BESS HV TECH

EDP Renewables North America; Cantua Creek (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

EDP Renewables North America LLC in California is seeking a Senior High Voltage Technician to operate, inspect, and maintain plant equipment and systems at the Cantua Creek site, including substation equipment, switchgear, pad-mount transformers, and SCADA.

You will lead day-to-day operations, coordinate with contractors, manage spare parts, collect data for reports, perform safety and environmental compliance, and support on-call HV troubleshooting. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of college or technical school education or equivalent.
• 5+ years of relevant solar or BESS energy experience.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office and reporting systems.
• Ability to be the onsite point of contact and lead day-to-day operations.
• Experience with power plant operations, high-voltage switching, and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Ensure proper operation, inspection and maintenance of plant equipment and systems including substation, met towers, switchgear, pad mount transformers, SCADA systems, road maintenance, crop damage assessments, general building maintenance, etc.
• Effectively gather information regarding performance issues, diagnose, recommend, and implement solutions up to intermediate routine issues.
• Comply with environmental health and safety programs and act as a safety role model.
• Perform administrative duties including POD reports, work orders, SAP processing, fault reports, and QA/QC inspections.
• Identify gaps in safety standards and provide recommendations to management.
• Review service checklists and maintain punch lists for future work.
• Oversee contractor performance and assist in EDPR responsibilities such as pad mount transformer switching.
• Manage spare parts inventory for the facility and prepare reports for reporting requirements.
• Engage internal/external resources to correct performance issues and ensure reliable communication between inverters, substation, site office, and home office.
• Support surrounding EDPR sites with HV inspections and troubleshooting as needed.
• Perform switching and grounding of transformers and associated equipment.
• Provide 24/7 on-call remote HV support to the HV Team for complex troubleshooting and testing.
• Interface with local community members and landowners to establish and maintain reporting.
• Facilitate daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting in line with operational and safety requirements.
• Direct work of Solar Techs when applicable and coordinate with HV/Operations managers on budgets.

Skills

Lead day-to-day operations

HV switching experience

Onsite point of contact

BESS/solar energy experience

MS Office & SQL Server proficiency

Education

1+ years college/technical school or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

SQL Server

Job description

• Ensure proper operation, inspection and maintenance of plant equipment and systems including substation, met towers, switchgear, pad mount transformers, SCADA systems, road maintenance, crop damage assessments, general building maintenance, etc..
• Effectively gather information regarding performance issues associated with plant equipment including inverters, battery storage systems, met towers, metering, etc. May diagnose, recommend, and implement solutions up to intermediate routine issues.
• Comply with all pertinent environmental health and safety programs
• Act as a safety role model, encourage and recognize others completing safe acts and intervene when unsafe acts are being practiced
• Perform a variety of administrative duties satisfying both internal and external reporting requirements. Administrative responsibilities include but are not limited to, plan of the day (POD) reports, reviewing work orders, SAP processing, fault reports, offline equipment reports, QA/QC inspections reports, and engineering cases.
• Identify gaps in safety standards and safety risks in the work environment and provide recommendations to higher level technical staff and management
• Demonstrate and promote integrity, strong initiative, and a no-compromise focus on safety and quality of work on a continuous basis
• Review completed service checklists and work orders for accuracy and maintain punch list for future work activities
• Oversee contractor performance, and assist in tasks that are EDPRs responsibility, such as pad mount transformer switching
• Manages spare parts inventory of assigned renewable generating facility
• Perform data collection and prepare reports in order to meet reporting requirements
• Engage appropriate internal and external resources to correct performance issues
• Ensure that reliable electronic communication is maintained between the inverters, substation, site office, and home office
• Support surrounding EDPR sites with High Voltage inspections and troubleshooting as needed
• Perform switching and grounding of step-up transformers, feeder breakers, gang-

operated switches, padmount transformers, switchgear, and other related electrical components

• Provide 24/7 on-call remote HV support to the HV Team for complex troubleshooting, component testing, and proof checking
• Serve as the first responder for emergency and routine repairs on facility equipment
• Interface with local community members and land owners to establish and maintain report
• Facilitate training requirements as it relates to areas of safety and compliance training
• Facilitate daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting in accordance with operational, safety, regulatory, and environmental performance requirements
• Ability to direct work of Solar Tech 1 and Solar Tech 2 technicians when applicable
• Work closely with High Voltage Manager and Operations Manager on budget administration
• Periodically report to High Voltage Manager and Operations Manager on day-to-day operations
• Locate underground utilities installed at the power plant with applicable state guidelines
• Work closely with equipment suppliers and service entities as needed including filling warranty claims
• Operate heavy machinery such as manlifts and forklifts
• Operate company vehicles and maintain it in ready-to-respond condition
• Additional duties as required

Direct reports: None

Travel: as needed

• 1+ years of college or technical school education, or an equivalent combination of training and experience
• 5+ years of relevant experience in solar or BESS energy or a related industry
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office software, SQL Server software, facility management and reporting systems
• Demonstrated ability to be the onsite point of contact and lead day to day operations
• Experience with power plant operations and maintenance, wind plant operations, and turbines, high-voltage switching, and post-operational repair, and maintenance of turbines preferred