Associate Director - Regional Operations and Maintenance [Hybrid]

Scope of Position

About Us:

EDF power solutions North America has been providing clean energy solutions throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico since 1987. We are a market-leading independent power producer and service provider, serving utilities, corporations, industries, communities, institutions, and investors with reliable, low-carbon energy solutions that help meet growing demand.

 

From developing and building scalable wind (onshore and offshore), solar, storage (battery and pumped storage hydro), smart EV charging, microgrids, green hydrogen, and transmission projects, to maximizing performance and profitability through skilled operations and maintenance and innovative asset optimization, our teams deliver expert solutions along the entire value chain—from origination to commercial operation.

 

Be a part of an innovative and collaborative team environment that fosters our goal of delivering renewable solutions to lead the transition to a sustainable energy future.

 

Benefits & Perks: 

EDF power solutions offers best-in-class employee benefits, including the following:

• Competitive bonus incentives. This position is eligible for our annual bonus program.
• Comprehensive health coverage. We provide low-cost health & wellness coverage for employees and their eligible dependents.
• Rewarding 401k. We provide a generous matching contribution.

We are also proud to offer:

• Favorable paid time off programs, including paid parental leave after one year of service.
• Rewarding learning & career development and advancement opportunities.
• Supportive mentorship & buddy programs.

Salary Range: The full pay range for this role is $118,400 to $197,300 annually. The target range for this position is $134,000 to $165,795 annually. We generally base our salary decisions on factors such as internal equity, candidate work and/leadership experience, educational credentials, and in some cases, candidate work location.

 

Scope of Job: The Associate Director - Maintenance and Operations oversees multiple, highly variable projects that combine complexities of contract types (Full Service, Cost Plus, ex), geographies, technologies (Solar/Wind/Storage), and various OEMs. This individual will contribute/lead projects across regions in EDFps interest and oversee multiple sites within a region, ensuring regional goals are met, sharing best practices across sites, and aligning regional operations with corporate strategy. This individual will analyze staff skill and growth opportunities, and execute plans to improve, balance aspects of multiple disciplines (legal, financial, technical, regulatory) to determine proper activities to resolve issues, and translate operational losses in multiple technologies managed to financial results and their underlying effects on the regional EBITDA. The candidate will ensure policy and procedures are in place to assure compliance (NERC, ISO, or other) and demonstrate understanding of regulatory body requirements (province or state, federal, NERC, ISO, contract, or other). 

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Regional Tactics:
  • Ensures execution of regional protocols and procedures, with the intent to meet company objectives year-over-year and accommodate growth of new projects.
• Team Leadership:
  • Provide for highly effective hiring, development and support of site leadership and regional support roles. Ensures a safe culture across the EDFps organization while leading and coaching operations teams. Reallocate resources across the region as required.
• Performance & Risk Management:
  • Oversee safe operations for varied / complex renewable asset sites, contract types and associated service strategies. Conceive and execute initiatives to both optimize performance and mitigate risk.
  • Oversee performance of the region, identifying performance gaps and improvement opportunities. P&L ownership for the region with excellent cost management.
• Contract & Regulatory Mastery:
  • Thorough understanding of contracts’ language, compliance requirements, the various impacts of interpretation, their intent and history. Initiates strategy to manage risk and seize opportunities relative to contracts and regulatory requirements.
  • Autonomously represents RS business unit in negotiation and dispute resolution.
• Continuous Improvement:
  • Lead both regional and fleet wide improvement efforts across all asp