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Do you want to work to make Power for Good?

We are the world's largest independent renewable energy company. We are driven by a simple yet powerful vision: to create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy.

We know that achieving our ambitions would be impossible without our diverse workforce. Because we're tackling some of the world's toughest problems, we need the very best people to help us. They are our most important asset, and that's why we continually invest in their development.

RES is a community with a diverse workforce, and we are dedicated to the personal and professional growth of our employees, regardless of their stage in their career. We can promise you rewarding work that makes a real impact, the opportunity to learn from inspiring colleagues from across a growing, global network, and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Our comprehensive package offers rewards and benefits, including pension schemes, flexible working arrangements, and a commitment to promoting better work-life balance at all levels. We also provide private healthcare, discounted environmentally-friendly travel options, 25 days of holiday with options to buy/sell days, enhanced family leave, and four volunteering days per year, so you can make a difference elsewhere.

At RES, we value diversity, inclusion, and equality. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and experiences to join our mission in creating a sustainable and equitable future for all.

The Position

The Solar Data Analyst provides data analysis and engineering expertise to the Solar Operation & Maintenance and Asset Management teams, with the aim of maximising generation and profit for the asset owners and RES by ensuring the efficient operation of power plants.

They will monitor, analyse, and report on these assets for faults and underperformance and communicate these findings with the relevant teams. A key focus will be to assist with onboarding new sites into RES’s systems and conducting regular reporting on plant performance and site activities to important partners.

They will contribute to standardisation efforts across assets and continuously work towards improving the efficiency and accuracy of analysis and reporting. This role requires engineering, data analysis, reporting, and communication skills to ensure that data-driven insights are actionable and have a positive impact on on-site operations.

The position entails a willingness to travel within the UK and Europe, such as to other offices and sites, and occasionally work outside of regular office hours to support operational needs.

Key Accountabilities you will have:

• Analyse historic operational data to identify reasons for variances vs budget and expected yield by verifying actual plant output, availability, performance ratio and various performance KPIs.
• Combine operational data with engineering knowledge to identifying causes of performance variations, drawing on experience of other RES experts where necessary.
• Create monthly O&M and AM reports of a high standard using reporting software.
• Work with RES’s site and software teams to onboard new sites into monitoring and CMMS systems efficiently and effectively.
• Monitor operational solar farm performance in real-time and assist with subsequent troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Assess network and communication issues, identify data loss and perform checks on data integrity.
• Analyse historic solar farm data to find opportunities for plant and process performance improvements.
• Support continuous improvement for the team’s tools and processes.

Knowledge you will have:

• Systems to monitor asset and process performance
• Technical knowledge of the principles of solar PV generation

Skills you will have:

Communicate data derived insights to experts and non-experts

• Proven ability to work to deadlines Proven ability to work to deadlines
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Data analysis – Experience with Python is desirable

Experience you have:

• Data monitoring, ideally on solar PV farms
• Solve tough technical challenges with creative approaches
• Manage, analyse, and visualise large datasets
• Experience in any of the following would also be advantageous:
• SCADA systems
• CMMS
• SQL
• PVSyst
• Azure (including the use of Logic Apps)

Qualifications:

• Degree in a related discipline. Qualifications with a focus on Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Data Analysis are preferable.

At RES we celebrate difference as we know it makes our company a great place to work. Encouraging applicants with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view, we create teams who work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients. Our multiple perspectives come from many sources including the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, marital status, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.

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