Director of Solar Operations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-efficient operation of Onward Energy's solar fleet, which encompasses more than 1,800 MWdc across 36 facilities.

• Provide leadership to a team of around 45 employees.

• Attain fleet safety, availability, reliability, production, maintenance, and financial goals.

• Advocate for fleet-wide safety performance, incident prevention, corrective action programs, and continuous improvement efforts.

• Hold accountability for operational performance, contractual commitments, regulatory standards, and budget adherence.

• Set fleet performance targets and spearhead initiatives that enhance asset reliability and operational outcomes.

• Lead operational readiness, emergency response, and business continuity planning.

• Mentor and develop geographically distributed managers, supervisors, and technicians.

• Cultivate a high-performing organization through talent development, succession planning, workforce management, and performance evaluation.

• Enhance fleet-wide reliability and performance through data analysis, root cause investigation, standardization, and sharing of best practices.

• Support the integration of new technologies, predictive maintenance techniques, and operational excellence initiatives.

• Develop and oversee fleet operating and maintenance budgets.

• Drive cost efficiency while upholding safety, reliability, and compliance standards.

• Assess and propose capital investments, major maintenance projects, life-cycle replacements, and strategic enhancement initiatives.

• Contribute to business planning and offer operational insights for long-term asset strategies.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to optimize asset value.

• Deliver fleet performance reports, strategic recommendations, and operational updates to executive leadership.

• Assist with acquisitions, integrations, new asset onboarding, and other strategic initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or a related field is required; equivalent experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.

• An MBA or advanced degree is preferred.

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in power generation operations, including substantial utility-scale solar experience.

• At least 7 years of progressive leadership experience managing operations and teams across multiple sites.

• A minimum of 5 years leading an organization through subordinate managers across a wide geographic area.

• Proven success in fostering strong safety cultures and developing high-performing teams.

• Extensive knowledge of solar operations, maintenance, reliability, budgeting, compliance, and contractor management.

• Demonstrated ability to enhance operational performance through data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.

• Exceptional leadership, communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong business acumen, with the ability to balance operational priorities with financial objectives.

• High proficiency in MS Office Suite, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

• Capable of meeting physical requirements with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Ability to stand, walk, talk, hear, and possess both near and distant vision capabilities.

• Ability to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and/or crouch.

• Ability to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

• A valid U.S. driver's license with an acceptable MVR history.

• Willingness to travel regularly, up to 45% of the time.

• Full-time authorization to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation in the market.

• Health insurance coverage.

• Life insurance benefits.

• Retirement savings options.

• Reasonable accommodations available for any part of the employment process.