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JUWI Inc., based in Boulder, Colorado, was founded in 2008 and employs an experienced staff of renewable energy professionals. The company’s broad capacities in developing, designing, engineering, financing, constructing, and operating & maintaining utility-scale solar energy and battery storage system facilities have garnered a sustained track record of success. The company is a private corporation and is owned by JUWI GmbH, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies. JUWI Inc. has brought online nearly 1,500 megawatts of projects in the United States through power purchase agreements or development, engineering, procurement and construction contracts with counterparties including public utilities, investor-owned utilities, and private corporations.

JUWI has established an aggressive target for bringing utility-scale solar energy and battery storage system facilities online over the next several years and is looking to fill an Operations Center Engineer position in support of the company’s growth. The Operations Center Engineer will be responsible for monitoring, through the Company’s SCADA system, all JUWI projects and for providing a first response to identified operating issues.

JUWI is looking for a candidate who maintains a professional attitude with a background in engineering or other analytical disciplines and who has excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing. The position requires a flexible shift work schedule and will be based in Boulder, Colorado reporting to the Operations Center Manager.

In this role you’ll:

• Monitor on a real time basis various operating solar plants utilizing the Company’s SCADA system from sun up to sun down, on weekdays and some weekends.
• Receive, log and initiate in an informed manner an initial response to all plant alarms.
• Ensure established trouble shooting procedures are initiated, including informing third party contractors, owners and other JUWI personnel as required.
• Dispatch of contractors to perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.
• Provide troubleshooting directions and collaborate on difficult problems with site personnel.
• Ensure industry and company safety standards are implemented during onsite work.
• Follow-up on all incidents to ensure final required actions have been completed.
• Maintain professional and effective relationships with all project stakeholders, establishing a basis of trust and confidence.
• Identify operating issues with the SCADA system, initiating SCADA system troubleshooting actions as needed and recommending design changes to enable more effective project monitoring and analysis.
• Perform initial energy production analysis for operating facilities, tracking production and identifying anomalies for action by others.
• Effectively communicate information on plant operating concerns to other Operations Center team members during shift overlaps.
• Troubleshoot site equipment including inverters, trackers, instruments, transformers, SCADA systems and other solar related hardware with other field personnel.
• Work with Systems Group to evaluate plant performance and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Contribute to reporting and forecast systems, working with Systems Group to enhance performance and reliability.

The successful candidate’s background will look something like this:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution (engineering, mathematics, sciences).
• Basic knowledge of energy generation principles.
• Strong computer skills, including familiarity with web-based systems and software tools, including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Database Management software (such as Power BI).
• Analytical skills, with the ability to investigate and diagnose diverse occurrences.
• Willingness to learn, seek improvement, and growth.
• Excellent time management skills with strong organizational skills and ability.
• The foresight, awareness, and ability to take the first steps to advance toward a goal, solve a problem, and/or pursue a new idea with or without direct guidance.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. The ability to efficiently deliver information through whatever means best suits the situation, individual and role.
• Possess exemplary standards of integrity, safety, management, ethics, quality, and productivity.
• Demonstrated efficiency in managing multi-disciplinary tasks.
• Team player, stress-resistant; periodic project related travel may be required.
• Familiarity with MATLAB or similar analytical software tool, preferred.
• Basic SCADA knowledge, preferred.
• Some applicable work experience, preferred.

Benefits:

Target Base Salary: $60,000 – $75,000

Attractive Bonus Potential.

JUWI offers a full range of benefits, including medical/dental/vision insurance with attractive premiums, 401(k) match, Life Insurance, Short-term Disability and Long-term Disability.

Please note applications are only accepted through our careers page www.juwiamericas.com/careers.

No recruiters.  JUWI is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. Search firms who submit candidates for this position are not eligible for any form of compensation, even if the candidate is successfully hired.

Any offer of employment for this position will be conditioned upon drug screening, in accordance with Section 12-3-3, B.R.C. 1981.

JUWI is an equal employment opportunity employer. JUWI strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, military status, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.