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Ameresco · 10 hours ago

Operations Engineer

Portland, ME

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

5+ years exp

Ameresco, Inc. is a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs and decarbonize. The Operations Engineer will support the maintenance and troubleshooting of control systems for various alternative energy projects across the United States.

EnergyRenewable Energy

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Handle service requests, helping energy plant operators to troubleshoot plant issues

Monitor and troubleshoot operation of automated reporting systems, data collection systems, and plant SCADA systems

Travel to plant and facility locations to install or troubleshoot servers, hardware, data collection systems, plant and control systems, networking equipment, etc

Work with the Compliance Team to ensure that data collection systems are in line with contractual and permit obligations

Maintain power and renewable natural gas processes

Assist in operational plant troubleshooting, tuning, and controls

Integrate with third party equipment using industrial protocols including EthernetIP, Modbus, and others as required

Program servers with remote access capability to run HMI applications, data collection systems, “call out” notification systems and other programs and applications as required

Perform other duties as assigned. Some travel is required

Qualification

Control systems troubleshootingPower plant systems understandingPLC programmingMicrosoft Server configurationIndustrial control protocolsData analysis in ExcelSoft skills

Required

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, or 5 years of related experience in landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) or renewable natural gas (RNG) operations

Valid Drivers' License issued by state of residence and in good standing

Preferred

Understanding of power plant systems and ability to troubleshoot and understand data from those systems

Exposure to Allen Bradley RSLogix 5000 / 500 platforms and HMI and Historian software packages

Experience configuring and maintaining Microsoft Server operating systems in a virtualized environment

Experience configuring Ethernet-based networks using industrial control protocols including EthernetIP, Modbus TCP, and OPC

Proficient with programming, including experience with PLC ladder logic, Visual Basic, and SQL

Proven ability to gather, validate, and analyze quantitative data and information in Excel

Benefits

People-oriented insurance

Investment

Incentive plans

Company

Ameresco

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Ameresco, Inc.

Founded in 1998

Tempe, Arizona, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.apses.com

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