customer requirements, draft system solutions, provide technical responses, conduct product presentations to customers, and engage in technical exchanges with customers; Assist in implementing policies, industry standards, and technical specifications related to the construction of energy storage projects in Canada, such as the 30% ITC exemption policy, and provide support to domestic and foreign teams. Assist in implementing relevant regulations for special equipment in Canada, cooperate with the hydrogen production team to implement emission reduction policies, and assist in various promotion efforts for project implementation.

Qualifications And Competency Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• At least 2 years of work experience in energy storage systems/new energy/battery systems/power systems or related fields is required. Having experience in North American new energy projects is a significant advantage, even a prerequisite.
• Possess experience in the full development and construction process of at least one energy storage or power-related project.
• Majors related to electrical engineering, power systems, control engineering, battery technology, or new energy science and engineering
• Excellent interpersonal communication, written reporting, and problem-solving skills, and be able to effectively and promptly communicate with approval departments, consulting agencies, power plant owners, as well as domestic companies and teams in Canada.
• Understand North American grid connection and grid codes, such as CSA, IEEE 1547, UL 9540/9540A, NERC, and other standards
• Hold a Professional Engineer (PE) license or be able to obtain it within one year.
• CFA Level II or CAIA; or PMP plus advanced Excel modeling certification (FMVA/AFM).
• Canadian Securities Course (CSC) or Investment Representative license (IIROC) is preferred.
• Hold a Class 5 driver’s license preferred for on-site winter inspections.
• Flexible with time differences and able to attend nighttime calls with the China headquarters.