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Description
~ sPower, an AES and AIMCo company, is the largest private owner of operating solar assets in the United States. ~
sPower owns and operates a portfolio of solar and wind assets greater than 1.5 GW and has a development pipeline of more than 10 GW. sPower is owned by a joint venture partnership between The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES), a worldwide energy company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, one of Canada’s largest and most diversified institutional investment fund managers.
Position Overview
sPower is an established and rapidly growing renewable energy company headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT with additional offices in San Francisco, Long Beach, Richmond, VA and New York. sPower’s Engineering team is responsible for the company’s evaluation and development of energy storage technologies that are technically sound and represent state of the art, the development of cost estimations for both construction and O&M operation and the development of specifications, designs, and integration of energy storage to both new and existing projects.
- sPower is developing and building stand-alone storage assets as well as combined solar and storage assets.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Subject matter expertise in battery energy storage technologies and associated applications, with knowledge of critical issues to be addressed for design and operations
- Design and configure battery energy storage systems including component selection, site layout, cable schedule, auxiliary load estimation and HVAC system sizing
- Manage integration, deployment, and commissioning process, both on-site and remotely
- Review technical documentation required to support project evaluation and deployments
- Review and specify SACADA controls capabilities of the BESS for integration with onsite PV and utility operations
- Subject matter expertise in integration with renewable and dispatchable energy sources, sizing and operational optimization, augmentation strategies, operating system software, SCADA and grid/market integration controls (end-to-end network architecture), asset commissioning, and operations and maintenance
- Develop a corporate-wide hardware and execution strategy, including development of project/equipment specifications for project level cost construction / operations estimates, and vendor due diligence supporting RFP for EPC contractors and equipment vendors
- Development of project layouts and storage designs
- Substantial interaction with the many different groups that are critical for a project (strategic development, land, origination, operations, structured finance, etc.)
- Evaluate energy storage market leaders with respect to near term and 2nd/3rd generation technology to support the technical design and implementation of sPower projects, pricing, and schedules
- Ensure QA/QC of energy storage projects design, construction, and operations
- Estimate project costs
- 4 - 6 years proven electrical engineering design experience in the battery energy storage industry
- Prior engineering experience with utility scale energy storage projects, not
- Business Development
- Advanced knowledge of battery technologies for utility scale energy storage projects
- Subject matter expertise in all codes and standards applicable to battery energy storage projects
- Knowledge of the DC system design for energy storage and solar energy systems
- Knowledge of SCADA and integrated solar/energy storage control software systems
- Knowledge of NFPA 70 and NFPA 855 standards
- Knowledge of various Energy Storage applications such as Load Leveling, Peak
- Shaving, Frequency Regulation and Power Quality
- Willingness to travel (10 to 20% of time)
- High degree of self-motivation
- Motivated by team accomplishments and advancement in the industry
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- BS degree in engineering required, EE / MS preferred
To Apply
- Please email your resume, cover letter, professional references and salary requirements or use the form on this page.
sPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer of all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, covered veterans, sexual orientation and gender identity. Women, minorities and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.