Operations Engineering Lead

MN8 Energy is one of the largest independent solar energy and energy storage owner-operators in the U.S., serving enterprise customers with clean energy and complementary solutions, such as battery storage and EV Charging, to enable an electrified, decarbonized world. Originally founded inside of Goldman Sachs in 2017, our fleet has grown to nearly 4-gigawatts of solar, including 875 projects across 28 states, and over 270 megawatts of battery storage projects, with each project tailored to achieve the bold decarbonization targets and goals of our more than 200 blue-chip customers.

MN8 is headquartered in New York with offices in Texas, Florida and Madrid.

The Operations Engineers Lead will work in a team environment, on a variety of engineering projects related to solar and/or solar plus storage C&I, utility scale plants and electrical power system troubleshooting and improvement. The Operations Engineer will manage operating improvement initiatives, design retrofit projects, reliability improvement projects, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, causal analysis and major repairs in coordination with on and offsite support.

The primary responsibilities for this position include the remediation and reliability improvement of existing operating assets and balance of plant equipment with opportunity for cross-over support of solar and battery storage assets supporting Asset management and O&M. The day-to-day activities have a wide degree of variety involving multiple operating projects simultaneously

• Planning, coordination and supervising on-site and off-site activities related to retrofit, design, scope definition and execute repairs/installs of the company’s energy projects.
• Communication and coordination with internal and external stakeholders with O&M, Asset Management, Owners Engineers, Internal Subject matter experts.
• Lead tasks associated with onboarding and validation of documents for Operations-O&M, Asset Management (AM) related engineering activities.
• Develop recommended guidelines, specifications and schedules for routine services, maintenance and troubleshooting/repair of equipment at PV and storage plants.
• Manage complex tasks and ticketing system for projects assigned for Operations and maintenance team
• Be the Subject matter expert for delegation, management and resolution of plant failures/critical equipment downtime by leading calls with utilities, O&M technicians, Engineer of records etc.
• Based on guidance from AM, O&M and Performance teams, evaluate equipment performance and behavior, report and recommend design or operational modifications. Make clear concise recommendations taking considerations of performance, timing, capital expenditures, and budgeting.
• Lead the root cause analysis and remediation plans for defective equipment, enhance the design of problematic parts to improve performance and reliability.
• Evaluate solar asset end-of-life extension and repower opportunities.
• Maintain and grow the solar and solar plus storage asset reliability program.
• Establish and manage relationships with service providers/ Owner’s Engineer to evaluate and supervise repair and or enhancement work stream. Ensure relevant standards are implemented for the successful return to service of repaired units in accordance with design and supplier standards.
• Plan, prepare, and instruct training programs as required to share field engineering and/or product knowledge with operations staff.
• Contribute to the creation and regular updating of engineering specifications leveraging lessons learned from operating plants.
• Provide subject matter expertise in driving the solution for any plant operations issues reported by internal team.
• Conduct…