FieldApplications Technician
FieldApplications Technician is an office or remote position 75% of the time and field based 25% of the time. The purpose of this position is to support customer sites during construction with product related questions or issues. If you like fixing simple to complex problems this is the career position for you.
Responsibilities
- Travel to customer sites (up to 25% of the time)
- Evaluate compatibility of various Nextracker products and components
- Supervise or train on correct NX Tracker installation
- For applications technical support on all NX Tracker systems
- Evaluate field related issues to determine root cause
- Installation error construction deviation reports (CDR) or supplier quality non-conformance reports (NCR)
- Troubleshoot tooling or teams with NX Tooling department for live support only as needed (without NX Tooling support on site)
- Applications Team Document Review
- Installation manuals, engineering documents, construction sets, technical bulletins – work collaboratively with Document Management to create and/or edit Technical Bulletins with NX Engineering approvals to support quick response to jobsites under construction
- Develop reports on overall installation of tracker and components
- Identify opportunities for tracker installation improvements and value engineering
- Review and respond to Request for Information (RFI) (50% time)
- Lead and/or participate in PowerworX training in EU region
Qualifications
- Engineering or extensive field knowledge for mechanical trackers
- 5-10 years of mechanical/structural engineering experience in solar trackers, PV panels or other ground mounted solar tracking systems or applicable technology
- Self-motivated independent technical aptitude and excellent interpersonal skills
- Comfortable in a dynamic atmosphere with a rapidly expanding customer base and product offering
- Strong presentation skills and ability to communicate professionally verbally in writing and with presentations
- Proven ability to solve complex problems
- Documentation skills (know or learn) on NX Applications including Box Arena, NetSuite, UltiPro, Workday, Confluence, Sky Trust & new applications as developed
- Travel requests (approved by Manager prior to bookings) & booking your own travel (flights, rental car, accommodations) to Project sites through Egencia
Preferred Experience
- Prior field leadership role(s): Applications Superintendent, Construction Manager, Field Engineering, Quality Superintendent/Manager
- Structural load testing and validation
- Designing and constructing ground-mounted solar racking systems (fixed or tracker)
- Preference will be given to Nextracker mechanical field build experience
Nextracker is leading the energy transition, providing the most comprehensive portfolio of intelligent solar tracker and software solutions for solar power plants and strategic services to capture the full value of solar power plants for our customers. Our talented worldwide teams transform PV plant performance every day with smart technology data monitoring and analysis services. Sustainability is a core business value, driven by our shared mission to provide smart solar and software solutions and mitigate climate change for future generations.
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