Battery Storage Technician
Also posted as Battery Energy Storage Technician; BESS Technician; Energy Storage O&M Technician; Battery Storage O&M Technician; Battery Field Service Technician
A battery storage technician performs planned and reactive maintenance, inspection, testing, troubleshooting, repair, and operational support for utility-scale battery energy storage systems and their electrical, controls, thermal, and safety subsystems. Many people start with a two-year associate degree or a technical certificate rather than a four-year degree.
Below: what it pays, what you'd do, the skills you need, and how to become one.
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How much does it pay?
Explore the core responsibilities of this role, from daily operations and equipment handling to safety, quality, and performance requirements.
Maintain battery systems
Inspect, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair enclosures, modules, racks, BMS hardware, and auxiliaries.
Support power conversion
Service inverters, power conversion systems, transformers, switchgear, relays, meters, and SCADA interfaces.
Execute safe work plans
Run preventive maintenance, permits, job safety plans, lockout/tagout, and risk assessments.
Diagnose alarms
Resolve alarms, communication failures, thermal issues, isolation faults, and unavailable units.
What skills do you need?
Three core skills sit at the heart of this role. You can learn all of them through short, hands-on training.
Battery Storage Maintenance
Maintaining utility-scale battery energy storage systems.
Battery Management Systems
Diagnosing BMS hardware and module-level faults.
Power Conversion Systems
Servicing inverters and power conversion equipment.
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