Operations Specialist I (Renewable Energy)

Location: Full-time, on-site position in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Requires 12.5-hour rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays, plus 24-hour on-call availability.

Salary: $64,000–$88,000 USD annually, plus eligibility for an annual cash bonus.

Company

hirify.global develops and operates clean-energy assets, including wind, solar, battery storage, and conventional power generation facilities across the United States.

What you will do

• Monitor and analyze real-time performance, alarms, operating conditions, and data integrity across utility operating assets.
• Identify abnormal conditions, determine root causes, and coordinate remedial actions to maximize equipment availability and production.
• Operate multiple power plants in accordance with regulatory requirements, interconnection obligations, contracts, and plant-specific procedures.
• Coordinate with field operations teams, site managers, technicians, scheduling coordinators, transmission operators, and reliability entities.
• Document plant status, downtime, operating instructions, telemetry issues, and remote-control impacts.
• Support project commissioning by coordinating test-energy scheduling and compliant power plant operations.

Requirements

• At least two years of experience in operations, solar or wind field technician work, or a related electrical environment is preferred.
• Experience operating electrical and SCADA systems, with competent knowledge of plant and system processes.
• Ability to analyze problems, develop solutions, coordinate multiple activities, and make decisions in high-stress conditions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to handle difficult customer situations.
• GED or high school diploma.
• Ability to work 12.5-hour rotating shifts, nights, weekends, holidays, and 24-hour on-call duty.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree, formal operations apprenticeship training, or equivalent experience.
• Control room experience.
• Knowledge of functional system interactions and critical details in complex, regulated environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Work alongside teams operating clean-energy and grid-reliability assets.
• Benefits include PTO, medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA options, and a 401(k) with employer match.
• Additional benefits include parental leave, tuition reimbursement, fertility and adoption assistance, insurance programs, and commuter benefits.
• No visa sponsorship or employment-authorization sponsorship is available now or in the future.
• Equal-opportunity workplace with accommodations available for applicants with disabilities.