Operational Performance Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner for operational performance engineering activities across Origis owned and third-party assets.
• Perform analyses to evaluate the uncertainty of existing PV and BESS energy performance models; working to optimize plant performance and directing performance projects with site technicians.
• Develop and refine performance tools and analytical capabilities to detect underperformance and support Field Operations troubleshooting.
• Serve as the primary technical interface with our Asset Management Technical Platform, Power Factors Unity.
• Provide operational feedback and technical insight into design, engineering and finance teams.
• Utilizing operational performance data to work with supply chain and engineering teams to influence AVL and final equipment selections.
• Own preparation of daily, weekly, monthly plant performance reporting.
• Conduct Expected Energy modeling and as-built energy production modeling.
• Translate commercial and operational goals into actionable analysis and individual KPI’s.
• Drive improvements in technical processes, procedure, and documentation across the performance engineering team.
• Responsible for supporting the evaluation of operational efficiency investments and technical solutions for our assets.
• Ensure technical processes are documented and drive improvement across the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge or experience in the energy space improving fleet performance and reliability.
• Strong technical professional background in engineering, electrical design engineering, and/or project engineering role in the renewable industry.
• Success in delivering on Performance and Engineering functions relating to operating PV solar and BESS projects.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of BI tools such as PowerBI.
• Deep knowledge with industry standard PV modeling software (i.e., PVsyst, PlantPredict, PVLIB).
• Ability to utilize Excel spreadsheets and be able to use Word and PowerPoint for reporting/presentations via Teams or in person.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mathematical Science or Data Science required (Master’s preferred).
• 2+ years of performance engineering and/or analytics in the energy industry working with 20MW+ PV plants.
• Demonstrated experience in data science and analytics, with a focus on electrical power systems.
• Experience performing data analysis to improve solar fleet performance and reliability and driving the identification and resolution of product failures.
• Knowledge of monitoring and communications protocols, substation equipment and utility meters, battery backup systems and inverters, SCADA and MET station equipment.
• Proficient in understanding asset design documentation, PV performance modelling and analysis.
• Experience supporting 3rd party software providers in onboarding, QA and implementation, knowledge of Power Factors Unity.
• Management of technical contract scopes and partnerships with third-party providers.
• Experience working with O&M subcontractors to locate and resolve system outages.
• Experience with Python.

Early Career / Recent Graduate Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or related field (with equivalent academic experience).
• Experience applying Python and Excel to data analysis through coursework, research, internships, or academic projects.
• Foundational knowledge of electrical power systems, renewable energy, or solar technologies gained in an academic setting.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data, identify trends, and communicate insights through presentations, reports, or case studies.