Director / Principal – Utilities
Rincon Consultants, Inc.
Associate Operational Asset Manager
Pivot Energy
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Colorado, Illinois
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💰 $70,000 - $85,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Manage all operational facets of active solar PV distributed generation site operation within assigned sub-set of assets: Manage subcontractors and oversee internal reporting systems to ensure assets are performing at or above forecasted production
- Monitor, assess and manage the operational performance of solar assets to achieve the projects’ highest possible availability
- Identify, evaluate, and implement optimization tactics for asset performance improvement
- Diagnose system issue and schedule and manage corrective actions with subcontractors as required for maximum asset performance
- Review preventative maintenance reports and identify follow-up activities required via corrective action tickets or workmanship warranty claims
- Manage operational costs aligned with project budgets
- Support new site onboarding: Review and approve site commissioning documentation and O&M manuals
- Review and manage contractual obligations for ongoing operations and compliance requirements
- Support Financial Asset Management team: Provide supporting documentation as needed for insurance renewals, claim management, payments, invoices, property tax, permitting, regulatory requirements, and other compliance obligations
- Coordinate with the Financial Asset Management team to prepare accurate cash flow forecasting
- Complete quarterly budget reviews for projects in and assigned portfolio
- Provide quarterly operating reports for an assigned subset of assets
Requirements
- Minimum one (1) to two (2) years related experience, preferably experience in the solar energy or other renewable energy industry.
- Basic understanding of solar equipment, technologies (legacy and emerging), design, and plant operations
- Basic understanding of performance monitoring and analysis using data acquisition systems and other tools to evaluate production data.
- Experience in asset management, including contract management and compliance
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to track & execute large volumes of ongoing compliance obligations
- Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work across teams are highly desirable
- Preferred: Solar engineering experience (PVsyst, Helioscope, etc.)
- Preferred: Understanding of Renewable Energy Credits
- Preferred: Understanding of Community Solar and Commercial & Industrial Solar
- Preferred: NABCEP certification (any category)
- Preferred: OSHA 10 or OSHA 30
- Preferred: Data Management in various platforms, including SmartSheet and Salesforce
- Preferred: Experience managing commercial rooftop projects
- Preferred: Experience managing battery storage assets
- Preferred: Experience working with third-party clients on asset management portfolios
