Site Supervisor, Solar

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The base salary for this position is dependent upon experience.

Location:

Arlington, OR

Salary Range: $45.42 to $56.78 hourly DOE

• Perform O&M tasks in strict compliance with the company’s environmental health & safety programs, policies, and procedures, as well as Federal, State, and local regulations and permits.
• Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate performance of employees.
• Responsible for technician development, growth, and facilitation of long-term succession planning within the area of responsibility.
• Establish & maintain a workplace culture that is dedicated to safe work practices, continuous improvement, quality workmanship, and effectiveness at all levels. This includes holding oneself and others, including contractors and visitors, accountable for safety in everything we do.
• Maximize solar electric production reliability and availability through effective maintenance planning & coordination. Forge effective business relationships with suppliers, vendors, contractors, and the community.
• Ensure prudent O&M practices are employed while optimizing O&M costs. Manage expenditures in support of delivering upon the company’s financial expectations for the project.
• Support unscheduled events such as outages or maintenance activities to minimize the impact to the company & others, including on-call support.
• Work collaboratively with corporate engineering, management & others to employ best practices across the Avangrid fleet of assets, including gas, biomass, wind, and other solar sites.
• Lead the development & execution of site‑specific O&M procedures with input from subject matter experts. Establish training requirements & ensure all personnel receive training & qualifications commensurate with their job.
• Provide field support for operation of the facility control and communications infrastructure, including but not limited to the DCS (Wonderware or similar), SCADA, inverters, switch gear, and solar generation forecasting systems.
• Support construction & project teams: develop a punchlist of incomplete or otherwise unacceptable items and coordinate with others to ensure all items are resolved prior to turnover to commercial operations. Assist in mechanical and commissioning walk‑downs.
• Administer warranty on behalf of Company for new equipment in compliance with contracts.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with Trading, NCC, off‑takers, transmission operators, contractors, and others as appropriate.
• Assist SM in developing necessary goals, objectives, and priorities as appropriate to create & sustain a world‑class solar generation facility.
• Be innovative – solve problems where limited standardization & procedures exist.
• Operate and maintain solar and wind turbine equipment along with associated infrastructure including substation, collection, and transmission systems.
• Read schematics and proficiently troubleshoot complicated mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic problems as well as PLC issues.
• Perform mechanical and electrical component repair or replacement of parts to correct malfunctions following all manufacturers' requirements.
• Perform preventive maintenance in accordance with OEM maintenance manuals.
• Adhere to effective internal controls.
• Perform data collection and prepare reports to meet plant reporting requirements.
• Perform various retrofits and design modifications.
• Perform various QA/QC functions, compile and submit supporting documents of items found.

• Two‑year college or technical school certificate; or 2 or more years of related experience or power industry training; relevant military experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• O&M experience in utility‑size wind or solar power plant operations & maintenance (nameplate rating 1 MW or greater).
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Successful completion of the EEI screening test.
• Advanced computer skills utilizing word processing, e‑mail, spreadsheet, management & reporting systems, including the use of diagnostic and troubleshooting tools.
• Ability to work independently, in adverse weather conditions, and safely around low and medium…