Battery Energy Storage System Maint Specialist

Title: Battery Energy Storage System Maint Specialist 
Company: Tampa Electric Company 
State and City: Florida - Plant City
Shift: 8 Hr. X 5 Days

 

 

POSITION CONCEPT: 
The Battery & Energy Storage System (BESS) specialist’s primary focus shall be to supporting the development, implementation and administering an industry best practice approach to cost effectively achieving the highest level of performance from Tampa Electric’s commercial and utility scale BESS facilities and provide maintenance support for the other Solar facilities. Responsible for supporting, tracking, leading effective inspection, monitoring, environmental compliance, and preventative maintenance (PM) programs for Tampa Electric’s BESS with support for the solar facilities. In addition, responsible for the maintenance of a reliability predictive modeling tool for these facilities.  

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for troubleshooting and making necessary repairs to commercial and utility scale BESS system equipment. Perform and document all PM strategies. Support all areas of commercial & utility scale BESS facilities, solar facilities, and collector station design/equipment specification review; health, criticality, and risk assessments; inspection, monitoring, and testing strategies; performance; safety; environmental and maintenance requirements. Including contractor support and documentation as set forth in the Contractor Safety Management Program (CSMP).
• Assist with the development, implementation and maintenance of a comprehensive data collection and predictive modeling tool for commercial & utility scale BESS facilities to optimize performance, safety, protection of the equipment and optimize O&M costs.
• Assist with the tracking, analyzing, and reporting of reliability metrics for commercial & utility scale battery energy storage facilities.
• Assist in the facilitation of system root cause analysis for commercial & utility scale BESS facilities, solar facilities. Assist in facilitation and tracking of resulting action plans to maintain appropriate system performance.
• All other duties as assigned by the BESS Engineer or performance coach. 

 

EDUCATION:
Required: High School Diploma or equivalent. Commercial &/Or Utility BESS training.
Preferred: Associate degree in electrical engineering technology, Electronics Engineering Technology, or related from an accredited university. 

 

Licenses/Certifications 
Required: None.
Preferred: Certification in BESS systems. 

 

EXPERIENCE:
Required: Minimum of 2 years of work experience related to the Duties & Responsibilities of this position is required. Related experience consists of: Commercial &/or utility scale BESS Systems, Electrical System Technologies, and implementation. 
Preferred: 4 years of related experience associated with utility scale BESS Systems, Electrical System Technologies, and Utility scale solar. 

 

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:
Required: A sound understanding of commercial & utility scale BESS & Solar power generation, medium voltage systems, transmission, distribution or substation principals, materials and their applications; Working knowledge of  reliability centered maintenance practices, continuous improvement practices and power generation practices used in electric utilities; Working knowledge of work management systems in power generation;  Ability to organize, lead and resolve technical and process problems;  Good project management skills, time management skills and communication skills.       
Preferred: Working knowledge with utility scale BESS Systems, Solar Tracking Systems and Arrays. Working knowledge with Distributed Controls Systems. Working knowledge using SharePoint and other Web development/maintenance skills.

 

WORKING CONDITIONS 
Must be able to work indoors/outdoors, irregular hours, overtime, and possible holidays. 

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/ REQUIREMENTS 
Must be able to work in dusty and hot environments.  Must be able to ascend and descend from ladders and stairs.  Walking (sometimes on uneven surfaces), bending and driving as needed.

 

COMPETENCIES:

• Builds Strong, Collaborative Relationships 
• Cultivates Innovation and Embraces Change
• Drives Operational Excellence for Customers
• Speaks Up on Safety, Health, and the Environment
• Thinks Strategically & Exercises Sound Judgment

The successful applicant will be required to take and pass a Baseline Medical Examination as part of the pre-employment screening once an offer has been accepted. A pre-employme