Lead Analyst - Solar - UK
- Posted 28 March 2022
- Salary £40,000 - £55,000
- LocationUnited Kingdom
- Job type Permanent
- Discipline Renewable Energy & Infrastructure
- Contact NameAlex Le Goater
Job description
The Opportunity:
Join a leading UK IPP. They're seeking a Lead Solar Analyst to manage a team of Technical Engineers and Analysts.
The Role:
- Manage and lead a team of highly technical engineers and data analysts
- Ensure best practice in team is upheld by all members, for example in the investigation methods
- Development of team capabilities and services in line with company strategic objectives, continuous and process improvement
- Support in departmental budget forecasting and management
- Engage with both internal and external clients to ensure high quality service delivery
- Collaborate with Software, Asset Management and O&M teams to identify and progress enhancements to services and site performance
- Supporting business development and tender process for new projects and services
- Deliver on demanding team workloads with appropriate resourcing and management of customer expectations
- Ensure SLA contract compliance for high volumes of quality-controlled reports within contract deadlines and budgets
- Adapt quickly to fast changing market demands and rapid customer portfolio growth with dynamic team and services growth
- Provide technical and engineering support to operational solar farm management teams
- Management of Solar Analyst team activities include
- Line management of Solar Analyst team
- Staff development and performance management
- Approving timesheets, expenses and holidays
- Technical deliverables
- Manage the delivery of monthly/quarterly/annual intelligence on solar farm performance and behavior
- Manage the workload and technical content in the team
- Provide technical support and non-technical guidance to the Analysts
- Ensure that recommended actions as a result of monitoring and diagnosis are communicated effectively, are solutions-based, cost-effective and are provided in a timely manner
- Line management of Solar Analyst team
The Individual:
- Proven experience of in-depth data analysis, preferably on solar farms
- Experience of continuous improvement and engineering process development
- Experience in managing an engineering or technical team
- Project management experience
- Experience with presenting at conferences and promoting engineering services
- Degree qualified mechanical or electrical engineer or scientist
- UK driving license
- Investigative nature– naturally inquisitive, proactive, solution focused and has sense of ownership on work
- Ability to manage several projects and high workloads with demanding timescales
- Ability to guide a team, influencing decisions and reacting positively to challenges
- Excellent communication skills at all levels, enabling effective discussion and transfer of information between internal and external stakeholders
- Data mining and programming in languages such as SQL and Python