BESS Technician II – Traveling O&M Technician

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Xcel Energy

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10,000+ employees

⚡ Energy

🛒 Retail

💰 $100M Grant on 2023-10

Energy • Retail • Utilities

Xcel Energy is a trusted energy provider that focuses on creating a sustainable and affordable clean energy future in collaboration with its communities, customers, and business partners. The company emphasizes the importance of reliable energy delivery for economic growth while offering resources for billing, energy usage tracking, and safety information to ensure customer safety and satisfaction.

📋 Description

• Rotate through assigned utility-scale BESS sites across the Texas portfolio, covering scheduled visits and dispatched work • Complete site-specific safety orientation and hazard assessment upon arrival • Serve as on-site presence for sites without dedicated staff and support regional CES sites, including overnight travel • Coordinate site routing, access, shutdowns, and outage timing with the ROC, field leadership, clients, and other entities • Execute preventive maintenance on battery, PCS/inverter, and balance-of-plant equipment per OEM requirements and CES procedures • Perform module/rack inspections, BMS checks, thermal management, DC/AC inspections, and filter/consumable replacement • Conduct transformer, torque, cable-termination, infrared, and thermographic inspections • Diagnose, isolate, and troubleshoot battery, PCS/inverter, and MV/HV equipment faults • Respond to ROC-dispatched alarms, outages, and emergency call-outs within response targets • Perform corrective maintenance and OEM-certified repairs within scope and support return-to-service • Support planned and unplanned outages, switching, LOTO, test-before-touch verification, and protective grounding • Identify, document, open, and track warranty claims with the warranty team, OEMs, and site owners • Manage site spare parts and consumables • Produce daily field reports and monthly reporting inputs covering work, sites, tasks, findings, parts, follow-ups, and hours • Provide status updates to the ROC, field leadership, and owners • Conduct JHAs, tailboards, LOTO, safety training, toolbox talks, and site orientations • Maintain compliance with NFPA 855, NFPA 70E, OSHA, NEC/NESC, and emergency-response procedures • Exercise stop-work authority and report incidents, near-misses, and unsafe conditions • Support root-cause reviews and corrective actions

🎯 Requirements

• Based in Texas and willing to travel extensively across Texas, including overnight • 2+ years of hands-on experience in renewable energy or electrical operations and maintenance (BESS, solar, substation, or industrial power) • 6–12 months of site leadership experience, including managing multiple sites concurrently • 1–2 years of customer-facing responsibilities, including client calls, reporting, and customer communications • Inverter/PCS and/or battery system troubleshooting experience • Medium-voltage and high-voltage (15–500 kV) awareness, with switching and LOTO discipline • Strict adherence to LOTO and applicable safety procedures • Ability to read single-line diagrams, schematics, PM specifications, and OEM manuals • Ability to review and support creation of switching orders, PM schedules, and corrective maintenance procedures • Clear, professional written and verbal communication and accurate daily reporting • Valid driver's license and clean driving record • Ability to pass background check and drug screen • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision across multiple sites • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs, climb, work at heights, operate hand/power tools, and work outdoors in all weather • Preferred: combined solar and BESS O&M experience • Preferred: inverter troubleshooting on major OEM platforms • Preferred: battery system troubleshooting • Preferred: journeyman electrician background or equivalent electrical experience • Preferred: OEM training or certifications • Preferred: balance-of-plant experience • Preferred: substation switching and taking a site offline with specialist support • Preferred: LOTO and safety protocol experience • Preferred: NFPA 70E qualified electrical worker and arc-flash training • Preferred: authorized LOTO and switching experience on energized MV or HV systems • Preferred: First Aid/CPR/AED certification • Preferred: safety-first track record, including leading JHAs and tailboards and reporting near-misses • Preferred: electrical fieldwork including terminations, component replacement, conduit, and cable tray • Preferred: NFPA 70E/OSHA 10–30 and infrared thermography experience • Preferred: prior traveling field experience • Must complete required safety training, toolbox talks, and site-specific orientations and keep certifications current

🏖️ Benefits

• Per diem on travel days • Company truck with fuel card • Company expense card • Full CES benefits package (medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and PTO) • Equipment and OEM training and certification • Growth within a fast-scaling energy storage O&M team • Full training on site equipment and additional OEM platforms • Company-provided vehicle