Manager, Corrective Services - West Region

As a Corrective Services Manager you are responsible for the safe and profitable execution of wind turbine repairs at Wind Farms with or without existing service contracts with Vestas or its subsidiaries. You will hire, develop, train, and manage a designated number of technicians to work safely and efficiently while executing the designated turbine repairs within your regional area of responsibility. While executing these repairs, you will also be expected to identify and deliver process improvement projects to increase safety and efficiency of turbine repairs. 

 

** This is a Remote Position for a candidate residing in one of the following states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, OR Minnesota. **

 

 Responsibilities

• Responsible for safety and to profitably plan and coordinate assigned turbine repair projects. 

• Hire, train, develop, and support between 8 to 12 technicians responsible for implementing designated repair projects within their regional area of responsibility. 

• Embrace corporate safety standards and ensure team members are properly trained and comply with organizational standards. 

• Develop and coordinate project plans for assigned repair projects. 

• Communicate project plan and status to internal and external stakeholders. as well as resolve any project issues that may arise with the appropriate stakeholders.  

• Provide support to sales team in proposal development. 

• Provide input to development team on requisite improvements to tooling, work instructions, and spare parts. 

• Identify and facilitate requisite changes to team functions to improve safety or efficiency. 

• Develop and mentor managers at Vestas service contract sites to efficiently deliver turbine repair work that is out of scope from their service contract. This repair work is generally for major corrective and infrequently completed repairs. 

• Collaborate with Resource Group to coordinate a team of technicians in a multiple-project environment across North America. 

• Identify and develop key vendors necessary to implement project strategy. 

• Support organizational continuous quality improvement processes to reduce defects in parts, repairs, and service. 

 

Qualifications

• 3 - 5 years of Wind Experience as a Lead Tech, project manager, project lead, or other management experience, 

• Ability to build and develop a high functioning team of technicians. 

• General technical background with experience developing repairs, tooling, and procedures 

• Technical understanding of mechanical and electrical systems

• Valid driver's license, passport, and ability to travel as needed to meet business goals (could be up to 25% of the time).  

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite computer skills (Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook) 

• Ability to communicate effectively in English. 

 

Competencies

• Demonstrated success in understanding commercial terms and negotiation strategy, balancing business profitability, and customer needs. 

• Ability to interact frequently with others in a professional and courteous manner. 

• Ability to effectively cross-functionally supervise a team. 

• Advanced leadership skills; demonstrated ability in coaching, mentoring, motivating and developing employees to achieve a highly aligned, motivated, and engaged team. Converts strategy into action-oriented objectives and communicates the direction with passion. 

• Effective change and conflict management; proven decision-making ability with balanced risk taking; applies expertise to get results leveraging group interaction and areas of specialty. 

• Highly self-driven with demonstrated accountability and ownership; functions effectively in a time-sensitive setting, in environments of rapid change and conflicting demands; enjoys multi-tasking; demonstrates a sense of urgency in meeting commitments 

• Demonstrated continuous improvement and quality methodology skills; effective issue resolution and structured problem-solving methodology; recommends and drives improvements in existing products / services to better meet customer needs. 

• Experienced with customer interaction and business development. 

 

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that are met by an employee, to effectively perform the essential functions of this role.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable team members with disa