Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Ensure strict adherence to all safety standards, including OSHA, NFPA, state and local regulations, and company
safety policies.
• Promote and enforce a strong safety culture, including hazard recognition, quality job briefings, stop-work authority,
and safe work practices.
• Identify, escalate, and support resolution of electrical and operational safety hazards.
• Ensure consistent application of Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), energized work controls, and PPE requirements across
assigned areas.
• Serve as the authorized switching authority for the site.
• Write, review, approve, and execute switching orders in accordance with site-specific switching procedures, OSHA
requirements, and Strata policies.
• Coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities with the objective of optimizing plant performance
and operational efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with O&M agreements, warranty requirements, and service-level commitments.
• Perform routine and periodic substation inspections, including but not limited to:
o Generator Step-Up (GSU) transformer
o Ground-Operated Air Breaks (GOAB)
o MV breakers, and disconnects
o Pad-mounted MV transformers serving the BESS infrastructure
• Perform advanced MV troubleshooting activities, including:
o Removal and inspection of deadbreak MV terminations for fault isolation and diagnostics
o Visual and mechanical inspection of MV terminations, elbows, bushings, and connectors
• Support corrective maintenance planning while ensuring work remains within Owner/O&M scope.
• Execute and oversee daily, weekly, monthly, and annual preventive maintenance tasks for Owner-scope equipment
per the O&M Plan.
• Perform site walks, visual inspections, and condition assessments of electrical, mechanical, environmental, and
safety systems.
• Maintain accurate daily operations logs, inspection test results (ITRs), switching records, and work orders.
• Coordinate site access and safety oversight for Tesla personnel performing Megapack maintenance.
• Monitor Tesla activities for safety and site compliance only.
• Serve as liaison for scheduling, access, alarms, and site conditions.
• Identify, document, and escalate safety hazards, near misses, and incidents.
• Support emergency response activities and Emergency Action Plan execution.
• Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
• Direct supervision and oversight of:
o Subcontractors. Provide task direction, safety oversight, site orientation, and performance feedback
Environmental Responsibilities:
• Participate in environmental compliance programs, inspections, and administrative recordkeeping.
• Support and maintaining compliance with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and
Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations.
• Assist with environmental incident response and mitigation activities as required.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of experience working with medium-voltage electrical systems in utility-scale power generation,
substations, or BESS environments.
• Minimum 2–3 years in a supervisory or lead role.
• Experience with:
o Substation switching procedures
o MV equipment inspections and troubleshooting
o GSU and GOAB operations
o MV transformers, switchgear, and terminations
• Strong knowledge of OSHA, NFPA 70E, NESC, and MV safety practices.
• Ability to author and execute switching orders safely and accurately.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Experience performing IR thermography and DGA sampling.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with CMMS platforms, maintenance reporting tools, and performance metrics.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex field operations across multiple locations.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to lead in a professional manner consistent with company values, policies, and vision.
Physical Requirements/Work Environment:
• Must be able to work in an outdoor environment for extended periods of time.
• Must have the ability to travel for extended duration to remote project sites.
• Must be able to stoop, kneel or bend.
• Must be able to lift, push or pull 50 lbs. overhead repeatedly.
• 20/40 vision in each eye, with or without correction and ability to distinguish colors.
• Ability to wear full complement of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE
• Must have the ability to travel, work on-call during off-shift hours and weekends.
Strata Clean Energy is a privately owned and operated company, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, with multiple service and operations centers throughout the Southeast of the USA. As a vertically integrated renewable energy company, we control and self-perform every process, from our nationwide solar and storage development, to construction, O&M, and Asset Management.
Our construction operation consists of Industry leading Engineering competence centers, a team of global supply chain experts, and an industrial scale project and construction management center. Each and every department is fully committed to making sure safety and quality are our top priority.
As an independent power producer, Strata Clean Energy is one of the very few companies that has proven competence across the full spectrum of the solar/storage process and value chain. We are focused on delivering best in class cost of ownership by imposing and enforcing very strict QA standards on our global manufacturers and suppliers. Our approach continues to provide superior value and customer experience.
Strata’s customers include long term project owners, such as large utilities and IPPs, with very high safety and execution standards. Strata’s total quality management approach, combined with high productivity and operational excellence, has set us apart from traditional solar developers and EPC outfits.
Please visit our facilities or tour our project sites and experience the Strata difference.
We appreciate the long-term relationships that we have built with so many of our repeat customers and want to thank them for their ongoing loyalty and support.
For more information please visit www.stratacleanenergy.com
