Senior Analyst, Performance Engineering

About Arevon

Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., and New York City, Arevon Energy, Inc. is a leading independent producer of utility-scale renewable power across the United States. The company has around 4 GW of solar and energy storage projects in operation and under construction, representing $4 billion of investment, and a 5 GW pipeline. With a team of more than 200 people and a strong investor base, Arevon is growing rapidly through both development and M&A activities. Arevon also leverage decades of experience to provide asset management services to other clean energy owners. The company is backed by institutional investors that together manage more than $1 trillion in assets and have a strong focus on sustainability investments. Arevon is powering the energy transition.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to everything we do. Arevon thrives on and celebrates different views, beliefs, and values. We are committed to our talented team and partners, regardless of background or affiliation, and to actively promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our business. We strive to be a place where you can be you and bring yourself to work.

Arevon is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, religion, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran or marital status, or any other legally protected category.

The Position

AREVON is recruiting for the position of Senior Analyst, Performance Engineer, an outstanding opportunity for individuals seeking an exciting, high-growth work environment in one of the most important industries for the 21st century. Our company culture is one where teamwork, adaptability, continuous improvement, achievement of results, and willingness to grow are our core values. The successful candidate will have a superior academic background at a high caliber institution, having exceeded in Engineering or a Mathematical Science Discipline. In addition to superior academic performance, candidates must have enthusiasm for renewable energy.

Job Description

The Senior Analyst, Performance Engineer will be responsible for supporting design optimization, and project development, as well as on-going performance optimization for a fleet of PV and BESS assets throughout the USA. The role will be part of the Development and Construction team and will report directly to the Manager, Performance Engineering. At a high level, the Performance Engineer will be responsible for maximizing the probability of project performance meeting or exceeding expectations while optimizing project value for projects between the early-stage development and commercial operations phases.

Essential Responsibilities & Duties

This position will perform a wide range of performance engineering duties including:

• Create tools and standards for modeling and evaluating future PV and BESS assets.

• Create diligence and technical standards to support PV and BESS equipment procurement

• Create and document technical operational strategy energy estimates for PV and BESS development assets

• Perform analyses to evaluate the uncertainty of PV and BESS performance models

• Participate in preconstruction design and optimization of PV and BESS assets

• Review and redline technical contract documents for PV and BESS assets

• Aid in the technical due-diligence process for potential acquisitions

• Review technical documents and acceptance test results and compare to contractual standards

• Validate actual PV and BESS performance against base case finance assumptions.

• Support Project Development team and subcontractors to review / optimize project subsystem designs

• Support the development of technical performance contract language for EPC agreements.

• Support discussions with EOR, OE, and IE throughout the project lifecycle per the best interests of Arevon.

Experience Requirements

• Combination of 1 year of relevant work experience in engineering, physics, or statistical modeling or other relevant mathematical sciences required.

• Familiarity with technical aspects of utility-scale PV and/or BESS systems is required.

• Proven track record of working well within a team environment, taking ownership of processes and procedures, experience in shared services center environment is helpful.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, highly motivated and results oriented, process oriented with strong organizational and communication skills

• Proficient on MS Word, Excel, Power Point, SQL, etc.

• Familiarity with software languages and data analysis platforms (Python, VBA, C++, Matlab, Power BI, Pentaho, Plateau, etc) is a plus

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering or Mathematical Sciences required (Master's preferred).

• 1 year of broad-based engineering and / or Data Science experience

• Prior experience with Renewable Energy performance modelling and monitoring systems preferred.