PPM Special Projects Field Supervisor

This position requires maintaining excellent documentation and communication with outside parties. This role demands extensive travel up to 75% of the time to remote solar sites with extended stays for up but not limited to 5 consecutive days.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all subordinate staff and subcontractors demonstrate safe work practices in accordance with OSHA, NFPA, state and local codes, and Strata Solar Clean Energy O&M safety policies and procedures in the performance of plant maintenance activities.
• Train & empower technicians to lead safety briefings that identify all potential hazards within a scope of electrical work as well as ways to mitigate exposure to any hazardous conditions.
• Responsible for managing on site projects from inception through project closeout in conjunction with Regional Supervisors and field teams.
• Review and update work orders for accuracy.
• Travel to various sites across the company portfolio.
• Analyze fleet sites performance and prioritize order of operation.
• Oversee daily operation of the field team.
• Coordinate with internal departments (safety, engineering, quality, supply chain, construction, etc.).
• Compile maintenance reports that professionally present the results of work done by field
• Perform analysis of inspection and testing data provided by field personnel.
• Ensure completion and submission of all inspection and testing data provided by assigned field personnel.
• Participate in system design reviews, scope of work reviews.
• Develop new initiatives that will enhance department and organization capabilities and efficiency.
• Troubleshoot & diagnose a wide range of Direct Current (“DC”) faults within the PV plant.
• Assist with or lead interdepartmental maintenance operations as needed to support Power Plant Maintenance.
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:

The PPM Special Projects Field Technician reports directly to the Special Project Field Supervisor

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• High School Diploma, Ged or Equivalent.
• Minimum three (4) years’ experience working with PV power generation systems in a capacity that may include design, installation, operation, maintenance, or any combination thereof.
• Minimum one (3) year experience as functional lead/supervisor of plant maintenance operations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of PV power generating system fundamentals.
• Comprehensive knowledge of all testing equipment, tools and procedures utilized in the maintenance of PV power generation systems.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and coordinate with subordinate plant maintenance technicians, interdepartmental technicians and other personnel, vendors, and subcontractors in the performance of scheduled and unscheduled plant maintenance activities.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications to include but not limited to MS Word, MS Excel, and SharePoint, as well as various industry-related software platforms to include but not limited to CMMS, Flir Tools, and PV Analyzer.
• Experience making and/or recommending business decisions that are safe, financially responsible, justifiable, and defensible in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
• Ability to operate in a professional workmanlike manner consistent with the organization’s policies, procedures, and vision.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment:

• Must be able to work in an outdoor environment and be able to travel occasionally to remote project sites.
• Must be able to sit, stand or walk for the entire duration of a shift.
• Must be able to stoop, kneel or bend.
• Must be able to lift, push or pull 50 lbs. overhead repeatedly.
• 20/40 vision in each eye, with or without correction and ability to distinguish colors.
• Ability to wear full complement of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as required.
• Must have the ability to travel up to 75 % of the time, work on-call during off-shift hours and weekends.

This job description is intended to describe the essential job functions of this position and is not intended to be an all-inclusive statement of job responsibilities.

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