Solutions and Deployment Lead (Energy-Renewables)

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What We Do:


Uptake harnesses the power of underutilized data to empower businesses to make informed decisions. We partner with industry leaders to build predictive analytics software that grows smarter in one industry because of what we learn in another. The result is a powerful platform that identifies problems before they happen, ultimately saving money, time and lives.


Uptake Energy envisions a global energy system where everyone can access dynamic, resilient, and sustainable power. We’re building on Uptake’s platform and talent to solve the challenges of today’s energy marketplace and enabling the transition to the power system of tomorrow.


 


What You’ll Do:


The Solutions & Delivery Lead is responsible for designing and implementing data-driven solutions that address the Energy sector’s most complex business problems. You’ll collaborate with Uptake colleagues across our executive, product, and data science teams to understand the challenges our partners face and how Uptake’s technologies can solve them. The Solutions & Delivery Lead (Renewable Energy) will be responsible for solutions in utility-scale renewable generation, with an initial focus on wind energy. That may mean predicting when and how a wind turbine gearbox will fail; giving field technicians the insights and knowledge they need to make smarter decisions uptower; or creating better software for wind site selection and optimization. The Solutions & Delivery Lead manages the charge for Uptake on the ground, ensuring our customers capture the immense value of our solutions.


 


Some of the things you may find yourself doing:



  • Leading detailed analysis of wind power processes and systems, uncovering opportunities to create business value using the Uptake technology platform

  • Collaborating with clients and colleagues to vision and design solutions and product strategies, and communicating them to customers and stakeholders

  • Identifying the internal and external data sources needed for a technology solution

  • Collaborating with our data science team to prepare data for analysis and model development

  • Working with product management teams, managing scope, communicating progress, and removing any and all blockades to project success

  • Leading the effort to build data interfaces with our customer’s systems

  • Helping to manage client and partner relationships


 


Qualifications:



  • Strong boots-on-the-ground experience and domain expertise within wind power, especially operations and maintenance of utility-scale wind farms

  • Deep experience with wind power SCADA systems and other data sources at a typical wind plant

  • A collaborative mindset, and a record of building successful client relationships and internal relationships with colleagues

  • Knowledge of status-quo software tools across the wind energy value chain, from site development through production

  • Familiarity with concepts and technologies behind Big Data Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Predictive Maintenance, and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)

  • BS/MS, with a preferred concentration in Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Math

  • Superior written and verbal communication skills—especially a strong ability to translate between technical and business stakeholders

  • An entrepreneurial spirit, sense of humor, and a passion to help create the energy system of the future

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Location

We are located in River North just right off the Chicago Brown Line stop. We also provide you with a free shuttle service to/from Ogilvie and Union.

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