BESS Operations Engineer

Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Proactively monitors live and historical operational data of BESS.
• Investigates and diagnoses control system alarms, instrumentation anomalies, protective actions, and predictive/reactive monitoring tool alerts.
• Records outages and issues in the DOC journal for tracking and dispatching of field support teams.
• • Supports field operations via phone, text, and email communications.
• Communicates with customers to inform them of outages, issues, remediation, or planned maintenance.
• Interprets technical drawings, control logic, procedures, vendor manuals, and other relevant documentation to resolve operational / reliability issues.
• Provides root-cause analysis and assist in providing operations reports to Long-Term Service Agreement (LTSA) program managers and customers upon request.
• Assists in the creation of troubleshooting documentation and root-cause analysis tools.
• Adapts and implements new strategies / tools to enhance the remote monitoring capability and function of the DOC.
• Maintains and/or flags issues with the SCADA infrastructure.
• Infrequent travel to sites to identify severe issues or gain familiarity with hardware.
• Assists the Cyber Security Team or EMS team as necessary.
• Completes training and certification program associated with position.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Strong foundation in electrical theory and troubleshooting techniques.
• Ability to synthesize conclusions from multiple incomplete data sources.
• Ability to convert between binary, hexadecimal, and decimal numbers .
• Basic familiarity with object-oriented programming languages (e.g., Java, C++).
• Basic computer networking experience (RDP, IP Subnets, Knowledge of basic networking equipment functions).

Education & Experience.

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or a Bachelor’s degree in Computer or Mechanical Engineering with a focus and strong interest in high power applications.
• 0-5 years of experience working as an electrical engineer or primarily with electrical engineering challenges.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience required for remote position.
• Experience presenting and analyzing data in MS Excel.
• Python scripting experience.
• Process historian experience.
• Experience creating procedures, standard operating protocols (SOPs), and work instructions.
• Experience working with an MS Active Directory.
• Experience working with power equipment and general awareness of shock and arc flash hazards.