Operations Engineer – Senior

🔥 19 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Silicon Ranch Corporation

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2011

🏗️ Construction

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

💰 $500M Private Equity Round - Silicon Ranch on 2025-04

Construction • Consulting • Healthcare

<Silicon Ranch Corporation> Silicon Ranch Corporation is a full-service solar and carbon solutions company that develops, owns, and operates utility-scale solar and battery storage projects across North America. The firm focuses on long-term ownership and operation of projects, delivering low-cost renewable energy, grid reliability, and carbon reclamation services while emphasizing regenerative land stewardship and agrivoltaics to benefit local communities, utilities, commercial customers, and landowners.

📋 Description

• Provide engineering support across the operating fleet, resolving technical issues, improving plant reliability, and optimizing performance • Serve as a primary engineering resource for Asset Operations and coordinate corrective action implementation • Drive resolution of serial defects, major equipment failures, and sustained underperformance • Translate field observations, inspection results, and performance data into actionable solutions • Support O&M teams with structured troubleshooting and escalation • Own technical issues involving PV arrays, DC balance of plant, modules, trackers, DC collection, and grounding systems • Support AC balance-of-plant issues from padmount transformers to the point of interconnection, including MV collection systems • Optimize performance for operating projects and new projects with latent construction issues • Lead reliability best practices, PM optimization, failure and root cause analyses, spare parts strategies, and continuous improvement • Review engineering-related PM activities such as thermal imaging and transformer DGA testing • Interface with OEMs, EPCs, contractors, and service providers on escalations, warranty claims, and vendor performance • Support project turnover from construction to operations, including commissioning review and technical gap resolution • Provide operational insight through design reviews and new equipment and vendor evaluations • Identify and communicate design or operational deficiencies • Develop processes, procedures, and tools; support team training and mentoring • Collaborate with Asset Management, O&M, Performance Engineering, ROC, Compliance, Engineering, and Delivery teams

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical Engineering strongly preferred) • Operations Engineer: 0–5 years of relevant experience; Senior Operations Engineer: 6+ years of relevant experience • Utility-scale solar operations experience required for Senior Operations Engineer and preferred for Operations Engineer • Field experience troubleshooting utility-scale solar plant equipment, including PV array and DC systems, inverters, and MV equipment • Experience working with OEMs, EPCs, contractors, and cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues • Experience with project turnover, commissioning, or design review is a plus • Broad understanding of utility-scale PV plant systems, including modules, trackers, DC collection, inverters, MV collection, and substations • Familiarity with electrical testing and inspection methods, including insulation resistance, VLF, transformer electrical testing, thermography, and transformer DGA • Ability to read and review electrical drawings, single-line diagrams, and equipment specifications • Working knowledge of plant SCADA, communications networks, and monitoring systems sufficient to troubleshoot data and communication issues • Working knowledge of applicable NEC, NESC, IEEE, IEC, and NETA requirements • Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues • Experience with root cause analysis and reliability practices • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities • Strong communication skills and ability to influence outcomes across teams • Comfortable managing technical problems and driving them to resolution

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace