Onward Energy

Operations

• Lead the safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective operation of Onward Energy's solar fleet totaling over 1,800 MWdc across 36 facilities
• Provide leadership for a team of approximately 45 employees
• Achieve fleet safety, availability, reliability, production, maintenance, and financial objectives
• Champion fleet-wide safety performance, incident prevention, corrective action programs, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Maintain accountability for operational performance, contractual obligations, regulatory requirements, and budget performance
• Establish fleet performance objectives and drive initiatives that improve asset reliability and operational results
• Lead operational readiness, emergency response, and business continuity activities
• Lead, coach, and develop geographically dispersed managers, supervisors, and technicians
• Build a high-performing organization through talent development, succession planning, workforce planning, and performance management
• Drive fleet-wide reliability and performance improvement through data analysis, root cause analysis, standardization, and best-practice sharing
• Support new technologies, predictive maintenance strategies, and operational excellence programs
• Develop and manage fleet operating and maintenance budgets
• Drive cost optimization while maintaining safety, reliability, and compliance standards
• Evaluate and recommend capital investments, major maintenance activities, life-cycle replacements, and strategic improvement projects
• Support business planning and provide operational input for long-term asset strategies
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to maximize asset value
• Provide fleet performance reporting, strategic recommendations, and operational updates to executive leadership
• Support acquisitions, integrations, new asset onboarding, and other strategic initiatives

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Director of Solar Operations

• Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with company, regulatory, and environmental requirements
• Lead fleet-wide safety performance, incident prevention, corrective action programs, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Maintain accountability for solar fleet safety, availability, reliability, production, maintenance execution, compliance, and budget performance
• Ensure contractual, regulatory, and operational obligations are fulfilled
• Establish fleet performance objectives and drive asset reliability and operational improvements
• Lead operational readiness, emergency response, and business continuity activities
• Lead, coach, and develop a geographically dispersed team of managers, supervisors, and technicians
• Build a high-performing organization through talent development, succession planning, workforce planning, and performance management
• Drive fleet-wide reliability and performance improvement through data analysis, root cause analysis, standardization, and best-practice sharing
• Support new technologies, predictive maintenance strategies, and operational excellence programs
• Develop and manage fleet operating and maintenance budgets
• Drive cost optimization while maintaining safety, reliability, and compliance standards
• Evaluate and recommend capital investments, major maintenance activities, life-cycle replacements, and strategic improvement projects
• Support business planning and provide operational input for long-term asset strategies
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to maximize asset value
• Provide fleet performance reporting, strategic recommendations, and operational updates to executive leadership
• Support acquisitions, integrations, new asset onboarding, and other strategic initiatives