Senior Asset Manager

Urban Grid is a leading independent power producer (IPP) delivering reliable, utility-scale solar and storage solutions to help meet America’s unprecedented energy demand. We develop, own and operate projects that strengthen local economies through long-term partnerships and responsible land stewardship. By integrating agrivoltaics into our land management practices, we enhance soil health, support local farmers and benefit the communities we serve.

With a strong focus on execution and integrity, we are committed to being a trusted domestic energy provider and responsible corporate citizen. Urban Grid is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and operates across the United States with a growing portfolio that includes 12,000 megawatts of development assets.  We continue to maintain our optionality to co-locate with battery storage based on customer demand, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness in our energy solutions.

Since becoming an IPP in 2023, we have successfully brought five solar projects online, begun construction on three additional projects and are actively advancing one gigawatt of capacity into pre-construction. To learn more, please visit www.UrbanGridSolar.com.

Urban Grid is a portfolio company of Brookfield. one of the world’s largest owners and operators of renewable power and climate transition assets.

Job Summary 

The Senior Manager, Asset Management is accountable for the safe, reliable, compliant, and financially successful operation of an assigned portfolio of utility-scale solar and energy storage assets. This role provides senior-level commercial and operational leadership, establishes portfolio strategies, drives performance improvement, and ensures that asset-level activities align with company, investor, lender, regulatory, and contractual requirements. The Senior Manager leads cross-functional coordination with Operations, Reliability Engineering, Finance, Regulatory, Construction, Engineering, Legal, and other internal stakeholders; oversees O&M providers and key consultants; and serves as a primary escalation point for material performance, contractual, financial, and stakeholder matters. The role also supports the development of asset management processes, team capabilities, and governance standards across the operating portfolio. 

Responsibilities

• Own accountability for the safe operation of assigned assets and reinforce compliance with corporate health, safety, security, and environmental policies, procedures, and performance expectations. 

• Develop and execute portfolio and asset-level strategies covering operational performance, commercial optimization, financial planning, risk mitigation, lifecycle management, and long-term value creation. 

• Lead portfolio performance reviews, identify material variances and emerging risks, establish recovery plans, and communicate recommendations, decisions, and escalations to senior leadership. 

• Ensure assigned assets comply with power purchase agreements, interconnection agreements, land agreements, financing documents, permits, O&M agreements, warranties, regulatory requirements, and other project obligations. 

• Serve as the senior asset management point of contact for material operating events, contractual disputes, stakeholder concerns, claims, compliance gaps, and other matters requiring coordinated decision-making. 

• Direct annual budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, cash planning, and financial performance reporting for assigned assets; identify risks and opportunities and develop actionable recommendations. 

• Own timely, accurate, and decision-useful internal, investor, lender, regulatory, and contractual reporting for the assigned portfolio. 

• Monitor insurance requirements and lead coordination of claims, loss documentation, recovery strategy, and stakeholder communications. 

• Support sourcing, evaluation, negotiation, and administration of O&M and other operating service agreements, from request for proposal through contract execution and ongoing performance management. 

• Lead the asset management workstream for construction-to-operations handover, including operational readiness, care, custody and control transfer, contract and permit turnover, training, warranty readiness, data access, and issue closure. 

• Visit project sites to assess facility condition, verify vendor safety and operating practices, review performance issues, and support troubleshooting and improvement initiatives. 
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned in support of portfolio and company objectives.