PV Solar Field Tech Principal

Requisition ID: 87024

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale generators of electricity, leveraging all forms of energy across renewables, storage and nuclear. We offer customized energy solutions that drive economic growth, protect the environment, support communities, and help customers meet their energy needs. Ready to make a lasting impact? Join our innovative, world-class team today!

Position Specific Description

Employees in this role perform advanced maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on inverters, trackers, energy storage systems, high voltage systems, control systems and other associated equipment. Individuals understand the solar and energy storage mechanisms, including both electrical and maintenance of inverters, of all solar and energy storage components. This position replaces mechanical and electrical components, understands schematics and controls systems and uses appropriate diagnostic tools. The successful candidate will interpret fault reports, maintain power generation reports, service logs in the computer database, and monitor inverter and energy storage systems performance and SCADA systems.

Employees will support a portfolio of projects across the southwest region. The ideal candidate will live within the region based out of the Diver Solar (Thornton, TX) location to support the travel schedule. This position requires 100% travel availability.

Additional duties and responsibilities include:

Performs regular preventative maintenance and repair on solar and energy storage power generation equipment

Completes advanced electrical, electronic, and mechanical troubleshooting

Maintains all company supplied equipment, facilities, and tooling

Applies advanced understanding of the technical and process functions including leadership competencies

Serves as a safety champion for the fleet

Coaches new technicians on safety, solar and energy storage systems

Serves as qualified reliever in the absence of site management

Leads teams in Quality Improvement (QI) projects

Provides oversight to other personnel and acts as a Safety Mentor

Completes special projects or complex task assignments

Ability to meet attendance requirements

Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Join NEE's PGD Team!

Job Overview

The Site Technician will support the Regional Manager or designee to ensure the perfect execution of the PGD processes. Site Technicians in a solar region perform duties in the following but are not limited to safety, contractor management, electrical/electronic/mechanical equipment operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance, overall site operations, asset management and regulatory compliance, reliability engineering, and inventory management.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Reliability engineering

Warranty management

Operation and basic maintenance

Electrical and power electronics troubleshooting and repairs

Safety and Environmental program stewardship

Supervisory duties of NEE employees and contractors

Mechanical troubleshooting and repairs

Business duties and Inventory management

Heavy equipment operation

Regulatory compliance

Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

High School Grad / GED

Experience: 4+ years

Valid Driver's License (NON CDL)

Preferred Qualifications

Trade School Graduate

Licensed Electrician

Licensed Master Electrician

Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified

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Employee Group: Non Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Technicians - Wind/HV/Solar

Organization: NextEra Energy Operating Services, LLC

Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

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