Senior Water/Wastewater Engineer
Lochmueller Group
Reliability Engineer
The AES Corporation
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Louisville • California, Colorado, Ohio, Utah • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $91,500 - $109,650 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Analyzing reliability and availability of solar plus storage hardware and components including substations
- Performing root cause analysis for equipment failures and remediate with external parties as needed
- Leading and facilitating major repairs to operational sites
- Evaluating operational sites for repowering and retrofit opportunities including cost benefit analysis
- Implementing new practices to improve uptime and efficiency
- Support SAP Master Data upkeep, and new site implementation using best reliability practices
- Establish standard processes for maintenance activities and hardware configuration to increase equipment reliability and availability
- Identify root cause of performance problems on operational projects, and facilitate recommended action plans
- Perform life cycle cost modeling of project design to inform equipment and component selection
- Facilitate continuous improvement to maintenance practices with internal operations personnel and 3rd Party vendors
- Perform Job Safety Assessments and Safety Walks to identify job-site hazards
- Collaborate with Operations and Engineering teams to troubleshoot existing projects and develop repair and remediation plans
- Design solutions for modifications to systems, and coordinate between various AES subcontractors and vendors where needed
- Implement new practices with technology such as drones, LiDAR, thermal imaging to improve reliability
- Implement new tools and software for operations, leveraging SAP
- Participate in AES US Renewables' growth planning process by contributing to process improvement task forces and other strategic planning activities
- Improve and develop processes for the execution of safe, quality and high-reliability projects
- Educate team on changing trends in technology, standard methodologies and safety
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in Engineering or equivalent technical field
- 2+ years professional experience in engineering with a focus on measuring and maintaining equipment reliability, with an emphasis on HV/MV grid connected systems
- Experience with root cause and failure modes analysis methods
- Experience with reliability metric calculations, MTBF, MTTR, Weibull, etc.
- Proficiency with reading and understanding equipment/facility schematics
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office software suite
- Experience in using results of data analytics and database tools
- High degree of dedication to a quality safety culture and an incident-free work environment
- Willingness to travel within the U.S. to support company’s portfolio of PV solar/BESS assets
- Personal values consistent with those of the AES Corporation; Safety, Integrity, Excellence, Agility and Fun
Benefits
- annual bonus
- full range of medical, dental, vision, life, financial, and/or other benefits
- 401(k) eligibility
- various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
root cause analysisreliability metric calculationsMTBFMTTRWeibull analysislife cycle cost modelingequipment reliabilityHV/MV grid connected systemsschematics readingdata analytics
Soft skills
communication skillsdedication to safety cultureteam collaborationprocess improvementleadershipfacilitationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsstrategic planningeducation and training
