Regional/Portfolio Manager
Commercial and Utility Scale O&M Services
Remote 25% Travel
Company Profile:
A top 5 solar O&M service provider in the US is actively recruiting a Regional/Portfolio Manager to join the team! Operational assets include AZ, TX, LA, OH, SD, and MT. This team of engineers, operators, and field technicians combine to present our customers with over 50 years of solar PV experience. Offering customized solar solutions with unparalleled support and expertise, this O&M powerhouse focuses its efforts on the needs of your individual project, or portfolio to help you maximize the value of your energy. Our team shares a vision of better, cleaner energy for all and dedicated to continually advancing our solutions through our high-tech, high-touch approach.
Compensation Structure:
150k-160k + Bonus + Outstanding Benefits including full medical coverage
Scope of Responsibilities:
The Regional/Portfolio Manager will mentor and lead Plant Managers overseeing utility scale solar sites as well as work as the point of contact for customers. In this role, you would be working directly with the VP of O&M to ensure the solar utility sites are operating at full capacity and within safety regulations meeting or exceeding contractual terms. Additional responsibilities include:
Conduct bi-weekly meetings to review portfolio status, including each portfolio's KPI (Key Performance Indicators) as agreed upon with internal management.
Support client requests as received and escalate to senior management as appropriate.
Support portfolio event(s) and escalate, when appropriate, to senior management.
Support technicians, responding to their performance needs/concerns, and alerting management, HR, Payroll, and/or other departments as appropriate, while maintaining confidentiality. Manage technicians, while supporting the company and encouraging their career development and learning.
Perform technician evaluations and provide guidance and coaching to them, with the support of management.
Review and approve daily and weekly timesheets for technicians assigned to work on assigned portfolio accounts. Manage overtime.
Review and approve weekly technician expense reports.
Request and submit purchase orders to obtain approval from the accounting department for charges above the specified amount.
Review, approve, create and dispatch assigned technicians' vehicle maintenance, any appropriate paid time or unpaid time off per company policy, and training work orders per operating procedures.
Collaborate with scheduling team to provide the assigned technicians a two-week look-ahead.
Maintain, establish, and submit new project preventative maintenance schedules. Collaborate with schedulers to maintain portfolio schedules on a periodic basis.
Maintain existing and enter new project inventory within the company inventory system.
Review daily/weekly all assigned employee work orders and follow work order operating procedures.
Review and ensure accuracy of the Portfolio Monthly Report.
Review and provide weekly updates to accounting team on the status of portfolio level proposals and work requests.
Update the weekly operations report for assigned portfolios, including utilization of technicians.
Collaborate and ensure that the technicians are capturing the relative details during their initial investigation to process warranty claims.
Support new project onboarding.
Schedule and perform (minimum 6 times per year) portfolio audits by conducting site and technician visits
Submit annual preventive maintenance reports.
Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications:
1+ year overseeing numerous O&M sites or 5+ years as a Plant Manager wanting to take the next step in your career
8+ years of solar utility O&M experience
Ability to demonstrate working knowledge of electrical theory & PV power generating system fundamentals.
Aptitude for learning and understanding the operation of various testing equipment, tools and procedures utilized in the maintenance of PV power generation systems.
Ability to collaborate and coordinate well with peers and other personnel, vendors, and subcontractors.
Proficiency with MS Office applications to include but not limited to MS Word and Excel, as well as an ability to learn new computer programs without difficulty.
Interested in this opportunity? Please contact Pete Barbour at ******** or Rob Jones at ******** . Thank you!
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