Manager, Performance Engineering

The Position

Arevon is recruiting for the position of Manager of Performance Engineering, an outstanding opportunity for individuals seeking an exciting, high-growth work environment in one of the most important industries for the 21st century. Our company culture is one where teamwork, adaptability, continuous improvement, achievement of results, and willingness to grow are our core values. The successful candidate will have a superior academic background at a high caliber institution, having exceeded in Engineering or a Mathematical Science Discipline. In addition to superior academic performance, candidates must have enthusiasm for renewable energy.

Job Description

The Manager or Performance Engineering will be responsible for supporting and oversite of design optimization, and project development, as well as on-going performance optimization for a fleet of PV/BESS assets throughout the USA. The role will be part of the Development and Engineering team and will report directly to the Director of Performance Engineering.  At a high level, the Manager of Performance Engineering will be responsible for maximizing the probability of project performance meeting or exceeding expectations while optimizing project value for projects between the early-stage development and commercial operations phases.

Essential Responsibilities & Duties

This position will perform a wide range of performance engineering duties including:

• Manage and create tools and standards for modeling and evaluating future PV/BESS assets.
• Manage and create diligence and technical standards to support PV/BESS equipment procurement.
• Manage and create and document technical operational strategy energy estimates for PV/BESS development assets.
• Perform analyses to evaluate the uncertainty of PV/BESS performance models.
• Participate in preconstruction design and optimization of PV/BESS assets.
• Review and redline technical contract documents for PV/BESS assets.
• Aid in the technical due-diligence process for potential acquisitions.
• Review technical documents and acceptance test results and compare to contractual standards.
• Validate actual PV/BESS performance against base case finance assumptions.
• Support Project Development team and subcontractors to review / optimize project subsystem designs.
• Support the development of technical performance contract language for EPC agreements.
• Support discussions with EOR, OE, and IE throughout the project lifecycle per the best interests of Arevon.

Experience Requirements

• Combination of 7-10+ years of relevant work experience in engineering, statistical modeling or other relevant mathematical sciences required.
• Familiarity with technical aspects of utility-scale PV/BESS systems is required.
• Proven track record of working well within a team environment, taking ownership of processes and procedures, experience in shared services center environment is helpful.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, highly motivated and results oriented, process oriented with strong organizational and communication skills.
• Proficient on MS Word, Excel, Power Point, SQL, etc.
• Familiarity with software languages and data analysis platforms (Python, VBA, C++, Matlab, Power BI, Pentaho, Plateau, etc) is a plus.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering, Mathematical Sciences, or similar from an accredited college or university is required.
• Prior experience with Renewable Energy performance modelling and monitoring systems preferred.