Solar Technician Ii

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Field Operations Mascoutah, IL, US

Salary Range: $32.00 To $38.00 Hourly

Bee Hollow Field Office (Mascoutah, IL)

Geronimo Power develops, owns, and operates large-scale power and affiliated digital infrastructure projects throughout America's Heartland, including solar, wind, energy storage, and powered data parks. As a farmer-founded and community-focused business, Geronimo Power equips landowners and rural communities with sustainable revenue to ignite local economic growth. To learn more about Geronimo Power, visit  or follow the company on Linked In.

Geronimo Power is seeking a Solar Technician II to independently perform on-site operations, preventive and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, repairs, and equipment replacement at the Bee Hollow solar facility. This role supports safe and reliable plant operations and completes work in accordance with prudent utility practices, regulatory requirements, manufacturer guidance, and company standards. The Solar Technician II reports to the Area Manager, Field Operations.

• Follow all company and project environmental, health, and safety programs and procedures, including lockout/tagout and electrical safe-work practices.
• Operate and maintain plant equipment, including combiner systems, inverters, pad-mounted transformers, control panels, meteorological stations, tracker systems, communications equipment, and other balance-of-plant equipment.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance in accordance with approved procedures, equipment manuals, and manufacturer requirements.
• Support troubleshooting of common equipment faults and elevate complex, high-risk, or recurring issues to senior technical resources, the OEM, or the Area Manager.
• Read electrical schematics, one-line diagrams, and technical prints to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and control-system issues.
• Repair or replace PV modules, inverter and string-inverter components, tracker components, meteorological equipment, control panels, wiring, connectors, and related equipment.
• Document inspections, alarms, troubleshooting steps, test results, parts usage, and completed work accurately in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Maintain site tools, test equipment, inventory, spare parts, and work areas needed for safe and efficient operations.
• Assist with contractor coordination and support less-experienced technicians by sharing safe work practices and site-specific knowledge.
• Support contractor work, quality assessments, warranty claims, capital improvements, equipment retrofits, and vegetation-management activities.
• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule that may require short-notice work outside normal business hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Travel occasionally to other plants or locations for site coverage, maintenance campaigns, troubleshooting, training, or meetings.
• Complete required safety and technical training and perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED; technical school, electrical, instrumentation, industrial maintenance, or power-generation training is preferred.
• Typically two or more years of related power-generation, industrial electrical, renewable-energy, or utility-scale solar operations and maintenance experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated ability to perform routine preventive maintenance and independently troubleshoot common electrical, mechanical, tracker, inverter, communications, and control-system issues.
• Working knowledge of…