Remote Performance Engineer II - PV Solar Systems

SOLV Energy; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Vacation time

Sick leave

Holiday pay

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking a Performance Engineer II to oversee day-to-day operational activities on active projects. The role supports PV power plant performance, data analytics, and reporting across a national portfolio, with remote or hybrid work options and in-office presence in San Diego, CA or Bend, OR.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in PV performance engineering, hands-on modeling with PVsyst/PlantPredict/SAM, strong communication, and the ability to mentor a team of engineers and analysts

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, science, or a related technical discipline.
• 4+ Years’ experience in PV Performance Engineering, Capacity Testing (ASTM E2848 & IEC standards) and PV data analytics
• Experience in modeling using software like 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

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 & Analysts to track critical issues within the construction and/or operational fleet (equipment, parts, manufacturers, etc.) 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 & Analysts 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.
• Work with Performance Engineers and Performance Engineering Managers in assisting and supporting data analytics and other software tools development.
• Review performance and operations reports and analyses generated by Performance Engineers & Analysts to ensure accuracy and to identify operational/performance issues within projects.
• Manage plant performance optimization initiatives and collaborate with fellow Performance Engineers, Field & Project Management team and client.
• Track and understand contractual guarantee and conduct periodic meetings to assess projects risk and any possible improvements, remediations, or optimizations.
• Maintain clear and accurate documents/procedures for internal reference and training purposes.
• Facilitate a strong working relationship with fellow Performance Engineers while prioritizing project ownership and project success.
• Facilitate project reviews and ad-hoc requests from clients as needed to address performance of projects. Escalate issues to management as needed.
• Review turnover documentation to review/monitor various root causes for equipment underperformance and failure modes.
• Run and evaluate PV system energy models for Utility Scale Solar PV Projects using PVsyst or other modeling software as needed.
• Verify project drawings including site plans, system layout, one lines, cable management, and equipment installation details.
• Create project specific troubleshooting/reporting templates as applicable and also maintain or improve the workflow task templates with new updates as needed.
• Execute all tasks as assigned in the Performance Engineering Workflow Process while maintaining accurate and up-to-date status notes.
• Perform and track different simulations in the PVsyst such as: Impacts of terrain, Horizon losses, Tree or external shading, Snow, Soiling and Spectral Losses
• Grow into a role of subject matter expert in PV power plants.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

PV Performance Engineering

PV data analytics

PVSyst

PlantPredict

SAM

Python

Excel

Strong communication

Problem solving

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, science, or a related technical discipline

Tools

PVSyst

PlantPredict

SAM

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking a Performance Engineer II to oversee day-to-day operational activities on active projects. The role supports PV power plant performance, data analytics, and reporting across a national portfolio, with remote or hybrid work options and in-office presence in San Diego, CA or Bend, OR.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in PV performance engineering, hands-on modeling with PVsyst/PlantPredict/SAM, strong communication, and the ability to mentor a team of engineers and analysts