What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Repowering Engineer / Technical Lead - Repowering Service position at NovaSource Power?
About NovaSource
NovaSource Power Services is the world’s #1-ranked solar operations and maintenance (O&M) provider and insight-driven total asset optimization partner for renewables asset owners ready to fuel smart growth. With over 20 years of operating experience and a presence on 5 continents, NovaSource has the global reach and strategic capabilities to achieve our clients’ renewables goals around the world.
NovaSource’s comprehensive approach to total asset optimization in addition to O&M services includes value engineering, performance analysis, strategic supply chain management, and advanced monitoring systems. The company operates in key global markets managing over 30GW of solar power plants. NovaSource’s expertise extends beyond solar and includes battery energy storage systems (BESS), offering a complete suite of services for the evolving renewable energy landscape.
While NovaSource is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ and preference will be given to those in the area, this position can be based anywhere in the United States for experienced candidates.
Summary of Role
NovaSource is launching a Repowering Services function to help asset owners extend the life, value, and performance of utility-scale solar and storage assets. This role is the technical backbone of that effort.
The Senior Repowering Engineer will own repowering engineering definition, technical scoping, and cost estimation, while execution will be delivered primarily through vetted construction partners. This role is not responsible for building or managing large construction crews. Instead, success is measured by clarity of scope, credibility of estimates, and disciplined execution planning
This is a senior, high-judgment role intended to establish NovaSource as a trusted repowering advisor—not a construction company.
Key Responsibilities
Repowering Engineering & Technical Definition
- Lead technical evaluation of repowering opportunities across PV, BESS, inverters, controls, and BOP
- Develop engineering concepts and replacement strategies based on asset condition, performance data, and owner objectives
- Translate field realities into clear, buildable scopes suitable for third-party execution
- Identify risks, constraints, and interconnection impacts early and explicitly
Cost Estimation & Commercial Support
- Develop defensible, bottoms-up repowering cost estimates
- Define execution phasing, outage strategies, and schedule assumptions
- Support bid packages, contractor scoping, and bid leveling
- Partner with Commercial and BD teams to support client discussions and proposals
Execution Oversight (Limited, Targeted)
- Provide technical oversight during execution phases as needed
- Act as Owner-rep or technical authority—not construction superintendent
- Support NovaSource field teams when flex labor or light field support is appropriate
Program & Capability Development
- Establish NovaSource’s repowering playbook, templates, and standard deliverables
- Help define service tiers, exclusions, and guardrails
- Support long-term integration of repowering into NovaSource’s Total Asset Optimization (TAO) strategy
What This Role Is Not
- Not an EPC project manager
- Not a construction superintendent role
- Not responsible for building or managing large internal labor teams
- Not a greenfield EPC delivery role
Qualifications
Required Experience
- 10 years of experience in utility-scale solar and/or energy storage
- Direct experience with repowering, brownfield upgrades, or large-scale retrofits
- Strong background in engineering definition, estimating, and scope development
- Experience working alongside EPCs, OEMs, and specialty contractors
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate risk, cost, and constructability
Preferred Experience
- Experience supporting inverter or module replacement programs
- Familiarity with interconnection constraints and outage coordination
- Exposure to portfolio-level asset strategies (not just single projects)
- Prior Owner-rep, advisory, or technical authority roles
Core Competencies
- Engineering judgment and technical credibility
- Cost and scope discipline
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Ability to challenge assumptions and push back constructively
- Comfort operating with limited structure in an early-stage function
Office Physical Requirements:
All positions in our office require interaction with people and technology while either standing or sitting. In order to best service our customers, internal and external, all associates must be able to communicate face-to-face and on the phone with or without reasonable accommodation. NovaSource is committed to compliance with its obligations under all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, it attempts to reasonably accommodate applicants and employees in accordance with the requirements of the disability discrimination laws. It also invites individuals with disabilities to participate in a good faith, interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made without imposing an undue hardship.
Potential candidates will meet the education and experience requirements provided on the above job description and excel in completing the listed responsibilities for this role.
US: Diversity Statement – Equal Employment Opportunity
It is NovaSource’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees. NovaSource disapproves of, and will not tolerate, unlawful discrimination against any applicant or employee because of race, color, 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.
Salary : $160,000 - $190,000