Utility Solar Site Lead

Site Lead needed for a 600MW solar utility and BESS site located in Salome, AZ. This is an immediate opening joining a rapidly growing team to help lead the Solar Techs onsite!

Compensation: $40-$45/hr + Full Benefits + Relocation Assistance (if needed)

The S&B Site Lead is responsible for assisting the Field Manager / Plant Manager in operation of the site and technicians from safety, solar and battery scheduled & unscheduled maintenance, troubleshooting, outages, inspections, HV/MV switching, oversight of technician teams & contractors and other work as directed. The S&B Site Lead shall know all aspects of safety in the above-mentioned activities and ensure compliance for all technicians on site.

In this position you shall have knowledge and experience in renewable energy solar & battery operations, maintenance, BESS operations, switching and Lock Out Tag Out for PV, BESS, substation components as well as collection systems. This is a leadership field position.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Support technicians and assist with project management at site.
• Issue customer’s annual maintenance plans and ensure maintenance on completed on time.
• Schedule and plan work to minimize downtime and ensure team safety.
• Manage CMMS work order reviews for accuracy and out-of-scope billing.
• Track inspections, schedules, and parts consumption through CMMS.
• Lead by example—set the standard for safety, quality, and excellence.
• Identify site performance issues and develop plans for corrective action, ideally during
• Ensure equipment integrity with only approved solutions, hardware, and software for
• equipment.
• Perform quality checks to confirm technician and contractor work meets standards.
• Coordinate large corrective work or campaigns with contractors as needed.
• Inspect and troubleshoot DC systems, combiner boxes, and string performance
• Ensure all work performed is documented and maintain compliance with safety standards
• (OSHA, NEC, NFPA 70E)
• Collaborate with peers, site leads, and clients to ensure project success
• Communicate issues and solutions to leadership.
• Work with Inventory Control to make sure projects are supplied properly with parts and
• consumables
• Able to participate and respond in an On-Call 24/7/365 rotation schedule
• Understand the fundamentals of mechanics, electricity, electronics, PLC’s, and hydraulics to
• solve mechanical and electrical problems
• Learn to interface with equipment PLCs to program, analyze performance and troubleshoot
• problems
• Enjoy the challenges associated with troubleshooting, maintaining, and problem solving on renewable energy equipment
• Oversee Perform module swaps and replacements in accordance with site standards
• Diagnose and repair tracker system components (gearboxes, actuators, drives, motors, etc.)
• Assist with scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities.
• Support experienced technicians with troubleshooting tasks.
• Maintain safety training and Qualified Electrical Worker requirements as a Site Lead
• Participate in safety briefings and enforce LOTO procedures.
• Adheres to, supports, and enforces all company policies
• Learn the fundamentals of mechanics, electricity, electronics, PLC’s, and hydraulics to solve
• mechanical and electrical problems
• Learn to interface with equipment PLCs to program, analyze performance and troubleshoot
• problems
• Work safely in and around energized (up to 500 kV) substations rated, transmission lines, and
• collection systems performing thorough inspections of substations, collection and transmission
• systems.
• Understands and capable of creating an electrically safe working condition to troubleshoot
• equipment problems and issues to the component level to remove and replace faulty electrical
• components. (i.e. Motors, Auxiliary relays, coils, etc.)
• Utilize test equipment such as HV thumpers with TDR to Locate and repair underground cable
• faults within collection systems. Perform collections system repairs to underground systems
• and utilize test equipment such as Megohm meters and VLF to prove repairs.
• Perform standard OEM and NETA preventative and predictive maintenance and testing on
• substation and collection system equipment utilizing all various types, kinds…