Renewables Technician II

Enel North America Inc.; Ganado (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with match

Generous PTO

Professional development

Job summary

Enel North America Inc. is seeking a Renewable Technician II to independently maintain utility-scale solar facilities and BESS systems. The role involves preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance, diagnostic troubleshooting, and documentation, with a focus on safety and compliance.

You will work with a team of technicians and site leadership, performing field tasks within qualification limits, and supporting plant availability across the portfolio in Texas.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Technical training in electrical/electronics or related field preferred.
• 2+ years in renewable energy, industrial maintenance or power generation.

Responsibilities

• Execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance independently on Solar PV and BESS equipment.
• Diagnose and repair electrical, mechanical, and control-system issues.
• Perform authorized LOTO and switching activities.
• Use SCADA, monitoring systems, and drawings to investigate alarms and verify equipment condition.
• Complete work orders and maintenance records accurately and promptly.
• Provide task-level guidance to developing technicians and ensure proper procedures and PPE use.
• Participate in on-call, emergency-response, and restoration activities.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Troubleshooting

Solar PV

Battery energy storage

Safety & LOTO

SCADA/Controls

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Technical school in electrical/electronics

Tools

SCADA

SAP/CMMS

Job description

Description and Requirements

The Renewable Technician II is an independently qualified field technician responsible for safely maintaining utility‑scale renewable energy facilities. Solar PV is the primary technology. At facilities with BESS, the technician independently performs corresponding BESS activities within established procedures, qualifications, and authorization limits.

The position executes preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance, inspections, testing, intermediate troubleshooting, component replacement, and restoration activities. Equipment may include PV modules, trackers, combiner equipment, inverters, batteries, Inverter/PCS equipment, transformers, switchgear, HVAC, fire‑protection interfaces, SCADA, communications, balance‑of‑plant systems, and AC and DC circuits ranging from medium voltage 34.5kV to 12VDC.

The incumbent independently applies approved procedures, LOTO, work permits, electrical test methods, SCADA/HMI tools, and SAP/CMMS processes. The role resolves common failures within qualification limits and escalates complex or high‑risk conditions to senior technicians or site leadership.

The role collaborates with technicians, the Renewable Lead Technician, site leadership, contractors, OEMs, and remote technical teams. Successful performance is demonstrated through safe independent execution, accurate documentation, reliable troubleshooting, and support of plant availability.

What you will do

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance independently on Solar PV and, where present, BESS equipment within qualification limits.
• Diagnose and repair routine and moderately complex electrical, mechanical, communications, and control‑system issues.
• Perform authorized LOTO and switching activities within site qualification and authorization limits.
• Use SCADA, monitoring systems, HMI tools, drawings, manuals, and equipment data to investigate alarms and verify equipment condition.
• Complete work orders, service records, material transactions, inspection results, and operational updates accurately and promptly.
• Provide task‑level field guidance to developing technicians and demonstrate correct use of procedures, tools, PPE, and documentation.
• Participate in on‑call, emergency‑response, forced‑outage, and restoration activities.

What you will bring

Education

• Required: High School Diploma or GED.
• Preferred: Technical School education in electrical, electronics, instrumentation, industrial maintenance, renewable energy, or a related field.

Work Experience

• Typical Experience: 2+ years of relevant renewable energy, industrial maintenance, power generation, electrical, or related technical experience.
• Required: Demonstrated competency to independently execute core preventive, predictive, corrective, and troubleshooting activities.
• Preferred: Experience with industrial electrical systems, Solar PV O&M, BESS O&M, or comparable power‑generation environments.
• Advancement is based on demonstrated competency, acquired qualifications through provided company/OEM training, business need, performance that includes Operation Procedures, Work Instructions, Guidelines knowledge and Soft Skills acquisitions rather than tenure alone.

Certifications and Licenses

• Required: Completion and maintenance of assigned site qualification QEW3 in 6 months of starting in position and authorization requirements.
• Preferred: State Electrician License or equivalent technical certification.
• Required: Valid driver's license and ability to meet company driving requirements.

Main Technical Skills

• Electrical Maintenance & Troubleshooting: Independently tests, diagnoses, maintains, and repairs routine to moderately complex AC/DC equipment and circuits.
• Solar PV Systems: Independently maintains and troubleshoots PV modules, trackers, combiner equipment, inverters, and plant‑performance issues.
• Battery Energy Storage Systems: Independently performs routine maintenance and troubleshooting on batteries, Inverter/PCS equipment, HVAC, fire‑protection interfaces, and auxiliaries where present.
• Safety, LOTO & Switching: Independently applies JSA, permit‑to‑work, LOTO, electrical‑safety, and authorized switching requirements within qualification limits.
• SCADA, Controls & Digital Tools: Independently uses SCADA/HMI and monitoring systems, supports alarm investigation and routine controls verification, and maintains SAP/CMMS records.

Main Soft Skills

• Safety Leadership: Demonstrates and promotes safe work, identifies hazards, and intervenes when necessary.
• Communication: Communicates technical and operational information clearly and accurately.
• Problem Solving: Evaluates issues, applies structured analysis, and implements or escalates effective solutions.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: Works effectively with technicians, contractors, OEMs, and cross‑functional teams.

Other Skills

• Planning & Organization: Prioritizes work, prepares resources, and manages assigned activities effectively.
• Digital Literacy: Uses Microsoft Office, mobile devices, SAP/CMMS, SCADA, and operational tools appropriate to the role.
• Continuous Learning & Adaptability: Learns new technologies, procedures, and equipment and adapts to changing operational needs.

Other Job Requirements

• Ability and willingness to travel for training and/or site support as needed.
• Ability and willingness to participate in an assigned on‑call rotation and work nights, weekends, holidays, overtime, and extended hours when operational required.
• Ability and willingness to respond to emergencies, abnormal conditions, equipment failures, and forced outages and support restoration within authorization limits.
• Ability to safely use hand and power tools and required personal protective equipment.
• Ability to work outdoors in variable weather and around energized electrical and rotating equipment under approved safety controls.

Why join us?

Please see below for additional information on Enel North America rewards.

Enel North America offers its regular full‑time employees affordable, quality healthcare for you and your family, life insurance and disability benefits to provide security, and retirement benefits to help you plan for your financial future. In addition, we offer an array of other benefits such as flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement and professional development allowance.

Benefits are effective as of day one!

• 401k with match fully vested as of day one. Enel‑NA matches 100% of the first 4% that you contribute up to set IRS limits.
• Generous PTO that supports work/life balance including: 4 weeks annually of vacation as well as personal days, volunteer days, your birthday off, paid holidays, and sick time. Proration may apply during first year of employment.
• Paid leave programs
• The opportunity to grow and develop your career with the support and mentorship of senior leaders.
• The opportunity to work for one of the world’s most recognizable and respected brands in the energy industry that believes by working together we can create a new energy era in which the world can become more sustainable.

An employee’s eligibility for these benefits shall be subject to the governing documents for such plans and/or company policy. The benefits described above may be modified or eliminated with or without notice in accordance with the governing documents and applicable law.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and the Selection Process

Enel North America is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information. We will not discriminate, in any employment decision, against any individual or group on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veterans/national guard/military reserve status. This shall be done in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws in every location in which Enel North America has facilities. Enel North America maintains a drug‑free workplace and performs pre‑employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law. Accessibility – If you require accessibility assistance applying for open positions please contact [e-mail].

The selection process includes an initial introductory interview with the Recruiting team, followed by an interview with the relevant business line. If your profile matches the requirements of the role, we will contact you to share all the details of the next steps.

Enel North America is committed to providing a fair and transparent hiring process for all job seekers. We will never ask you to pay money or provide sensitive information, such as your social security number or bank account number, as part of the application process. We only hire through our official channels, which include our website and LinkedIn page. If you receive a job offer that did not come through one of those channels, it is likely a scam, and we suggest reporting it to the authorities.

We are looking for individuals who embody our values: trust, respect, innovation, proactivity, and flexibility.

Who we are

Enel North America:

Enel North America is a proven renewables leader delivering clean, flexible and sustainable energy solutions.

As part of the Enel Group, we develop, build, own and operate renewable power plants and demand response solutions, with over 11 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind and solar capacity, over 1 GW of energy storage and nearly 5 GW of demand response in the US and Canada.

For nearly 25 years, we've reliably powered modern life and driven climate action with our people, partners and communities by putting sustainability at the center of everything we do. Enel is a top‑five industry leader for clean power capacity in the US, demand response in North America and utility‑scale battery storage in Texas.

We are a smart and passionate team working together to build the Enel North America that we want for the long‑term - one that is founded on strong financial, social and environmental values. Being on our team means being part of lasting progress to create a thriving and more sustainable world for our climate and communities. It means valuing safety, trust, innovation, proactivity, flexibility and respect in all we do. Our vision is ambitious, and we'll get there together.

Enel Spa

Enel is a multinational power company and a leading integrated player in the global power and renewables markets, present in 27 countries worldwide.

At global level, it is the largest renewable player, the foremost electricity distribution network player by number of grid customers served and the biggest retail operator by customer base.

Enel generates electricity with approximately 93 GW of total capacity. Enel Green Power, the Group's renewables arm, has a total capacity of approximately 68 GW and a generation mix that includes wind, solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric power, as well as energy storage facilities, installed in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

Enel Grids, the Group's global business line dedicated to the management of the electricity distribution service worldwide, delivers electricity through a network of 1.9 million kilometers with more than 69 million end users connected to its distribution grids. Enel Commercial is the Group's arm dedicated to customers around the world with the aim of effectively providing products and services based on their energy needs and encouraging them towards a more conscious and sustainable use of energy. It provides electricity, gas and integrated services to more than 29 million customers globally including households, enterprises, industries and public administrations. In addition, it offers flexibility services aggregating 10.2 GW and has over 34,000 owned public charging points for electric mobility.

Curious about us? Discover more at www.enel.com