Renewables High Voltage O&M Site Manager

Full time | ThinkBAC Consulting | United States

Posted On 02/18/2025

Work Experience 5+ years

Energy and Utilities

City Victoria

State/Province Texas

77901

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/execution of dynamic utility-scale energy storage projects. They are at the forefront of the industry, have accumulated over 9GW+ of projects in a relatively short period of 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 in order 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 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 are offering comprehensive compensation packages to their employees leading the drive to meet company goals. Other perks include a competitive base salary, open PTO policy, flex 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.
  
• The Renewables High Voltage O&M Site Manager / HV Electrical Field Supervisor leads technical support initiatives for start-up, commissioning, testing, and engineering operations. This includes major outage planning initiatives.
  
• The Renewables High Voltage O&M Site Manager / HV Electrical Field Supervisor manages all associated NERC / ERCOT documentation/compliance issues, switching orders, outage planning, and LOTO procedures requests.
  
• The Renewables High Voltage Site O&M Manager / HV Electrical Field Supervisor provides support and emergency response for Balance of Plant operations across the region.
  
• The Renewables High Voltage Site O&M Manager / HV Electrical Field Supervisor leads BESS maintenance and compliance inspections.
  
• The Renewables High Voltage O&M Manager Supervisor / HV Electrical Field Supervisor will provide technical support of all HV equipment such as grid-tied inverters, circuit breakers, SEL relays, switchgears, AC/DC circuits, and high voltage substations.
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 4-6+ years 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 around 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 the following types of roles: O&M Site Manager, High Voltage Site Manager, HV O&M Manager, HV O&M Supervisor, Supervisor, High Voltage Supervisor, O&M Field Manager, O&M Field Supervisor, Sr. Field Service Engineer, Sr. Field Engineer, High Voltage Tech, Substation Specialist, Electrical Substation Tech, High Voltage Reliability Engineer, Electrical Substation Systems Engineer, Lead P&C Field Specialist, Lead Protection & Controls Technician.