Performance Engineer Manager

Title: Performance Engineer Manager (or Supervisor)

Reports to: Director, ROCC & Engineering

Purpose:

The Performance Engineering Manager is responsible for leading our strategy and execution for analyzing the performance of solar, wind, and battery storage assets to identify, quantify, document, and communicate generation upside opportunities within the fleet. This role will perform and develop internal procedures for performance analysis and regularly communicate with key stakeholders as the principal subject matter expert on all things site performance. This individual will drive automation and standards to scale Performance Engineering’s capabilities in the market in coordination with other teams, which will also require strong programming language experience and detailed understanding of plant performance parameters. This role will also be responsible for oversight and management of all contractual guarantees, most notably availability and performance guarantees. As the leader of our Performance Engineering Team, this person will also be responsible for managing, leading, mentoring, and developing direct reports both in the day to day and in the long-term growth of the department. Depending on experience this role may be filled at the Supervisor or Manager Level.

Position responsibilities

· Supervise, coach, and develop Performance Engineering team members to build and maintain a culture of operational excellence

· Ensure compliance to all contractual requirements & guarantees through adherence to all procedures, processes, and policies.

· Serve as the Principal SME for all things performance related including site optimization guidelines, commercial review, and in discussions with customers and other external stakeholders as needed.

· Lead Performance Engineering Team in all aspects of executing and optimizing all performance engineering deliverables including but not limited to:

o Delivery of all required reporting by the contractual deadline.

o Assess performance against all guarantees, work with internal stakeholders to improve performance as needed to meet guarantees, and drive close out of obligations.

o Technical Performance Analysis, such as:

§ Perform analysis of site performance to identify performance improvement opportunities and complete detailed comparisons against targets (weather adjusted)

§ Use 8760 energy modelling (PVsyst generated) and weather sensor data to develop linear regression models (ASTM-E2848) tailored to each site to predict weather adjusted energy yield for all projects.

§ Perform routine AC Power and DC Current peer comparison using As-Built drawings for fault detention proceedings, from large plant level outages to device level underperformance.

§ Use Energy Loss Accounting to calculate lost revenue and liquidated damages as defined by Performance/Availability Guarantees

o Interface with internal and external parties (O&M, Engineering, Asset Management, Finance, etc) to facilitate required action for maximized production of solar assets

o Extract data from a wide range of DAS/SCADA systems (Bazefield, AlsoEnergy, Locus, Meteocontrol, GPM, AVEVA, etc.) manually or through various methods including but not limited to SQL Server, REST API, etc.

o Identify portfolio wide recurring fault trends, using tools like classification of operational events, to database and develop automated reporting functions for all key stakeholders.

o Work with our Operators and Field technicians with guidance on diagnosis of each individual site and develop text analytics on work order notes to detect granular fault causes.

o Research and implement ad-hoc forward-looking analyses on plant operations and performance

· Additional duties as required

Experience:

- Experience as a people manager for Manager level or demonstrated experience as a highly competent Performance Engineer with readiness to move into management for Supervisor level. - 5+ years of relevant technical experience as a Performance Engineer in the O&M industry, with utility scale BESS, PV, and/or Wind generation

· 2+ years’ experience with PV performance modeling software, ex. PVSyst

- 2+ years’ experience working with internal CMMS process and procedure

- Advanced knowledge of and experience with PV system performance fundamentals, including plant, inverter, tracker, and module-level operational behavior

- Ability to communicate and support non-technical stakeholders and demonstrate mathematical models used to generate industry standard KPIs

· Understanding of different ISO regulation and its impact on curtailment, outages etc

· Applied knowledge of data aggregation via programming (including but not limited to) DAX, Python, and/or MySQL

· Multi-national company experience a plus

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in a technical field. Master’s degree a plus

· Demonstrated ability to manage and effectively engage with cross-functional employee groups of all levels and competencies

· Demonstrated ability to engage with clients and external stakeholders.

· Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Software, particularly Excel

· Strong programming language experience preferred (Python, R, MySQL, etc.)

· Experience building dashboards using Power BI, Spotfire or other BI software preferred

· Ability to manage simultaneous projects/tasks, set priorities and exercise independent judgment

· Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills

· Working knowledge of Salesforce Field Service CMMS is preferred

· Superior time management and interpersonal skills

Location:

- Remote OR Carlsbad, CA (Hybrid)

Educational Background:

- B.S. degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Physics OR M.S. degree in Computer Science, Data Science

- Any courses in PV will be considered a plus

Travel: up to 20%

BayWa r.e. Americas LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $130,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- 401(k)

- 401(k) matching

- Dental insurance

- Flexible spending account

- Health insurance

- Health savings account

- Paid time off

- Referral program

- Tuition reimbursement

- Vision insurance

Work Location: In person