Senior Performance Engineer

Company Description

Apex Clean Energy was founded with a singular focus: to accelerate the shift to clean energy. Through origination, construction, and operation of utility-scale wind, solar, and storage facilities, distributed energy resources, and green fuel technologies, Apex is expanding the renewable frontier across North America. Our mission-driven team of more than 400 professionals uses a data-focused approach and an unrivaled portfolio of projects to create solutions for the world’s most innovative and forward-thinking customers. For more information about how Apex is building the energy company of the future, visit apexcleanenergy.com.

Apex strives to excel in every phase of project realization, from origination and financing to construction and asset management. Our mission-driven team seeks determined, resolute individuals who strive to innovate and go above the call of duty, and who will relentlessly do their part to help accelerate the shift to America’s clean energy future. 

Job Description

Apex is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to join our Asset Management team. The ideal candidate will have a renewable energy background. 

Primary Responsibilities

• Daily coordination with control room, field personnel, operational team, and asset managers to ensure high performance Apex’s assets.
• Monitor equipment performance using in house and commercial software
  • Alert site personnel of anomalies and trends that could adversely affect the reliability, availability, and performance of equipment.
  • Evaluate alarms from equipment.
• Provides analysis in areas such as KPI performance against budgets and contribute to monthly reporting.
• Identify risks to the plant, provide recommendations to mitigate risks
  • Follow up to ensure resolutions are tracked through to completion.
• Develop technical assessments/analyses that will improve operational performance and reliability to meet operational targets or understand the deviations from it.
• Review of the plant events, coordinate with Operational teams to capture all relevant event details, and drive completion of events with appropriate entities
• Verify data quality within data capturing software during on-boarding process for new plants.
• Be SME on existing analytic tools and performance software models.
• Work with SCADA and Operations Technology teams to ensure high levels of data quality and data throughput.
• Ability to read and interpret technical documentation and drawings and other common specifications.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To succeed as a Senior Performance Engineer at Apex Clean Energy, you’ll need to excel within the following criteria:

• Bachelor's Degree required, ideally in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. Computer Science and other degrees considered.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience with Asset Performance software (Bazefield, Power Factors, Spark Cognition).
• Renewable energy experience required.
• Demonstrated history of developing, implementing, and operating performance monitoring programs.
• Experience utilizing SCADA data, Ignition experience is a plus
• Ability to make API calls.
• Experience handling large data volumes; machine-learning techniques a plus
• Python, R or similar, SQL expeirence.
• PowerBI, Tableau or other Business intelligence software proficiency
• Must be proficient with various software programs and systems (e.g., MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as database use.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
  • Wind Specific
    • GE, Siemens, Vestas or other OEM wind turbine engineering or operating experience. Experience with power plant controls and control logic.
    • Condition monitoring and diagnostic technologies.
    • Rotating components such as gearboxes, wind turbines, generators, and field instrumentation. Familiarity with condition-based Maintenance programs and technology applications.
    • ASME Performance Test Codes and IEC Wind Standards. Experience with Advanced Pattern Recognition and/or diagnostic tools
  • Solar Specific
    • Experience modeling in PVSyst and/or PlantPredict as it pertains to resource assessment or plant design a plus
    • Experience commissioning a solar plant a plus
    • Ability to take long term energy assessments and apply them to operations
  • Battery Storage Specific
    • Experience BESS design a plus
    • Experience using BESS performance and safety software (Accure, TWAICE, Flexgen, PowerUP)

At Apex Clean Energy, we believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation and suc