Company Description

About Us: Invinity Energy Systems (LON: IES)

Invinity Energy Systems is the leading global manufacturer of modular vanadium flow batteries for utility-scale energy storage deployments that unlock low-cost, low-carbon renewable energy on demand for businesses, industry, and electricity networks around the world. Safe, reliable, durable, and economical, Invinity’s flow batteries are the most commercially proven alternative to lithium-ion and help to accelerate global progress towards Net Zero. We have commercial projects in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, with office locations in Vancouver, BC, and Bathgate, Scotland, London, UK, and San Francisco, California.

Job Description

Invinity is deploying large-scale projects in the United Kingdom, Canada, USA and internationally. We are looking for a technician, with electrical and mechanical experience to service and maintain the hardware, software, and communications technologies in our energy storage systems across multiple concurrent projects.

In this role, reporting to the Director of Customer Operations, you will work closely with Support Engineers, Product Development, Solutions teams, and customers.

Job duties include:

• Supporting the safe installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and maintenance of Invinity’s products in the field;
• Diagnosing, repairing, and replacing key electrochemical, electrical, and control system components;
• Capturing and reporting system issues into a database and correcting, or supporting others remotely, to correct, those issues in the field;
• Providing operational and maintenance feedback to the wider team to drive continuous product and service improvement;
• Facilitating customer operation, maintenance, and safety training;
• Maintaining field service equipment and tooling, and spare inventories;
• Monitoring and assessing system performance in Invinity’s remote monitoring platform and taking action to address findings;
• Maintaining good relationships with customers, and technical and managerial staff at our customer sites;
• Travelling and working at Invinity offices and customer sites (UK and international). While uncommon, travel for up to four weeks may be required a few times per year (up to 30% travel);

Qualifications

• High school diploma (or GED) or higher, or equivalent combination of relevant education, training and experience required;
• 3 years of experience in electrical/electronics/power electronics and or network communications is required, ideally in a field service environment;
• Experience in renewable energy generation, inverter/rectifier systems, or energy storage;
• Experience in the commissioning of electrical and mechanical equipment;
• Experienced in servicing, maintaining and, troubleshooting of electrical and mechanical equipment;
• Ability to work safely and follow documented procedures; strong competence using hand tools;
• Experience working with electrical equipment and related safety training;
• Able to read, understand, and amend (redline) electrical schematics;
• Ability to produce thorough and accurate service reports and other supporting documentation and procedures;
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (e.g. Excel, Word, Outlook) and general computer literacy;
• Good communication skills; detail-oriented, and an innovative problem solver;
• Ability to lift 50 pounds;
• Right to work in the UK, valid and current passport, and a clean driving license;
• Electrical, crane, and forklift work safety is considered an asset;
• Experience in computer configuration and networking, CAN bus, TCP/IP, etc. is considered an asset.

Additional Information

We are looking for the right person to join our expanding team. While relevant training and experience are essential, we are equally concerned with how the candidate fits into our team. If you have the required skills, that’s great; if you believe you have other relevant skills, please let us know in your cover letter. 

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