Job Title: Renewables Operations Manager

Schedule: 5/2

Location : Odessa, Texas

Position Summary:

Direct, Plan, and coordinate day to day operations of business unit currently consisting of 15-25 field technicians in and around the Midland/Odessa area. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints, resolving problems, bidding, and estimating, scope development, project management, field visits, quality management, and customer engagement

Manage

• Responsible for overall supervision of Renewables Business employees and staff
• Monitor performance of employees and make improvements when necessary
• Ensure all department correspondence, communications and processes are satisfactory. Items such as customer approvals, job number requests, vendor/sub approval process, commercial, time tickets, etc
• Adhere to the company mission, vision, policies and procedures. Lead by example
• Schedule time to visit our job sites to create manager presence with our customers and employees
• Consistent monitoring of workload and resources adjusting to achieve balanced workforce.

Safety

• Communicate regularly with HSE department to achieve all safety goals. Participate in weekly safety meetings and monthly SMT meeting/report
• Perform job site audits in conjunction with safety team.
• Establish and institute best practices for employees
• Establish and institute training matrix for craft positions

Business Development

• Coordinate with sales to attend customer meetings and lunches,
• Suggest customer lunch and learns and cook-outs
• Review weekly sales reports to establish any needed client meetings
• Establish strong customer relationships with new/existing customers
• Report on activity weekly during team operations meetings
• Review all incoming request for bids and outgoing proposals to ensure highest success rate
• Develop best bidding practices
• Perform field walkthroughs to develop cost estimates per customer’s request
• Review and interpret bid packages

Financial

• Develop and adhere to the departmental budget, manage cost and revenue
• Complete quarterly board reports and strategic initiatives
• Consistent review of job CPI to cost control monitoring job performance to achieve accurate gross profit in accordance with all project estimates submitted
• Review financial statements finding ways to improve profitability.
• Participate in monthly financial review.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or similar technical discipline; or 5+ years of demonstrated Renewable Energy Operations and Maintenance experience; previous operations management highly preferred
• 5+ years’ experience in Solar array O&M and installations.
• Strong knowledge in budgeting, finance and successfully leading a team with the ability to face ever changing markets and workload
• Demonstrated ability to assemble and lead a technical/operations high performance team with accomplished and demonstrated growth
• Incorporates tough decisions and enlists support to ensure successful outcomes
• Concern for people as evidenced by a passion for safety, people development, motivation, and engagement
• Proficient in using computer-based software such as: Word, Excel, Project, and custom-built systems.
• Drive for continuous improvement in operational execution including leveraging lessons learned
• Pro-active; anticipates risk and develops mitigation plans
• Proven financial acumen and sound business judgment
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skill
• Preferred candidate region spanning from Midland/Odessa TX to Carlsbad NM