Solar Asset Plant Manager

NovaSource Power Services seeks a Solar Asset Plant Manager in Sydney, NSW, responsible for ensuring the failure-free operation of PV installations. The role involves continuous equipment review, maximizing efficiency, managing maintenance interactions, and overseeing documentation. Candidates should have experience in PV and renewable energy operations, EH&S compliance, and strong communication skills. The position is focused on optimizing plant performance and meeting contractual obligations.
About NovaSource

NovaSource Power Services (‘NSPS’) is a technical service provider which provides services to owners, developers, and EPCs of renewable generation & storage plants that seek performance reliability. NSPS is an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) company with leadership that has over 20 years of experience and manages over 20GW of Solar PV Plants globally.

NovaSource has the leadership, global reach, and strategic capability to lead the market in this category of technical services both globally and throughout Australia. Through our range of services, our capabilities are structured to optimize every stage of a project lifecycle – from design, construction supervision, commissioning, re-vamping, re-powering, and third-party services with the goal of maximizing performance.

The ideal candidate has a demonstrated comprehension of Solar Plants, and the roles of the O&M function

Duties And Responsibilities
• Responsible for the failure-free operation of all PV installations assigned to them
• Review the operation of plant equipment and systems continuously, to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate and solve problems in a timely manner, including identification of opportunities for improvement
• Maximize the overall efficiency & value through interactions with maintenance teams across the fleet
• Understand and execute dispatch obligations for each resource in line with contractual obligations
• Be highly conscious of any impacts of outages that can occur in the context of effective availability and performance requirements
• Always challenge the maintenance team to maximize the plant effective availability; maximize value when accomplishing required maintenance
• Maintain a strong understanding of operating contract, operating protocols, transmission and scheduling entity operating handbooks, operating agreements, and any standards or regulations applicable to the generator operator / generator owner
• Work with Control Centre to review, evaluate and organize for failure correction to be carried out by the Field Technician.
• Oversee that documentation and work records are accurately recorded and reported.
• Responsible for the creation of reports of all PV installations assigned to them.
• Accurate reporting of the annual maintenance plan (based on checklists, annual maintenance, tickets etc.).
• Understand and deliver comprehensive information to the customer and to prepare or coordinate documentation of activities learned or performed.
• First point of contact for customer inquiries with technical-operative content
• Contact for customer inquiries regarding the distributed reports
• Independently determine necessary and appropriate additional work and retrofitting for assigned projects
• Calculation of customer offers for additional work as a result of ongoing O&M activities
• Management of delivery of larger additional orders to customers

Candidates Experience
• Demonstrated understanding of PV and renewable energy power plants, EH&S compliance, management, operations, and maintenance
• A desire to deliver best practice operations & maintenance methodology
• Demonstrated experience communicating with network service providers & AEMO
• Understanding of contracts and demonstrated comprehension of agreement requirements
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of commitment to the customer’s success
• Proven experience in efficiently executing tasks, as defined by a maintenance plan
• Demonstrate strong organization skills with excellent problem solving and effective communication skills
• Reliable, organized and team focused
• Abilities to deep dive into technical issues including root cause investigations
• Experience managing third party contractors
• Outstanding communication skills both verbal and written in English

Required Qualifications
• Relevant Safety Certifications (white card)
• Relevant Technical or Engineering degree
• A valid Drivers Licence

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is NovaSource Power Services’ policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. NSPS disapproves of, and will not tolerate, unlawful discrimination against any applicant or employee because of race, colour, national origin or ancestry, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related status), gender identity, age, religion, disability, family care status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.