Performance Engineer/Data Scientist

Terra- Gen Operating Company • La Jolla, CA

8d • $160,000 - $190,000

About The Position

Evaluate and quantify the performance of operating project in Terra-Gen portfolio. Projects include Wind, PV, BESS, and PV+BESS hybrid plants. Build and utilize tools to assess and report on plant performance on a daily/weekly/monthly/annual basis. Interface with Operations, Asset Management, Finance, and Development teams and work with vendors to solve engineering problems related to performance. Primary consideration for candidates with BESS experience analyzing EMS and BMS level data.

Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Engineering oriented degree with 5-10+ years of experience in performance engineering, asset management, or resource assessment of renewable energy projects.
• Familiarity with various 3rd party SCADA systems and direct experience working with and managing large sets of raw SCADA data.
• Ability to independently undertake advance modelling across multiple applications (Excel, Python, SQL, etc).

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement tools/models to evaluate, monitor, and report on performance KPI’s across the Terra-Gen portfolio
• Oversee the resolution process to correct performance engineering issues, including working with vendors, Utilities, ISO’s, and contractors.
• Support Terra-Gen O&M teams, providing actionable items and gathering feedback from the field.
• Work closely with Terra-Gen development and engineering teams, incorporating lessons learned to the design phase of new projects.
• Technical due diligence for key projects in the pipeline.

Benefits

• Terra-Gen provides a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off, paid holidays, and 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees