PV Performance Engineer II - Remote/Hybrid

SOLV Energy

New Hampshire

Hybrid

USD 118,000 - 129,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

SOLV Energy, a leader in solar, storage, and substation projects, seeks a Performance Engineer II - O&M to oversee daily operations on active projects. Role can be remote or hybrid with in-office presence in San Diego, CA or Bend, OR, with discussion during interview.

Key duties include data consolidation, reporting, onboarding projects, troubleshooting performance issues, and coordinating cross-functional teams to optimize fleet performance. Strong PV modeling and analytics skills required.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, science, or related technical discipline.
4+ years’ experience in PV Performance Engineering or data analytics.
Experience in modeling with PVSyst, PlantPredict, SAM, and so on.
Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and other Office tools
Experience with programming languages like Python, VBA, MATLAB, Java, and others preferred
Ability to travel up to 20% of time
Broad understanding of the Renewable Energy industry with emphasis on Service and Construction preferred
Foster a spirit of collaboration between teams
Experience working for a diverse multi-disciplined company
Strong communication skills to clearly articulate vision into an executable plan and clearly communicate details and thoughts to internal/external clients
Effective problem-solving ability and strong analytical skills. Ability to identify underlying or hidden problems; looks beyond the obvious to the essence of issues and / or tasks.
Entrepreneurial spirit and passion for problem solving
Able to problem solve and engineer the solution
Able to explain to both internal and external clients
Able to mentor and oversee Performance Engineers I/II

Responsibilities

Stresses the importance that safety is the most important function, ensures that all employees from field team to office follow safe practices while working.
Collaborate with internal teams to collect and consolidate necessary data to complete reports, Acceptance tests, other analytical tools, and deliverables.
Responsible for the on-boarding of active projects into SOLV Energy’s internal Performance Team’s platforms.
Collaborate with fellow Performance Engineers I & II to track critical issues within the construction and/or operational fleet and share findings with internal teams with a common goal of fleet optimization.
Troubleshoot performance data/equipment to determine and track challenges associated with commissioning and correlate with workorder data for accurate reporting.
Lead Performance Engineers I & II in day-to-day coordination and management of operational activities relating to projects.
Maintain a thorough understanding of site design, equipment and current issues affecting projects.
Calculate and analyze energy losses and system performance incurred from equipment outages/underperformance and communicate impacts to relevant internal and external teams using internal tools and ad-hoc analyses.
Maintain a thorough understanding of analytical tools and performance calculations and best practices.
Identify and assist with troubleshooting potential issues using analytical tools.
Using internal tools, update existing reports for clients including Commissioning Plans, Test Reports, Operation reports, Vitals, forecasting, and Yearly Guarantees.
Help support work prioritization for field teams based on criticality and occurrences of failures.
Identify operational issues and initiate problem resolution while working with OEM vendors, field technicians, SCADA engineers, and other parties as needed.