Renewables High Voltage O&M Site Manager - REMOTE

ThinkBAC Consulting LLC; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering renewable energy firm as a Renewables High Voltage O&M Site Manager. This fully remote position offers the chance to lead high-voltage operations for utility-scale battery storage projects. You'll collaborate with Corporate Asset Operations and oversee maintenance and testing activities, ensuring compliance with NERC/ERCOT standards. The role demands strong leadership skills and experience with high-voltage systems. Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible work hours, and a commitment to renewable infrastructure solutions. If you're passionate about driving energy innovation, this opportunity is for you!

Benefits

Competitive Base Salary

Open PTO Policy

Flexible Work Hours

Health Benefits

Transparent Executive Leadership Team

Qualifications

• 4-6+ years experience with high voltage electrical systems and operations.
• Management experience required for supervising contractors.

Responsibilities

• Support high-voltage operations for renewable energy assets in Texas.
• Lead technical support for commissioning and outage planning.

Skills

High Voltage Electrical Systems

Management / Leadership

NERC/ERCOT Compliance

Emergency Response

Technical Support for HV Equipment

Tools

Electrical SCADA Systems

LOTO Procedures

Job description

Renewables High Voltage O&M Site Manager - REMOTE

Full time | ThinkBAC Consulting | United States

Posted On 02/18/2025

Job Information

Work Experience: 5+ years

Energy and Utilities

City: Houston

State/Province: Texas

Zip Code: 77002

Job Description

Locations: FULLY REMOTE (Anywhere in the Southern Texas Region)

This is an opportunity to join an industry-leading renewable energy venture and IPP with strong private equity backing that is focused on the development and execution of dynamic utility-scale energy storage projects. They are at the forefront of the industry, having accumulated over 9GW+ of projects in a relatively short time and are currently in an accelerated expansion phase.

This is a business-critical role that works directly with the company's Corporate Asset Operations, EPC, and Construction teams in cohesion with a 3rd Party Contractor management strategy to drive high voltage field operations initiatives, including maintenance and testing activities for high-voltage electrical systems on utility-scale battery storage assets.

The position requires experience supporting technical engineering initiatives for multiple utility-scale greenfield and brownfield renewable energy projects in aspects of facility maintenance, testing, and equipment repair. This includes managing the on-site equipment plans through 3rd party services providers and managing the warranty filing/resolutions process. Experience with NERC/ERCOT asset management compliance and the ability to lead outage planning initiatives is HIGHLY PREFERRED. Travel throughout the Southern Texas Region is REQUIRED.

They are committed to creating more renewable infrastructure solutions for the grid and offer comprehensive compensation packages to their employees leading the drive to meet company goals. Other perks include a competitive base salary, open PTO policy, flexible work hours, health benefits, and the opportunity to work with a transparent Executive Leadership Team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The Renewables High Voltage O&M Site Manager / HV Electrical Field Supervisor supports all high-voltage and electrical operations for utility-scale renewable energy assets in the Southern Region of Texas.
  
• Leads technical support initiatives for start-up, commissioning, testing, and engineering operations, including major outage planning initiatives.
  
• Manages all associated NERC/ERCOT documentation/compliance issues, switching orders, outage planning, and LOTO procedures requests.
  
• Provides support and emergency response for Balance of Plant operations across the region.
  
• Leads BESS maintenance and compliance inspections.
  
• Provides technical support for all HV equipment such as grid-tied inverters, circuit breakers, SEL relays, switchgears, AC/DC circuits, and high voltage substations.
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 4-6+ years of experience with HV electrical systems (O&M, testing, field engineering, maintenance services, and/or commissioning).
• Supervisor role requires Management / Leadership experience.
• Experience managing 3rd Party Contractors for utility-scale renewable energy sites with high voltage systems.
• Experience leading on-site warranty management initiatives.
• Working knowledge of high-voltage substations, relay protection, Battery storage (BESS), and transmission systems.
• Working knowledge of testing procedures for grid-tied inverters, BESS/Solar equipment, electrical protective relays (SEL), switchgears, transformers, and circuit breakers.
• Ability to read/interpret schematics and electrical diagrams.
• Working knowledge of electrical SCADA systems.
• Working knowledge of OSHA guidelines and LOTO (lock-out-tag-out).
• Experience in roles such as O&M Site Manager, High Voltage Site Manager, HV O&M Manager, HV O&M Supervisor, and others related to high voltage systems.