Director of Energy Storage, O&M
Position Responsibilities and Duties
This role requires establishing and growing a new BESS O&M business line within the current O&M structure, including defining vision, objectives, operating models, and service offerings. It involves driving strategic planning for product development, operational capability growth, technology adoption, and long-term expansion of BESS services. Pricing strategies, value propositions, service scopes, and commercial frameworks aligned with enterprise O&M standards need to be developed. Collaboration with Business Development to evaluate market opportunities, assess customer needs, and support proposals and negotiations with OEMs and asset owners is also crucial.
Cross-Functional Integration
The BESS service line must integrate seamlessly into the broader O&M organization’s processes, governance, and performance expectations. Collaboration with Performance Engineering on KPI modeling, analytics, and performance optimization specific to BESS assets is necessary. Working with the Compliance Team to ensure BESS-specific NERC, NFPA, and environmental compliance is important. Partnering with the Safety Team to extend enterprise safety programs, JHAs, and field protocols into the storage business line is also required. Coordination with SCADA on data pipeline requirements, alarm strategy, remote-access standards, and monitoring capabilities is essential. Aligning with the Control Center to integrate BESS dispatch practices, outage response protocols, and real-time situational awareness is vital.
Operational Leadership & Delivery
Overseeing operational execution of the BESS O&M service line, ensuring high availability, safety performance, and contractual compliance, is a key responsibility. Building and standardizing BESS-specific operating procedures, commissioning acceptance criteria, and maintenance standards are also part of this role.
Team & Capability Development
Building and leading a BESS-focused team within the O&M organization, identifying skill needs, recruiting talent, and developing technical competencies is essential. Establishing training programs, performance expectations, and workforce development pathways for BESS operations team members fosters a culture of innovation, safety leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Risk, Safety & Compliance Management
Implementing BESS-specific risk management approaches, including failure mode reviews, emergency response protocols, and operational risk dashboards, is critical. Ensuring all BESS activities meet corporate safety expectations and regulatory requirements is also important. Leading incident reviews, lessons learned integration, and process improvements across the BESS business line is part of this role.
Vendor, OEM & Contract Management
Managing OEM partnerships, long-term service agreements, and warranty structures for BESS assets supported by the O&M organization is necessary. Evaluating third-party service providers and establishing performance criteria for BESS maintenance partners is also required. Supporting Business Development and Legal in negotiating scopes, SLAs, warranties, and technical requirements is part of this role.
Financial & Portfolio Management
Developing budgets, forecasting models, and financial plans for the BESS business line is essential. Coordinating with Asset Management on revenue optimization, warranty claim strategies, degradation analyses, and lifecycle cost planning is also important. Providing executive-level reporting on BESS operational performance, risks, and strategic initiatives is part of this role.