Solar Performance Engineer

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🏰 Missouri – Remote

🏰 Missouri – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Birch Creek Energy

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

⚡ Energy

Energy

Birch Creek Energy is a St. Louis based utility scale solar development platform formed in 2019. The company develops, finances, and owns utility scale solar and storage projects across the United States. Since its inception, Birch Creek has developed 36 utility-scale solar projects totaling 872 megawatts (MW) and holds a portfolio of over 8 gigawatts (GW) of projects in various stages of development across multiple regions including MISO, PJM, ERCOT, and the Southeast.

📋 Description

• Provide hands-on technical and analytical support across the operating solar and storage portfolio. • Support the VP of Operations in driving technical performance across the operating solar and storage portfolio. • Help develop and execute strategies to optimize system performance, uptime, and longevity while minimizing operational risk. • Monitor platforms (e.g., PowerFactors, AlsoEnergy) and analytics tools daily to maintain real-time visibility into system performance. • Identify underperformance trends and root causes; work directly with O&M providers and internal teams to drive remediation. • Support troubleshooting of technical issues across solar components (inverters, trackers, combiner boxes) and storage components (battery management systems, thermal management) in coordination with O&M providers. • Coordinate with O&M providers on preventive and corrective maintenance activities to keep an effective maintenance program running. • Track contractual obligations related to warranties, spare parts, and equipment servicing, and flag issues for follow-up. • Assist with technical due diligence related to performance guarantees, warranties, and potential repowering. • Help standardize and prepare technical reporting for internal stakeholders and external partners (e.g., investors, lenders).

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Renewable Energy Engineering. • 5+ years of experience in technical operations or asset management of utility-scale solar (storage a plus). • Deep understanding of PV system components, grid-tied systems, monitoring platforms, and performance modeling. • Familiarity with SCADA/DAS systems and analytics platforms. • Strong technical reporting and data analysis skills (e.g., Python, Excel, SQL). • Experience managing O&M contracts and enforcing technical warranties/guarantees. • Excellent communication and project management skills. • NERC/FERC knowledge is a plus.

🏖️ Benefits

• Company-funded and deeply subsidized benefit options for you and your family, effective the first day of the month following your start date. • Work-life balance supported by our responsible PTO / Vacation program. • 401(k) with company match. • Paid maternity and child-bonding leave. • A positive, collaborative, and diverse culture. • Social events, both onsite and remote.