Associate, Technical Operations – Solar

Generate; New York (NY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Health care benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Generate Capital's Associate, Technical Operations - Solar will support the technical operations across a portfolio of solar projects, including monitoring, dispatch, performance reporting, and maintenance.

You will collaborate with a commercial counterpart to optimize asset performance, manage warranties and spare parts, and oversee O&M vendor relationships and SLAs.

Qualifications

• 1-3+ years in solar operations and maintenance or analytics.
• Familiarity reading PVSyst reports preferred.
• Experience with DAS/SCADA across platforms.
• Comfort with case-management platforms and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Actively manage O&M and performance for a subset of the portfolio.
• Own the portfolio’s operations including maintenance and costs.
• Monitor vendor performance against SLAs and budgets.
• Collect and analyze data supporting guarantees and performance.
• Support monthly KPI reporting and open issues status.

Skills

Solar operations

Performance analytics

Technical asset management

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication skills

Data interpretation

PVSyst

DAS/SCADA

Tools

PVSyst

DAS/SCADA

Case-management platform

Job description

The Associate, Technical Operations - Solar will support the technical operations across the fleet of solar projects. This includes but is not limited to managing daily monitoring and dispatch, performance reporting, budgets, spare parts, invoice approvals, project onboarding, service level agreements with O&M vendors, performance improvement, and special projects like repowers or major repairs. The Associate will work with a commercial counterpart to optimize asset performance.

What you will be doing at Generate Capital as an Associate, Technical Operations - Solar:

• Actively manage the O&M on, performance of, and reactive service to a subset of the overall portfolio.

• “Own” the portfolio’s operations including mowing, washing, plowing, preventive and reactive maintenance.

• Monitor O&M vendor performance to the SLAs for monitoring obligations, response times, and cost control.

• Collect and analyze data supporting all contractual guarantees. This may include performance and/or availability guarantees with multiple parties.

• Support monthly reporting on performance KPIs, major loss drivers, and status of open issues.

• Work in Generate’s existing systems for performance monitoring, case management, and reporting.

• Perform cost-benefit analysis and implement recommended optimization strategies.

• Manage all equipment warranties, warranty claims, and spare parts inventory.

• Scope, price, and manage O&M special projects as they arise (DAS migrations, major repairs, etc.).

• Source, transform, and harvest insights from data sets large and small.

Candidate qualifications & core characteristics:

• A demonstrated passion for, or commitment to, our mission

• 1-3+ years of experience in solar operations and maintenance, performance analytics, or technical asset management

• Familiarity with reading and interpreting PVSyst reports is preferred

• Previous DAS/SCADA experience in multiple platforms

• Demonstrated experience in assessing weather-adjusted system performance

• Experience, familiarity and comfort working in a case-management platform.

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including empathy, intuition, and listening as well as strong writing, editing, and basic design skills.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively on a cross functional team

• Willingness to do the high-volume of small tasks required for a distributed generation platform.

• Intellectual agility and curiosity, superb analytical skills; problem-solving is your default mode

• Experience in a growth company is preferable

• Desire and ability to perform independently. Excellent organizational and self-management capability required.

• Field experience is highly valued and not required.

• High level of self-awareness and humility, with excitement about confronting uncomfortable situations or new challenges

• Entrepreneurial spirit: flexibility, comfort with risk, recognition that “perfect can be the enemy of the good”

Generate’s compensation packages are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Salary decisions take into account a wide variety of factors including, but not limited to: skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, geographic location, and other business and organizational needs. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is $115,000 - $130,000. In addition, the compensation package may include a discretionary bonus and other benefits, including health care benefits, retirement benefits, benefits permitting paid days off (including sick leave, parental leave, and paid time off or vacation benefits), and other benefits that must be reported for federal tax purposes. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of this range.

Generate Capital is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or handicap, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.