BESS Dispatch Technician

BESS Dispatch Technician
Location: South Houston, TX (Alvin Area)
Employment Type: Full-Time/Field, Traveling
Reports to: Senior Field Manager, Storage & Hybrid O&M
Travel: Regular overnight travel across South Texas

Clean Energy Services (CES) is an independent, execution-first operations and maintenance (O&M) provider purpose-built to support complex, utility-scale battery energy storage and hybrid assets. Our platform combines dedicated field teams, a 24/7 Remote Operations Center (ROC), and deep operating expertise to reduce operational risk, improve availability, and protect long-term asset value.

You will be based at a large operating battery storage site south of Houston and dispatched to two unmanned utility-scale BESS sites, one in the Rio Grande Valley and one in South-Central Texas. Both are ERCOT-connected and transmission-level. Nobody else is on these sites day to day, so when you are there you are the CES presence.

This job needs a technician who can walk up to a dark panel and find the problem. You will run scheduled maintenance visits, respond when the ROC dispatches you, and take troubleshooting as far as it can safely go before you call anyone. That includes ordinary things like a tripped breaker on a 120 V panel, a sensor alarm or a fiber connection that got knocked loose. When you can't fix it, you isolate it, document it, and put it in front of the right OEM with the evidence they need. The owners read our reports, so clear and accurate communication counts as much as the wrench work.

Job Description 

Dispatched Response & Troubleshooting

• Respond to ROC-dispatched alarms, site outages and emergency call-outs
• Diagnose and isolate faults across balance-of-plant: AC and DC auxiliary power, control circuits, fire detection, communications and fiber, EMS and SCADA interfaces
• Clear unit faults and support return to service in coordination with the ROC and EMS integrator
• During an outage or emergency, send accurate daily summary updates in the CES format until the site is restored

Preventive Maintenance Visits

• Execute scheduled monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual visit checklists at each site, and record every result
• Inspect MV transformers, switchgear, breakers, relays and cable terminations; torque checks and thermographic scans
• Walk the site with your eyes open. Look behind the panels and along the fiber, and catch the loose connection before the OEM does
• Support substation outages, switching and LOTO under approved orders and qualified switching leadership

OEM & Subcontractor Oversight

• Coordinate and oversee battery and inverter OEM crews and subcontractors using the CES visit forms: sign-in, scope, LOTO and work summary
• Identify warranty issues, document them and open claims with the CES warranty team, respecting OEM warranty boundaries
• Count and report spare parts and consumables at each site

Reporting

• Produce a same-day report after every site visit: work completed, work in progress, findings, parts used, follow-ups and hours
• Keep inspection records audit-ready to support monthly reports, NERC and ERCOT requirements

Team Support

• CES technicians support each other across disciplines. Your core role is dispatched BESS maintenance and response. When you are at your home site and your schedule permits, and for specific tasks that need additional support, you will assist the technicians there, within your training and qualifications
• Report daily to the Senior Field Manager on work status, priorities and schedule
• Other duties as assigned by the Senior Field Manager

Safety & Compliance

• Perform all work in accordance with NFPA 70E, OSHA, NEC / NESC and CES safety policies, and NFPA 855
• Conduct job hazard analyses and tailboards before work begins, and exercise stop-work authority any time a task cannot be completed safely
• Apply lockout/tagout on every job: isolate, lock and tag, test before touch, and ground where required
• Report all incidents, near-misses and unsafe conditions, and keep your training and certifications current
• Complete site-specific safety orientation and a hazard assessment on arrival at each site before beginning work

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on utility-scale electrical O&M (BESS, solar, substation or industrial power)
• Strong electrical troubleshooting from 120 V control circuits through MV equipment, with a multimeter and a drawing in hand
• MV work, switching support and LOTO at 34.5 kV class; awareness of HV substation work
• PM experience on transformers, switchgear, breakers and protective relays
• Comfort with EMS / SCADA screens and basic communications and fiber troubleshooting
• Reads single-lines, schematics, PM specifications and OEM manuals
• Comfortable working alone, planning your own visits and communicating without being chased
• Based within about one hour of the south Houston area, and willing to travel overnight regularly
• Valid driver's license and clean driving record; ability to pass background check and drug screen
• Physically able to lift up to 50 lbs, climb, work at heights, walk uneven ground and work outdoors in all weather

Preferred Qualifications

• OEM training on utility-scale battery or inverter platforms
• Protective relay experience (SEL, GE or equivalent) and NETA-type testing
• NFPA 70E qualified electrical worker, OSHA 10 / 30, First Aid / CPR / AED
• Journeyman electrician, lineman or military electrical background
• Prior traveling field service experience; ERCOT site experience
• Bilingual English / Spanish

Training & Development

CES provides OEM certification on the site equipment, and supports NFPA 70E, OSHA and First Aid / CPR where needed.

Travel & Physical Requirements

• Regular overnight travel; schedule varies with PM visits, outages and corrective needs
• On-call / emergency response rotation
• Field environment including energized equipment, confined spaces, heights and South Texas heat

What CES Offers

• Per diem on overnight travel days
• Company vehicle or vehicle allowance, with expense card
• Tools, arc-rated PPE and laptop
• Full CES benefits package (medical, dental, vision, 401(k) and PTO)
• Equipment and OEM training and certification

How to Apply

Apply through this posting with your current resume. Our team will reach out directly to schedule a call. Please do not visit or drive to any project site, and do not contact any site owner, operator or on-site personnel about this role.

Clean Energy Services (CES) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, CES complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

CES expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

To the extent permitted by law, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing.