Project Manager, Asset Management – PV, BESS

🌍 Remote, USA 💹 Full-time 🕐 Posted Recently

Job Description

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.

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.