Senior Reliability Engineer

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AES’s mission is to improve lives by accelerating a safer and greener energy future. We are a global, agile, cohesive organization with an employee engagement level akin to a startup company. AES businesses throughout the world are often recognized as great places to work. Our people share a passion to help meet the world’s current and increasing energy needs, while providing communities and countries the opportunity for economic growth due to the availability of reliable, affordable electric power. The role serves a pivotal responsibility to ensure that AES CE operates and maintains the portfolio to standards that exceed industry best-practice.

A day in the life of an AES Clean Energy Senior Reliability Engineer will include, but is not limited to:

Analyzing reliability and availability of Inverter hardware and components

Performing root cause analysis for equipment failures and developing recommendations to optimize asset reliability, coordinating remediation with external parties as needed

Leading and facilitating major repairs to operational sites

Evaluating operational sites for repowering and retrofit opportunities including cost benefit analysis

Implementing new practices to improve uptime and efficiency

Oversee the accuracy and integrity of asset master data within the CMMS/ERP system, including developing new asset hierarchies, bill of materials, and criticality assessments.

The Senior Reliability Engineer supports a larger operations team and serves as a domain expert for technical and engineering matters related to the reliable and available operation of PV+BESS Inverter systems. Excellent communication, task management and planning skills needed, in addition to technical breadth. The Senior Reliability Engineer is a highly skilled professional responsible for driving the development and implementation of a comprehensive reliability strategy for all installed and operating assets, working independently with minimal supervision, while fostering teamwork and continuous improvement within their area of expertise, to achieve strategic objectives.

The role will focus on the mechanical and electrical operation of PV+BESS Inverters and related equipment/components. The successful applicant will be very comfortable with high-level review of all elements of practical system design.

The position is ideally located in Louisville, CO; other US AES offices are allowable with hiring manger approval. The position may include up to 10-15% travel to project locations and partner offices.

Key Responsibilities

Operations

Develop and implement asset reliability strategies: Develop and oversee the implementation of reliability strategies for a portfolio of PV+BESS Inverter assets, balancing operational needs with long-term asset performance goals. Establish standard processes for maintenance activities and hardware configuration to increase equipment reliability and availability

Gathers and examines reliability failure data from operating sites and the CMMS database, applying well-defined engineering techniques to correlate data for analysis.

Maintains an updated "bad actor" list and facilitates discussions with O&M management on fit-for-purpose recovery plans, highlighting requirements during the budget process.

Identify root cause of performance problems on operational projects, and facilitate recommended action plans

Collaborate with Operations and Engineering teams to troubleshoot existing projects and develop repair and remediation plans

Design solutions for modifications to systems, and coordinate between various AES subcontractors and vendors where needed

Lead the development and implementation of FMEAs for critical assets, ensuring proactive identification of potential failure modes and appropriate mitigation strategies. Facilitate continuous improvement to maintenance practices with internal operations personnel and 3rd Party vendors

Perform Job Safety Assessments and Safety Walks to identify job-site hazards

Implement new practices with technology such as electrical monitoring systems and thermal imaging to improve reliability

Scope and implement new tools and software for operations, leveraging SAP and work management processes.

Provide technical expertise and support during planned outages, ensuring the efficient and reliable execution of maintenance and repair activities.

Growth and Leadership

Participate in AES US Renewables' growth planning process by contributing to process improvement task forces and other strategic planning activities

“Keep a tight loop” between Operations and new project development by recording and presenting issues that can be mitigated through better design and equipment selection.

Perform life cycle cost modeling of project design to inform equipment and component selection. Provide reliability-focused feedback during design reviews to ensure new systems and equipment incorporate reliability principles and best practices.

Improve and develop processes for the execution of safe, quality and high-reliability projects

Educate team on changing trends in technology, standard methodologies and safety

Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical expertise to junior reliability engineers within the team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Skills and Qualifications

Primary Qualifications

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in engineering or equivalent technical field

5+ years professional experience in engineering with a focus on measuring and maintaining equipment reliability, with an emphasis on high power electrical systems.

Experience in renewable power generation industry and familiarity with all aspects of PV+BESS Inverter technology, e.g. PCS, BESS, PV Generation, DC Wiring, Controls, grid interactions, and HVAC

Experience leading root cause and failure modes analysis methods (FMEA)

Experience with reliability metric calculations, MTBF, MTTR, Weibull, etc.

High proficiency with reading and understanding equipment/facility schematics

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office software suite

Experience in using results of data analytics and database tools

Experience with CMMS (SAP PM)

Experience with SCADA, and condition monitoring systems.

High degree of dedication to a quality safety culture and an incident-free work environment

Willingness to travel within the U.S. to support company’s portfolio of PV+BESS assets

Personal values consistent with those of the AES Corporation; Safety, Integrity, Excellence, Agility and Fun

“Plus” Qualifications