esVolta, LP

Senior Performance Engineer

Senior Performance Engineer
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LocationNewport Beach, CA
Job TypeFull time
Remote
Utilities

About This Job


Company Overview

esVolta, LP is a leading developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale energy storage projects across North America. We are at the forefront of the fast-growing battery energy storage market, and our projects are helping to transition the nation’s electric grid to a cleaner and more reliable future. Our storage projects provide major utilities with a multitude of important services including reliable fast-ramping capacity, energy and ancillary grid services including renewable energy integration support.

esVolta is independently owned, and we are among the largest players in the US energy storage sector with a 15+ GWh pipeline and about 1.7 GWh of projects already in operation, construction, or advanced development under contract with utilities and other power buyers.

We are headquartered in Newport Beach, California, with employees in multiple regions across the U.S. Our diverse management team has many decades of experience in the renewable energy, utility, and independent power sectors.


Job Description

esVolta seeks motivated and energetic candidates to join our team as a Performance Engineer to support the performance optimization and contractual reporting for operational battery energy storage assets throughout the USA.

The Performance Engineer will conduct performance analysis and data interpretation to ensure contractual adherence for GWh of BESS assets, providing expertise to maximize asset performance while optimizing asset value. This position is responsible for ensuring improvement of systems, tools, and being a resource regarding emerging operational best practices with a critical thinking mindset and ability to investigate issues and perform data analysis to provide resolutions.


Key Responsibilities

Own the operational performance engineering and reporting for esVolta’s deployed BESS, focusing on system performance improvement
Evaluate asset performance against contractual commitments during execution and operation phases and create baseline reports
Support the development of technical performance contract language for EPC agreements
Generate actionable insights from performance data using data mining and statistical analysis techniques on large datasets via Python scripts
Conduct computationally efficient exploratory data analysis, anomaly detection, and projection methodologies
Develop systems to automatically detect performance degradations and correlate them to specific causes and improvements
Create systems for automatic reporting of Energy Storage health and deploy interventions based on management by exception criteria
Collaborate with Operations Engineering to identify and resolve technical issues, working closely with the Asset Management Team and equipment suppliers to address system deficiencies or malfunctions
In collaboration with cross functional teams (Operations, Commercial Operations & IT) Develop architecture schemes and facilitate delivery of physical asset data to various cloud-based environments via custom ETL pipelines


Quality Assurance

Consolidate energy production and financial model inputs and analysis to support performance-related aspects of power purchase agreements, EPC contracts, interconnection agreements, and equipment warranties
Validate performance against base case financial assumptions
Review technical documents and acceptance test results, comparing them to contractual standards


Safety

Assist with incident analysis as required
Create and assist in the generation of FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) and HMA (Hazard Mitigation Analysis)


Skills And Qualifications

Minimum of 3 years’ experience in energy storage
ABET accredited bachelor’s degree (Masters preferred) in Engineering and/or data science. Professional Engineering status preferred
Highly proficient in Python and SQL and familiarity with, C++, Power BI, Pentaho, Plateau, etc
Experience working with Cloud computing services and databases
Advanced knowledge of statistical analysis and data mining techniques such as regression, multilevel regression, forecasting, decision trees, etc
Experience working with large quantities of data to develop models that can be utilized and deployed at scale with live data
Proficient at breaking down goals into tangible and actionable work plans
Superior communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
Outstanding interpersonal skills, including an ability to maintain calm and effective exchanges by all parties during stressful situations, and executive level reporting that ensures timely action and decision making in time-pressured scenarios
Willingness and ability to travel to project sites as required - estimated 15%.
Demonstrate strong teamwork orientation, initiative, communication, problem solving, organizational and leadership skills.


Compensation And Benefits

The actual salary and bonus offered will depend on the specific skills and experience of the selected candidate.


Salary: $160,000Bonus: 25%

401k program with math
Cell phone stipend
Medical, dental and vision care benefits
20 vacation days, 5 sick days, 9 observed holidays


Location

This position is classified as remote; however, periodic travel to company offices, project sites, or other meeting locations may be required on an as-needed basis.


Culture

At esVolta, every employee makes an impact on the company’s growth and profitability, every day. We have a fast-paced, high-performance and team-oriented culture. We value quality of life and flexibility for our employees and strive to help our team members achieve their career goals.


Apply today to start an extraordinary career!


esVolta is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We celebrate all forms of diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. However you identify or whatever your path here, we encourage you to apply. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.


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