[Hiring] Solar Consultant @Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Role Description

The Solar Consultant contributes to technical due diligence engagements for multiple types of assets, including solar and battery energy storage renewable energy projects on behalf of lenders and investors, serving in a supporting role to a multi-disciplinary team of Independent Engineering and Technical Due Diligence consultants. This is a key role on a team of engineers, consultants, and financial analysts, with the expectation to provide subject matter expertise in solar production estimating methodology.

• Communicate with stakeholders in solar PV project financial transactions, ranging from developers to financial institutions.
• Possess and maintain a deep understanding of solar production estimating industry practices and assumptions to ensure tools and processes reflect best-in-class offering.
• Review and/or execute solar resource and yield simulation of PV power plants using PVsyst.
• Provide quality reviews on production estimates to produce reports suitable for commercial and contractual use.
• Review operating data from operating solar PV power plants.
• Periodically fine-tune assumptions by using actual historical operating data.
• Present data in meaningful formats to be used by project teams.
• Support project teams to discuss results with clients.
• Conduct data analysis and translate into written reports and presentations.
• Contribute to the quality review of deliverables.
• Ascertain and meet client expectations within the scope of the engagement role.
• Develop applicable knowledge bases by using best practices to redefine tools and techniques.
• Outline specific performance measures, targets, and goals to articulate the business case for realized efficiencies or added value.

Industry Knowledge Capabilities:

• Leverage experience with plant engineering and design, inspections, outage assessment, plant and portfolio budget processes, equipment condition assessment, capital project assessments, reliability/availability assessments, conduct field observations, performance assessments, and/or financial analysis and models.
• Utilize specialized knowledge to produce moderately complex work products and solutions across many phases of an engagement or one phase of a more complex engagement.
• Apply appropriate methods or recognized equivalents to identified client needs.
• Anticipate and resolve technical problems with occasional technical assistance from others.
• Develop, present, and defend conclusions, recommendations, and implementation plans.
• Analyze and apply best practices knowledge of the relevant industries.

Applicants for this position must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (i.e., H-1B visa, TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in energy systems, engineering, or a related field.
• At least four years of related experience in an engineering or business consulting environment.
• Related experience must include working with renewable energy technologies, including solar PV and battery energy storage, completing transaction engagement, and due diligence lifecycle.
• Technical experience and industry knowledge in power generation, including plant operations, engineering, consulting, and management.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing solar production estimating tools including PVSyst to create solar production forecasts and methodologies.
• Experience operating multiple software packages.
• Experience working with solar facility design documentation.
• Experience facilitating communication and collaboration across multiple parties to achieve project goals.
• Experience leading stakeholder meetings and addressing/resolving any project-related client queries.
• Experience working within all functions of a typical rooftop, carport or ground mounted solar system and its components from electrical, civil, structural, procurement, and construction perspectives for site visits.
• Experience working with bifacial modules, single axis trackers, and all associated parameters involved including optimizing the Ground Coverage Ratio, maximizing bifacial gains, electrical characteristics of modules and inverters, and backtracking.
• Experience in performance ratio calculations, availability analysis, monitoring platforms and bifacial PV systems, trackers, and storage hybrid systems.
• Experience supporting technical due diligence and investment-grade energy reports.
• Experience keeping up-to-date with recent energy market ongoings, technologies, innovations, and flaws with any products to help the client consulting business.
• Good written and verbal communications skills in English.

Requirements

• This position allows for fully remote work.
• National travel for site visits required up to 25% of the time.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits portfolio including medical, dental, and vision insurances.
• Disability and a robust wellness program.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.
• Company-matched 401k plan.
• Adoption reimbursement and tuition reimbursement.
• Vendor discounts and an employment referral program.
• AD&D insurance and pre-taxed accounts.
• Voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union.
• Eligibility for a performance-based bonus program.