Project Manager, Asset Management – PV, BESS

Role Overview

• Monitor energy storage asset performance, ensuring systems operate above contractual obligations.
• Oversee troubleshooting and resolution of technical issues with battery management systems, inverters, and other storage components.
• Analyze operational data to identify underperformance and collaborate with O&M and LTSA providers, and other partners to resolve issues.
• Coordinate with O&M and LTSA providers to ensure efficient preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Develop and refine models to assess lifecycle costs and profitability of storage assets.
• Identify cost-savings opportunities and build business cases to support.
• Monitor PV plant performance (Performance Ratio, Availability) against P50/P90 energy yield projections.
• Analyze solar-specific data such as DC/AC ratios, inverter clipping, and degradation rates to identify underperformance.
• Oversee troubleshooting for PV-specific components like trackers, modules, and combiner boxes.
• Analyze market data to ensure revenue opportunities, such as energy arbitrage or ancillary services, are performing above contractual obligations.
• Provide oversight to development and implementation of optimization strategies for energy storage dispatch.
• Manage revenue streams for PV-only assets, including PPA compliance, REC (Renewable Energy Certificate) tracking, and merchant solar exposure.
• Ensure accurate forecasting for solar generation to minimize imbalance charges in wholesale markets.
• Serve as the go to for asset questions and analysis.
• Develop and maintain performance dashboards and KPIs for energy storage assets.
• Prepare performance and financial reports for internal stakeholders, investors, lenders, and regulators.
• Prepare or support all sustainability reporting requirements.
• Support or oversee compliance with all operational project documents
• Manage contracts with O&M providers, equipment vendors, and software service providers.
• Ensure compliance with interconnection agreements, market rules, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee warranty claims and ensure vendor obligations are met.
• Support budgeting and forecasting for operational expenses and capital improvements.
• Support and oversee monthly and quarterly variance reporting to tell a clear story of financial and operational asset performance.
• Support tracking model results and associated story for investor and lender reporting.
• Analyze and report on the impacts of ITC vs. PTC on the asset's long-term cash flow and tax equity structures.
• Support tracking and reporting for solar-specific environmental attributes and sustainability metrics
• Serve as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including investors, utilities, and market operators (as needed)
• Collaborate with internal team to evaluate new energy storage project opportunities or expansions.

Requirements

• You have 4–6 years of experience in utility-scale solar PV generation and energy storage or energy market analytics with a dispatchable asset focus.
• Strong understanding of PV system design, tracking systems, bifacial module performance, energy storage technologies, market dynamics, and dispatch optimization strategies.
• Experience in wholesale energy markets (e.g., CAISO, PJM, ERCOT) is a plus.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g., Python, R, Excel, Power BI).
• Experience with PV monitoring platforms (e.g., AlsoEnergy, Power Factors) and solar modeling tools.
• Familiarity with energy storage control platforms, such as battery management systems or SCADA.
• Experience with project documents and contracts pertaining to utility-scale PV and BESS plants, including EPC warranties, Performance Guarantees, and long-term land leases.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance, energy systems, or a related field.
• Advanced degree (MBA, MS) is a plus.

Tech Stack

• Python

Benefits

• ⌨️ Remote work, forever!
• 🪄 Competitive benchmarked compensation
• 🩺 Health and Retirement Benefits
• 🌴 Flexible Time Off
• 🚀 Exciting, mission-driven work that has impact
• 🧳Regular Company offsites