Solar Technician

Junior Solar Technician

Asset management spans a wide range of activities all directed toward the same goal: maximizing the profitability of company assets. Excellence in Plant Operations enables us to deliver on our commitments to the project owners. The Junior Solar Technician position is an integral piece enabling us to achieve this goal.

The Junior Solar Technician will support the Facility Manager in all aspects of operations and maintenance at Scout Clean Energy's Markum solar power plant, including substation equipment, modules, trackers, inverters, combiner boxes troubleshooting, repair, or replacements. And will also be responsible for MV (medium voltage) switching operations, planned and unplanned outage coordination, substation component inspections, collection system inspections and repairs, IR scanning of all substation and collection system electrical components and balance-of-plant work as well.

This position will report directly to the Facility Manager, Markum solar power plant.

Responsibilities

Strive to deliver optimal performance of all the power plant equipment while ensuring safety is of top priority:

• Execute, and improve programs, procedures, and policies to achieve a safe working environment. and perform facility maintenance and repairs.
• Fill out and complete work orders assigned on a weekly basis. Perform facility maintenance. Assist the Lead technician with any troubleshooting or work planning.
• Support on-site tech with tasks on an ad-hoc/as needed basis
• Proactively seek out additional tasks to improve/streamline existing processes
• Conduct preventative maintenance tasks, such as

Assisting with List of Maintenance & Inspections:

• Combiner box, inverter, trackers annual inspections
• Monthly inverter skid, pad mount transformer inspections
• Site safety & PPE monthly inspections
• Monthly SPCC inspection & Substation Monthly component IR scan
• Quarterly substation battery testing.
• Adhere to specific instructions and procedures provided by manager and senior technician
• Obtain appropriate certifications to demonstrate required knowledge and technique
• Perform monthly and annual inspections of site equipment, tools, safety material and site vehicles

Perform other duties as directed by your supervisor or the head of Plant Operations.

Engage with the Scout team:

• Exhibit a "team-player" mentality
• Demonstrate active listening skills and the capability to effectively multitask
• This job is repetitive and must avoid complacency.
• Give your best effort on all tasks assigned.
• Proactively update the Facility Manager on key issues, approaches to addressing, and progress toward issue resolution.