Area Manager - (Knox, IN)

About NovaSource

NovaSource Power Services is the service partner for renewables asset owners ready to fuel smart growth. As an O&M-focused company with 20 years of operating experience, NovaSource has the global reach and strategic capabilities to achieve our clients’ renewables goals around the world. To serve our clients, we invest into our people. On hire, we assess each employee’s experience and expertise, then mentor them to grow engaging and satisfying careers. Our turn-key services optimize each step of our clients’ project lifecycles — from commissioning to decommissioning and everything in between. Our approach delivers creates success for our clients, stability for our teams, and enables us to build a world-class culture of excellence. And that’s how we empower a renewable world.

Basic Job Functions

• Manage the Plant in accordance with the O&M agreement.
• Manage the various components of the PV power plant management program as they relate to day-to-day operations and maintenance at PV plant sites.

Experience

• A minimum of 5 years relevant experience in maintenance and personnel management in the utility or energy industry encompassing operations, maintenance, performance reporting and outage management.
• Demonstrated understanding of power plant, EH&S compliance, budgeting, personnel management, operations, and maintenance.

Education

• Technical School Diploma
• Bachelor’s degree in Business or engineering preferred

Required Skills/Competencies

• Outstanding communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of commitment to the customer’s success.
• Ability to share technical expertise with team members and the customer.
• Ability to plan, organize, schedule, and direct the safe operation and maintenance activities of multiple complex projects.
• Proficient use of all Microsoft Office Suite programs

Essential Responsibilities

• General Oversight of site personnel, site supervisors, technicians, staff specialists, and subject matter experts.
• Responsible for all plant personnel, policies, and programs. Examples include employee morale, staffing levels, training efforts, and safety issues.
• Communicates regularly with Management and all site personnel, both individually and as a group, to ensure excellent two-way communication concerning operational and maintenance issues.
• Aids in the hiring of site personnel and conducts employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to determine competency, knowledge, and contribution of the site maintenance personnel.
• Ensure adherence with company and department policies and procedures.

Examples of Duties

• Operate the Plant within the approved budget.
• Ensure compliance with all contracts including LGIA, PPA and O&M contracts to protect the long-term interests of the company.
• Ensure compliance with environmental standards and applicable governmental regulations.
• Interface with the various central support groups to review the operation of plant equipment and systems continuously, to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate, and solve problems in a timely manner, and to identify opportunities for improvement.

Maintenance

• Manages the plant programs based on best practices in the PV industry, with an emphasis on planning/scheduling and preventive/predictive maintenance.
• Continuously strives to improve the condition and performance of the plant.
• Maintains the use and inventories of spare parts, maintenance supplies, equipment, tools, and reordering as necessary.
• Manages the use of the enterprise asset management system (Maximo) at the site and assures the complete and accurate integration of the system.

Behavioral Abilities

• Coordinate multiple activities and ensure safety, quality and schedule adherence.
• Take direction, identify problems, develop solutions, conduct analysis independently and in collaboration with others.
• Work in difficult customer situations.
• Available for 24-hour on-call duty to meet customer requirements.

Reporting Relationships

• Will report to most senior site manager or supervisor depending on site organizational structure.
• Will lead work groups and supervise plant evolutions.
• Will assume all the duties of a Site Supervisor or manager and take charge when requested.

Office Physical Requirements

• All positions in our office require interaction with people and technology while either standing or sitting.
• In order to best service our customers, internal and external, all associates must be able to communicate face-to-face and on the phone with or without reasonable accommodation.

Travel

• Travel will be required depending on the needs of the region.

US: Diversity Statement – Equal Employment Opportunity

NovaSource is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees. NovaSource disapproves of, and will not tolerate, unlawful discrimination against any applicant or employee because of race, color, national origin or ancestry, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, age, religion, disability, family care status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws.