Renewable Asset Management Engineer – Maximize Solar & Wind ROI
In the first lines: renewable asset management engineer, renewable energy asset manager, solar and wind asset optimization—these primary keywords help you find us. You will steward multi-gigawatt renewable assets, blending engineering rigor with finance, contracts, and market intelligence. Your analyses, reports, and negotiations will directly influence investment returns and grid decarbonization.
Responsibilities
- Drive end-to-end technical and commercial oversight for solar, wind, and hybrid assets totaling 500 MW–2 GW.
- Develop, track, and refine annual P&L budgets, cash-flow forecasts, and long-range NPV models.
- Scrutinize SCADA, CMMS, and meteorological data to uncover performance gaps; initiate corrective actions that raise capacity factors.
- Optimize Power Purchase Agreements, land leases, O&M contracts, and warranty provisions—unlock hidden economics while mitigating risk.
- Coordinate repowering, storage retrofits, and merchant hedging strategies; quantify value with PVSyst, WindPro, and energy-market analytics.
- Prepare persuasive quarterly dashboards in Power BI/Tableau that translate technical KPIs into investor-ready narratives.
- Lead warranty and insurance claims; recover lost revenue through evidence-backed negotiations.
- Interface with ISOs, utilities, and regulatory bodies to secure compliance and revenue accreditation.
- Mentor site technicians and analysts; propagate best practices across the asset fleet.
- Collaborate with finance, M&A, and trading teams to inform acquisition diligence and portfolio hedging.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or Industrial Engineering (Master’s or MBA advantageous).
- 5+ years managing operational renewable assets in the United States.
- Advanced Excel or Python for financial modeling; competence with PVSyst, WindPro, CMMS, and contract management platforms.
- Proven command of PPA structures, REC markets, congestion risk, and nodal basis dynamics.
- Fluency in KPI storytelling—convert GWh, PR, and LCOE into board-level language.
- Negotiation prowess; demonstrated savings or revenue uplift >3 % of annual gross margin.
- Strategic thinker comfortable with uncertainty, hedging instruments, and ERCOT/CAISO market signals.
- Eligibility to work in the U.S.; willingness for periodic travel to project sites (<15 %).
Desired Plus
- Experience integrating battery storage or hybrid controls.
- Professional Engineer license or CFA Level I.
- Familiarity with RTO interconnection studies and curtailment analytics.