Associate Performance Analyst

We are Lightsource bp – and we’re on a mission to become a global leader in onshore renewables, anchored by our proven track record in solar development.

For over a decade we’ve been actively working to diversify the way our world is powered with sustainable and responsible renewable power. We work to safely deliver affordable, reliable, large-scale onshore renewable and energy storage solutions to help the world decarbonise.

Our growing business is constantly innovating and investing to help drive the energy transition. Our people and projects are focused on supporting long-term sustainable growth and energy security.

Lightsource bp operates with five core values: Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability, and Drive. We seek to attract and hire individuals who share our commitment to creating a safe workplace, uphold the highest standards of integrity, and demonstrate respect for colleagues, communities, and the environment. Our recruitment process promotes sustainability by valuing long-term growth and responsible practices, while seeking candidates with the drive to innovate and lead in the global energy transition. Together, these values shape how we engage, assess, and welcome talent to join us in delivering transformational solar power solutions worldwide. 

Lightsource bp was fully acquired by bp in 2024.

Global Performance & Monitoring

The LSbp Global Performance & Monitoring team sits within the Asset Services business, acting as the nerve centre through which all asset data flows on a daily basis. The insights generated by the team are disseminated across Lightsource, providing the foundation for data-based decision-making. From a simple decision to dispatch an engineer to site to investigate a fault to deciding to proceed with a multi-million euro site retrofit, the process starts with the Global Performance & Monitoring team. We measure our success by the performance of our international fleet of assets, as well as by the service we provide to our O&M and Asset Management colleagues, in the form of data feeds, reporting, insight generation, and recommendations.

The team is seeking to recruit an Associate Performance Analyst who will support the team’s ability to manage our team’s portfolio of assets under management, currently sitting at 2.5 GWp globally. The successful candidate will be based in Bath, joining an existing Performance team of six UK-based colleagues, as well as an additional seven Spain-based colleagues.

Summary

The role will be focused on maintaining a very close and regular relationship with the UK O&M team and occasionally the Asset Management team in order to communicate to them the underperformance issues found on sites through data analysis, and to track and ensure its resolution on timely manner. The successful candidate will play a role in the mentorship and development of less experienced team members

The role will also require ongoing asset performance analysis, calculation of KPIs (availability, performance ratios, etc.) and reporting both to be used internally and those delivered to asset owners, financial lenders, and tax equity partners. High rigour in reporting and analytical mindset are required for success in this role.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Participate in running of 365-day per year monitoring & control centre supporting UK O&M business
• Log incident tickets that trigger work orders and dispatch of technicians to site
• Monitor SCADA alarms to ensure incidents are identified within minutes of their occurrence
• Create and deliver client KPIs and reports as required under O&M Contract
• Assist in management of performance guarantee exposure and monthly performance guarantee administration with view to minimising LRSL's performance penalties and maximising performance bonuses
• Root cause analysis of incidents and issues identified on plants
• Participation in cross-functional operational huddles, bringing performance data to influence decision-making
• Support continuous improvement efforts via the development of new tools for streamlining our data analysis and reporting automation (i.e., scripts to automate manual calculations, improve data manipulation or automate reporting / dashboards)
• Key day-to-day stakeholder: O&M Regional Manager & Regional Planner

Work Skills

• Must be fluent in spoken and written English
• Must be an advanced user of Microsoft Excel (incl. VBA)
• Must be able to work with large datasets and be comfortable querying datasets
• Python, R, SQL and/or other programming skills are an asset
• Automated data visualisation & communication experience (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) will be considered an asset

General Skills/Attributes

• Possesses an analytical mind, keen to identify and solve problems
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills – able to go beyond just presenting data to pull out key insights
• Able to manage interaction with internal and external stakeholders
• Relentless attention to detail and drive to produce quality work
• Organisation and work ethic to deliver against critical deadlines
• Possesses a mindset of continuous improvement, always looking for opportunities to improve, both as an individual and a team
• Is a team player but also able to work independently
• Passionate about renewables and the energy transition

Knowledge

Direct knowledge of solar energy generation is not absolutely necessary; however, a candidate will be well-served by a basic understanding of:

• Basic principles of electricity generation
• Key photovoltaic (PV) plant components and methods of operation
• Understanding of how to approach performance analysis of PV plants and calculation of parameters such as PR, Availability, etc.
• Experience with performance reporting for solar assets
• Basic data flows underlying SCADA and monitoring systems

Experience Required

• Must have demonstrable experience of data analysis / generating and communicating insights from quantitative information
• Ideal candidate would have previous exposure to utility-scale renewable plants
• Ideal candidate would have prior experience working with monitoring and SCADA systems

Education and Qualifications

• Degree in Renewable Energy, Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, or Computer Science; or, Foundation Degree (eg, FdA, FdSc), Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) related with Renewable Energy or/and data analysis.

Why you’ll want to work for us

Our company is a place where you can be yourself and grow, a place where your ideas and opinions matter.

Be you: We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community, where every individual is valued and treated with respect.

Be responsible: Our culture is driven by our core values – from operating safely to ensuring our projects are responsible. 

Be recognized: Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits including annual bonus, retention bank, health insurance, pension and other local benefits.

Be inspired: Beyond your day-to-day working life at Lightsource bp, there’s a variety of initiatives that will contribute to your own personal development. These include our charitable causes, supporting our solar honey project, or volunteering on our VIBES committee to name a few.

Our core values: Lightsource bp truly cares about creating a sustainable future through safe, responsible and meaningful low carbon energy projects. Our core values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability and Drive are the guiding principles for everything we do. 

For further information on our career opportunities and life at Lightsource bp, please visit https://www.lightsourcebp.com/careers/