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Company Overview We specialize in providing expert life-cycle services for the renewable energy sector. Our goal is to deliver top-tier services and technology for wind, solar, and energy storage. We prioritize quality and safety to ensure dependable services for renewable assets.
Job Description The role of Solar Maintenance Technician is crucial to our mission of delivering reliable services for renewable assets. Our Solar Maintenance Technicians are essential for performing high-quality routine and corrective maintenance on solar power plants, ensuring they operate at peak efficiency. We emphasize training and career development to ensure our technicians are recognized by customers as some of the most technically proficient in the industry. In this role, you will be assigned to a site and collaborate with other technicians to provide exceptional service to our clients. Occasional travel to support other sites may be required.
Key Responsibilities
- Promote and maintain a strong safety culture by participating in toolbox talks and behavioral observations, ensuring all staff and subcontractors understand their role in adhering to safety standards and best practices.
- Conduct routine maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on mechanical and electrical components of solar power plants.
- Inspect data and adjust settings on computerized devices installed at solar power plants.
- Follow standard operating procedures and supervisor directions at all times, and do not hesitate to stop work and seek clarification if any action seems unsafe.
- Adhere to lockout/tagout procedures at all times and do not interfere with lockout/tagout devices applied by others.
- Create detailed work order documentation (including photos where applicable) of all work performed, challenges encountered, parts used, suspected root causes, and any other notable conditions observed on site. This will be done via daily reports and other project management tools.
- Foster a culture where every individual on-site is empowered and encouraged to stop the job if they are uncomfortable with the order of operations or task at hand.
- Perform quality assurance inspections on newly on-boarded solar sites and prepare reports detailing any deviations from drawing sets, electrical codes, or industry best practices.
- Consistently demonstrate good housekeeping practices, keeping work areas clean and properly disposing of any debris upon task completion.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Experience/Qualifications/Education Required
- High school diploma or GED.
- Understanding of basic electrical principles.
- Experience working safely with hand tools and performing mechanical troubleshooting or repair work.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Suite applications, and the ability to quickly learn new software programs with minimal formal training.
- 20/40 vision with or without corrective lenses.
- Ability to work outdoors, including in cold and hot temperatures while wearing arc flash protective suits.
- Ability to climb stairs and ladders necessary to access rooftop equipment.
- Ability to distinguish colors.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds overhead.
- Ability to wear standard required personal protective equipment.
- Ability to be on call during assigned evening and weekend hours and respond to any urgent work orders that may arise during on-call time.
- Valid driver's license and clean driving record.
Additional Requirements All employees must adhere to the code of conduct, which is based on four key values:
- Safety: Safety is integral to how we work. Everyone in the organization is responsible for performing their work safely and is obligated to stop the job if it cannot be executed safely.
- Quality: Every project, regardless of size or scope, is held to the highest quality standards. We expect all employees to strive for excellence daily.
- Trust: Trust is vital to our success. We do the right thing and trust each other to do the same.
- Efficiency: We continuously seek to improve efficiency in our work. This means looking for improvements whenever and wherever possible. Everyone in the organization is expected to speak up and listen to suggestions for improvements.
