BESS High Voltage O&M Site Manager, Texas - REMOTE
$208,000,000–$208,000,000 year
RemoteTexas, United States
Job Summary
Lead high-voltage and electrical operations for utility-scale battery storage assets, managing technical support for start-up, commissioning, testing, and engineering initiatives including major outage planning. Direct all NERC documentation, switching orders, outage planning, and LOTO procedures while providing emergency response for Balance of Plant operations. Conduct BESS maintenance and compliance inspections, overseeing grid-tied inverters, circuit breakers, SEL relays, switchgears, AC/DC circuits, and high-voltage substations. Coordinate with Corporate Asset Operations, EPC, and Construction teams alongside third-party contractors to drive field operations initiatives across the ERCOT region. Requires travel within a 150-mile radius from San Antonio, TX, with a competitive base salary and open PTO policy.
Required Qualifications
- 4-6+ yrs experience with HV electrical systems (O&M, testing, field engineering, maintenance services, and/or commissioning)
- Supervisor role requires Management / Leadership experience
- Experience managing 3rd Party Contractors for utility-scale renewable energy sites with high voltage systems
- Experience leading on-site warranty management initiatives
- Working knowledge of high-voltage substation, relay protection, Battery storage (BESS), and transmission systems
- Working knowledge around testing procedures for grid-tied inverters, BESS/Solar equipment, electrical protective relays (SEL), switchgears, transformers, and circuit breakers
- Ability to read/interpret schematics and electrical diagrams
- Working knowledge of electrical SCADA systems
- Working knowledge of OSHA guidelines and LOTO (lock-out-tag-out)
- Travel throughout the ERCOT Region is REQUIRED
- Experience in the following type of roles: O&M Site Manager, High Voltage Site Manager, HV O&M Manager, HV O&M Supervisor, Supervisor, High Voltage Supervisor, O&M Field Manager, O&M Field Supervisor, Sr. Field Service Engineer, Sr. Field Engineer, High Voltage Tech, Substation Specialist, Electrical Substation Tech, High Voltage Reliability Engineer, Electrical Substation Systems Engineer, Lead P&C Field Specialist, Lead Protection & Controls Technician
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with asset management compliance and ability to lead outage planning initiatives is HIGHLY PREFERRED
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