Data Analyst - Solar - London
- Posted 21 May 2019
- Salary £24,000-£26,000
- LocationLondon
- Job type Permanent
- Discipline Renewable Energy & Infrastructure
- Contact NameNathan Quinn
Job description
The Opportunity:
A rare opportunity to join an investment fund operating mainly in solar as well as wind, who boast a portfolio of 500MW of solar projects in the UK. Ideal for any recent graduates looking to get started in London.
The Role:
- Be responsible for receiving, cleansing and interpreting site data, remotely, from SCADA systems (and/or similar);
- Be integrated with our inhouse team of technical Asset Managers and be responsible for bringing data issues to the attention of the team;
- Process large quantities of raw data and distil their findings into meaningful information on the condition and performance of sites;
- Support resolution of faults and incidents, making recommendations to the Asset Managers on the cause of data anomalies and possible actions to restore sites to normal operating condition;
- Support reconciliation of meter data and offtaker data, subsequent action to address differences;
- Be responsible for the continued maintenance of data management systems, notably the upload of key performance indicators (“KPI”) into Mercatus. Mercatus being a data repository through which we record key information and analyse performance;
- Manage data storage, including strategy for archiving;
- Support continued development and consolidation of our SCADA systems, including onboarding of new assets when acquired;
- Support optimisation strategies to improve the performance of sites;
- Support the development and thereafter performance of preventative maintenance strategies;
- Support development of forecasting techniques;
- Support development of predictive maintenance strategies; and
- Liaise with Operation & Maintenance (“O&M”) Contractors on data issues
The Person:
- Experience with MATLAB and AutoCAD.
- Renewable Energy background
- Data Analyst background
- 1 year experience preferable but not essential