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PEARCE RENEWABLES is looking for Renewables Control Center Technicians for our Remote Operations Center (ROC). The Renewables Control Center Technician monitors and controls commercial and scale utility-scale wind, solar, and Battery Energy Storage facilities. This position is responsible for operating, dispatching, and monitoring the status of all plant systems on a continuous basis to ensure that the plant meets its generating requirements while operating in a safe and efficient manner.

Core Responsibilities

• Identify and ticket plant communication, equipment outages, and under-production issues using SCADA, DAS, and a computerized maintenance management system.
• Function as the primary point of contact with Balancing Authorities, Transmission Operators, Distribution Operators, and Scheduling Entities while utilizing three-part communication.
• Maintain logs of solar plant operations including notification of events and communications in accordance with Remote Operations Center (ROC) procedures.
• Schedule planned and unplanned outages with Scheduling Entities.
• Initiate responses to plant changes, site trips, feeder circuit trips, loss of communications, etc.

Specific duties may vary or evolve over time based on business and client needs.

Core Experience

• Experience working as a control room operator for renewable generation.
• Power generation experience, wind or solar background preferred.
• Ability to work with different management styles and in a fast-paced multi-cultural environment under tight deadlines and demanding customers (internal and external).
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills to solve problems of both a technical and operational nature.
• Knowledge of commercial and utility-scale solar electrical generating facility design, operations, and typical maintenance issues.
• Ability to work in a high-stress environment where decisions directly impact personnel safety and equipment reliability.
• Strong computer skills-mastery of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, TEAMS) applications is required.

Physical/Work Environment

At Pearce safety is our number one concern. Candidates must be able to comply with OSHA Standards.

• Flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays as required for 24-7 coverage. Night operations - 6PM-6AM
• Position requires routine personnel interaction with Remote Operations Center (ROC) staff on all shifts.
• Routine operation of a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• Frequent oral and written communications.

Compensation: $23.00-$33.00 hourly/DOE