Miller Bros Solar, LLC
Job Title: ROCC Operator
Company Overview
Miller Bros. Solar is a top 5 solar Operations and Maintenance (O&M) service provider in the US with headquarters in Conshohocken PA. Our team of engineers, operators, and field technicians combine to present our customers with over 50 years of solar PV experience.
Offering customized solar solutions with unparalleled support and expertise, Miller Bros. Solar focuses its efforts on the needs of customer individual projects and portfolios to help customers maximize the value of their energy. Our team shares a vision of better, cleaner energy for all and are dedicated to continually advancing our solutions through our high-tech, high-touch approach.
Job Overview
The Renewable Operations Control Center (ROCC) Operator is part of the Miller Bros Solar O&M department. A ROCC Operator is responsible for monitoring and operating photovoltaic solar powerplants and battery energy storage systems to maximize safety and productivity.
Responsibilities:
- MONITOR performance and alarms for photovoltaic and battery energy storage systems using computer systems and DAS platforms.
- OPERATE electrical systems remotely under the direction of site personnel during normal operations and independently during emergency operations.
- COMMUNICATE issues and abnormalities to appropriate personnel for investigation and remediation. This involves internal company employees as well as externally to customers and regulators.
- WORK in 12-hour rotating shifts in a 24/7/365 staffed operations center.
- DOCUMENT all site operations and required metrics to aid in troubleshooting and regulatory compliance.
- LEARN new technologies, regulations, and operations in the ever-changing renewable energy industry.
Required Skills:
- Ability to communicate orally over the phone as well as in written electronic format
- Ability to work with Microsoft Office suite of tools including Word, Excel, and Teams. Microsoft Power BI a plus.
- Must be able to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays on a 12-hour shift rotation.
- Must be able to interpret one-line electrical diagrams and analytical graphs.
- Must be comfortable working at a computer in an office setting for 12-hours at a time.
- Must contain a basic electrical understanding to be able to learn more complex electrical systems. Familiarity with the below will be seen favorably: Ohm’s Law/AC and DC electricity/Kirchoff’s Laws/Solar Panel Operation/Inverter Operation/Power Transformer Operation/Transmission Basics
- If you do not possess electrical fundamentals, proven aptitude in mechanical fluid systems can prove the ability to learn electrical fundamentals.
- Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.
Experience:
Minimum:
- 4+ years experience in operations of electrical systems or fluid mechanical systems;
- Ability to pass a background and drug test
Preferred:
- Power generation experience or 2/4 year engineering or technical degree
- Low voltage electrical in lieu of power generation (e.g. residential electrician, electronics technician, etc.)
- Familiarity with SCADA systems
- Solar PV remote operations or technician experience
- Prior rotating shift work
- Prior experience working with NERC compliance and NERC registered facilities
Additional Details:
- This job is a shift schedule with rotating 12-hour shifts to man the Operations Center 24/7 with 2 operators during the daytime. Currently we operate on a modified DuPont schedule.
- This job is not a physical labor job and will be spent working on computers and phone systems in an office setting.
- The initial training period for this job is an ideal 4 weeks of M-F 9-5 schedule prior to entering into shift work.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $60,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed
Application Question(s):
- Must be able to work all shifts in office- days and overnights.
- List subjects in which you have mechanical or electrical aptitude.
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Required)
- Night Shift (Preferred)
- Overnight Shift (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Conshohocken, PA 19428: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person