Senior O&M Technician (Release) at Scatec ASA

Why this role matters

• As a Senior O&M Technician, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliable operation, maintenance, and performance optimisation of Release’s solar and battery energy assets across multiple sites and geographies.
• Your expertise will help maximise plant availability, support operational excellence, and ensure that maintenance activities are executed safely and effectively.
• Working closely with site teams, clients, and the Global Operations Centre (GOC), you will contribute directly to delivering reliable clean energy solutions while supporting the long-term performance of our growing renewable energy portfolio.

What you'll be doing

In this role, you will take ownership of operational and maintenance activities across assigned plants, including:

• Oversee day-to-day operational performance across multiple sites, ensuring compliance with safety, technical, and contractual requirements
• Coordinate and drive preventive and corrective maintenance planning, execution, audits, and CMMS compliance activities
• Monitor plant performance, alarms, and operational KPIs to maximise plant availability and performance targets
• Lead fault identification, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and resolution activities in collaboration with site teams and the Global Operations Centre
• Act as the key operational interface between Release, clients, site teams, and operational stakeholders to ensure effective communication and issue escalation
• Provide technical support and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational and maintenance performance
• Support the training, mentoring, and capability development of site and client O&M teams
• Ensure accurate reporting, incident management, safety compliance, and timely communication of plant performance and operational issues
• Your work will support real assets, real operational outcomes, and the continued growth of renewable energy infrastructure across Africa and beyond.

What you'll gain

• Professional growth through ownership, exposure, and meaningful contribution from day one
• Hands-on experience in a role where the challenge is energising, fast-moving, meaningful, and built on learning through doing
• Broader technical and commercial understanding through close collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Exposure to utility-scale solar PV and battery energy storage projects across multiple countries and markets
• Opportunity to work with advanced renewable energy technologies and global operational teams
• Increased expertise in plant performance optimisation, fault analysis, and operational excellence

What you'll bring

Experience and qualifications

• National Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent technical qualification in Electrical, Mechanical, Renewable Energy Engineering, or a related discipline
• Minimum 8 years' experience working on utility-scale solar PV plants
• Minimum 8 years' experience in the operations and maintenance of solar PV assets
• Experience with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) will be advantageous
• Strong understanding of PV and BESS operations, maintenance practices, performance metrics, and troubleshooting methodologies
• Proficiency in plant monitoring systems, data acquisition, analysis, reporting, and CMMS platforms, with advanced Microsoft Office skills