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Manager, PV Performance Engineering
Intersect PowerBay Area, CA, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 12 Oct 2024
💰 $150,000/yr
About the role
Company OverviewIntersect Power is a team of friends driven to preserve our planet for future generations through low-carbon energy and infrastructure solutions. Intersect Power is a privately held clean energy company bringing innovative, scalable, American-made, low-carbon solutions to its customers in global energy markets. We develop, own, and operate some of the world’s largest grid-tied clean energy resources, as well as co-located facilities for large industrial loads, including data centers, e-fuels, and other energy-intensive products. We are laser-focused on the largest, most transformative clean energy projects that decarbonize the existing power grid and bring new loads to clean generation without the need for new transmission. Intersect is redefining the scope of the clean energy industry by enabling new pathways between clean electricity and the broader economy. We are on an aggressive growth trajectory and are looking to fill key roles with talented professionals who want to make an impact.
Location & Team GatheringsIntersect has been a fully flexible workplace since its founding in 2016. We’ve been very intentional about the way we do things. We are not work-from-home, hybrid, or in-office – we are any and all of those options! Deepening social connections and offering shared experiences is a cornerstone of the way we work. We connect as a team at our Team Week experiences four times a year and at our recently established Hub locations - SF Bay Area and San Diego, CA; NYC Metro Area, NY; Denver, CO; Houston, TX; Calgary, AB; and Toronto, ON.
About This Position
In this role, you will lead and be accountable for PV design, energy modeling, performance, and production estimates for utility-scale solar projects. You’ll manage engineering consultants and Independent Engineers deliverables, ensuring optimal performance throughout the project lifecycle. Currently a sole contributor role, this position may evolve to include direct reports as the PV team grows.
Location & Team GatheringsIntersect has been a fully flexible workplace since its founding in 2016. We’ve been very intentional about the way we do things. We are not work-from-home, hybrid, or in-office – we are any and all of those options! Deepening social connections and offering shared experiences is a cornerstone of the way we work. We connect as a team at our Team Week experiences four times a year and at our recently established Hub locations - SF Bay Area and San Diego, CA; NYC Metro Area, NY; Denver, CO; Houston, TX; Calgary, AB; and Toronto, ON.
About This Position
In this role, you will lead and be accountable for PV design, energy modeling, performance, and production estimates for utility-scale solar projects. You’ll manage engineering consultants and Independent Engineers deliverables, ensuring optimal performance throughout the project lifecycle. Currently a sole contributor role, this position may evolve to include direct reports as the PV team grows.
Key Responsibilities - Engineering
- Lead and maintain ownership over the technical design and documentation (system sizing, equipment selection, electrical modeling, and balance of system) to ensure performance over the life of the system meets the required contractual offtake agreements and financial model expectations
- Ownership of technology and product selection: PV modules, Tracker systems, DC collection system and DC wire management system
- Lead and manage the IE, IE's scope, and the diligence process during project financing
- Lead cross functional design and PV optimization efforts accountable for targeting the lowest LCOE
- Responsible for development and ownership of technical specifications and exhibits (EPC technical exhibits, energy capacity/ performance testing protocols, vendor specifications, etc.)
- Lead the technical aspects of energy estimation on PPA negotiations, accountable for meeting the offtake requirements with a cost-optimized and constructable solution
- Aid in EPC RFP and commercial supply agreements to ensure technical requirements are accurately defined and reflected while ensuring lower LCOE
- Manage portfolio of pre-construction met stations, and lead efforts to analyze and implement insights from the collected data to reduce the uncertainty of the project energy model
- Work cross functionally between development, land, and engineering teams
- Interface, communicate, and establish relationships with vendors and suppliers in direct support of the Procurement team
- Ensure timely and cost-effective resolutions for regulatory, permitting, and technical issues associated with the execution and delivery of PV facilities, collaborating with other internal teams.
- Ensure the highest level of environmental health and safety standards in all engineering with aspects of the facility
Key Responsibilities - Operations
- Historian data mining and analysis to debug inverter faults or inverter trip events to determine root cause.
- Prepare root cause analysis (RCA) reports.
- Support engineering design improvements based on field data analyses.
- Maintain as built models to study long term effects of PV module degradation, BOS failure rate, mismatch rates etc.
Key Responsibilities - Business Development
- Support energy modeling for the BD team for clean fuel and green hydrogen projects
- Create simplified energy models for clean electron to green molecule production
Required Experience, Skills and Knowledge
- Minimum of 6 years of technical experience with ownership of PV performance and production estimates on utility scale PV systems, through these 4 phases: Development, Design, Contracting EPC/Modules/’Balance of plant’ components, and Construction <
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