NovaSource Power Services (‘NSPS’) is a technical service provider which provides services to owners, developers, and EPCs of renewable generation & storage plants that seek performance reliability. NSPS is an Operations & Maintenance (O&M;) company with leadership that has over 20 years of experience and manages over 20GW of Solar PV Plants globally.

NovaSource has the leadership, global reach, and strategic capability to lead the market in this category of technical services both globally and throughout Australia. Through our range of services, our capabilities are structured to optimize every stage of a project lifecycle – from design, construction supervision, commissioning, re-vamping, re-powering, and third-party services with the goal of maximizing performance.

Basic Job Functions The Asset Engineer role encompasses a wide range of capabilities that ultimately ensures the accountability of compliance in operating a utility power plant. This includes but is not limited to the structuring of operational activities including effectively communicating with and reporting to external stakeholders, such as owners, their appointed representatives, and regulatory stakeholders as well as working with site staff to manage contractual requirements.

Working actively with management and field teams, the intent of this role is to ensure management tasks to a high level of efficiency and compliance of the plant, and to maintain a robust knowledge of all aspects of the site. This also includes reacting to new and developing events onsite, and contributing to the content of the operational reports, as defined by the agreement.

These responsibilities include but are not limited to operational excellence within plant operations; coordinating with monitoring and control centre functions and the management of work order and operational reports as defined by each site’s individual agreement.

Duties and Responsibilities PV installation – Operation and Maintenance responsibility

Responsible for the failure-free operation of all PV installations assigned to them

Create and update project documentation including but limited to: project management plans, asset management documents, maintenance plans, strategies and procedures, maintenance scheduling and outage strategies.

Create, update and manage assigned projects' risk register and MOC documentation

Assist in creating and updating incident reports

Any other documentation as required by the Principal

Follow up on monthly closure of work orders and assist site manager and area manager in ensuring that maintenance activities are conducted and documented / closed as per schedule

Act as the interface with Principal and OEMs / Sub-contractors as it relates to the above tasks, conducting periodic reviews with stakeholders to ensure agreed actions are closed on time

Act as liaison person with NSPs where required and directed by area manager and Principal

Assist in reviewing monthly reports for assigned projects and updating sections relevant to the assigned duties, and assisting site team in updating the reports.

Review the operation of plant equipment and systems continuously, to minimize unplanned downtime,



anticipate and solve problems in a timely manner, including identification of opportunities for improvement

Maximize the overall efficiency & value through interactions with maintenance teams across the fleet

Understand and execute dispatch obligations for each resource in line with contractual obligations

Be highly conscious of any impacts of outages that can occur in the context of effective availability and performance requirements

Always challenge the maintenance team to maximize the plant effective availability; maximize value when accomplishing required maintenance

Maintain a strong understanding of operating contract, operating protocols, transmission and scheduling entity operating handbooks, operating agreements, and any standards or regulations applicable to the generator operator / generator owner

Receipt of failure alarms

Work with Control Centre to review, evaluate and organize for failure correction to be carried out by the Field Technician.

Oversee that documentation and work records are accurately recorded and reported.

Creation of Scheduled documentation

Responsible for the creation of reports of all PV installations assigned to them.

Accurate reporting of the annual maintenance plan (based on checklists, annual maintenance, tickets etc.).

Understand and deliver comprehensive information to the customer and to prepare or coordinate documentation of activities learned or performed

Creation of event-based documentation

Responsibilities include the finalisation of event-based reports based on information captured from internal resources such as the Control Centre, Operations Manager and field teams.

This includes, but is not limited to, reports on additional orders such as vegetation management, retrofitting etc.

Interface to customers

First point of contact for customer inquiries with technical-operative content

Distribution of reports to the customers

Contact for customer inquiries regarding the distributed reports

Participation in periodical telephone conferences with customers

Strong analytical skills to interpret research data for reports and apply mathematical techniques in practical situations

Additional Orders

Independently determine necessary and appropriate additional work and retrofitting for assigned projects

Calculation of customer offers for additional work as a result of ongoing O&M; activities

Management of delivery of larger additional orders to customers

Interface function

Regular reporting to Senior Management on the latest project status (larger projects, work schedules etc.)

Regular contact with other work teams throughout the business, including but not limited to Control Centre

Training





Maintains knowledge of required expertise by identifying opportunities for and attending continued professional development

Candidates Experience Prospective candidates should be able to provide evidence of:

Demonstrated understanding of PV and renewable energy power plants, EH&S; compliance, management, operations, and maintenance

A desire to deliver best practice operations & maintenance methodology

Demonstrated experience communicating with network service providers & AEMO

Understanding of contracts and demonstrated comprehension of agreement requirements

Ability to demonstrate a high level of commitment to the customer’s success

Proven experience in efficiently executing tasks, as defined by a maintenance plan

Demonstrate strong organization skills with excellent problem solving and effective communication skills

Reliable, organized and team focused

Abilities to deep dive into technical issues including root cause investigations

Experience managing third party contractors

Outstanding communication skills both verbal and written in English

Ability to share technical expertise with team members and the customer

Ability and willingness to acquire new knowledge and skills and contribute to continuous improvement of procedures and best practices

Demonstrate care with all works and tasks

Have a strong desire to exceeding expectations, combined with a can-do approach

Willing to travel to project sites, if and when required

Required Qualifications Relevant Safety Certifications (white card)

Relevant Technical or Engineering degree

The ideal candidate has a demonstrated comprehension of Solar Plants, and the roles of the O&M; function. This is evidenced by:

Exceptional commercial & technical acumen with an understanding of how to clearly communicate project status

A thorough knowledge of the power generation business and the associated opportunities and challenges as evidenced by a rich and successful track record in the industry, knowledge of regulatory and permitting issues, and relationships with utilities and other customers

Proven ability to work cross functionally (e.g., Project Development, Business Development) and to use best-in-class processes and supporting systems (e.g., remote monitoring capabilities) that have been developed and are required to ensure uniformity in the conduct of business

Strong Leadership Skills – In the context of a high-growth company and results oriented culture

Detail oriented and not afraid to get his/her hands dirty through a high degree of focus on the resolution of day-to-day issues

Embodies a can-do attitude and meets goals despite roadblocks

Who are we

It is NovaSource Power Services’ policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. NSPS disapproves of, and will not tolerate, unlawful discrimination against any applicant or employee because of race, colour, national origin or ancestry, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, age, religion, disability, family care status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.

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📌 Asset Engineer (Port Phillip City)
🏢 NovaSource Power Services
📍 Port Phillip City