Director Operational Performance Engineering

Origis Energy

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Austin, TX - USA

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: Yesterday
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Join the Origis Energy Team!

Origis Energy is accelerating the transition to a carbon-free future by Reimagining ZeroSM. As one of Americas leading renewable energy and decarbonization solution platforms the company continues to expand and reimagine its contribution to the worlds net-zero goals. Origis Energy puts customers first to deploy a wide range of sustainable solutions for grid power generation performance optimization and long-term operation of solar and energy storage plants across the U.S. Founded in 2008 Origis Energy is headquartered in Miami FL.

The Origis teamregarded as one of the leading developers in the U.S. is committed to living five core values in all interactions both with each other and external stakeholders:

Solve for Tomorrow.A role with Origis Energy puts you at the forefront of the transition to clean you ready to bring new ideas Do you exist to find solutions Thats how we revolutionize energy and build a carbon-free future - through unmatched service and relentless innovation.

Rise Together.To succeed here youll collaborate with others and work as one team across various teams includingsolar and energy storage development financing engineering procurement and construction (EPC) and operations maintenance and asset management. Are you open to diverse perspectives and prepared to work seamlessly across disciplines to reach our collective goals

Perform at Peak.Were seeking team members who bring authentic energy and passion to every task. How can you use your natural strengths genuine optimism and intelligence to make your greatest contributions to Origis

Inspire & Grow.The Origis team is comprised of knowledgeable passionate solar and energy storage experts who bring deep expertise and solution-driven thinking to clients. A successful Origis team memberencourages others and sets a high bar for growth. We have a culture of continuous improvement because each team member takes the role of both learner and mentor.

Be Resilient.The spirit in which we tackle the energy challenges and objectives of our clients means we consistently stretch for the extra mile. We alltake initiative and remain adaptable overcoming obstacles by prioritizing respect.

Position Description

Origis Energy is seeking a Director Operational Performance Engineering to join our team reporting to the Senior Director Performance Engineering & Optimization. The individual will develop and lead strategy direction and implementation of all technical processes and procedures relating to operational fleet performance. The role will have a hand in crafting the overall performance strategy for the organization and define the technical critical processes systems and tools that will allow the overall performance engineering group to drive the highest value/MWh possible across all operating renewable energy addition this role will be the technical interface in developing a cohesive bond between our Remote Operations Center (ROC) Field Operations Teams and Asset Management.

The Director Operational Performance Engineering is a regular full-time position and is eligible for our generous employee benefits package including employer paid health insurance paid time off a 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions and other great benefits.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide direct oversight and accountability for all operational performance engineering activities across Origis Energyowned and thirdparty PV and BESS assets.
  • Act as a playercoach setting strategy and standards while personally leading advanced performance analyses modeling and rootcause investigations.
  • Advance team effectiveness across Asset Management Field Operations and the ROC ensuring strong crossfunctional alignment and execution.
  • Evaluate and reduce uncertainty in PV and BESS energy performance models including Expected Energy and asbuilt production assumptions.
  • Develop and deploy performance models analytics and tools to identify underperformance prioritize issues and streamline notification and direction to Field Operations.
  • Own fleet performance reporting (daily weekly monthly) ensuring accuracy consistency and actionable insights.
  • Provide continuous operational feedback loop into Design Engineering Finance and Supply Chain to improve designs assumptions AVL decisions and equipment selection.
  • Translate commercial and operational objectives into welldefined initiatives and KPIs tracking progress and driving measurable performance improvement.
  • Lead the development documentation and implementation of technical processes and procedures across the organization.
  • Support and evaluate technical investment decisions that improve operational efficiency reliability and longterm asset value.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for the Asset Management technical platform (Power Factors Unity) including vendor coordination onboarding QA and optimization.
  • Partner with O&M subcontractors and site technicians to identify diagnose and resolve outages chronic issues and product failures.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or Mathematical Science required (Masters degree preferred)
  • 8-10 years of performance engineering and/or analytics in the energy industry working with 20MW PV plants; 2 years of team leadership experience preferred
  • Experience performing data analysis to improve fleet performance and reliability
  • Experience driving the identification and resolution of product failures; working to optimize plant performance and directing performance projects with site technicians
  • Knowledge of monitoring and communications protocols substation equipment and utility meters battery backup systems and inverters SCADA and MET station equipment.
  • Proficient in understanding asset design documentation PV performance modelling and analysis
  • Experience leading 3rd party software providers in onboarding QA and implementation knowledge of Power Factors Unity
  • Management of technical contract scopes and partnerships with third-party providers
  • Significant experience working with O&M subcontractors to locate and resolve system outages

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proven technical leadership in the energy space and successful experience building and managing a technical team.
  • Strong technical professional background in engineering electrical design engineering and/or project engineering role in the renewable industry
  • Success in building and delivering on Performance and Engineering functions relating to operating PV solar and BESS projects
  • Demonstrable experience defining team KPIs to best meet corporate initiatives and developing supporting metrics to identify and track improvements to ensure target goals and objectives are met
  • Deep knowledge with industry standard PV modeling software (i.e. PVsyst or PlantPredict)
  • Ability to utilize Excel spreadsheets and be able to use Word and PowerPoint for reporting/presentations via Teams or in person
  • Experience with Python

Location Austin TX - Hybrid; WFH Mon/Fri

Travel Up to 20% travel required as necessary

Job Level Director 2 direct reports

Origis Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOC). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. We are committed to fostering cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity equity and inclusion. We embrace and encourage our employees differences as that is what makes our employees unique. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment hiring placement promotion transfer training compensation benefits employee activities and general treatment during employment. More information is available here.

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Join the Origis Energy Team!Origis Energy is accelerating the transition to a carbon-free future by Reimagining ZeroSM. As one of Americas leading renewable energy and decarbonization solution platforms the company continues to expand and reimagine its contribution to the worlds net-zero goals. Orig...
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