Regional Manager, Field Operations

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At AES Clean Energy, we’re accelerating the future of energy, together, while transforming customer experience and delivering unique customer products and solutions. The Field Services Regional Manager – Bellefield (PV) solar and BESS sites, California region will support our expanding team locally and help grow our portfolio of photovoltaic (PV) solar and solar + storage facilities while connecting the region to the broader Field Services network.

Safety First - Self-starter - Entrepreneurial Thinker - Driven by Excellence - Team Player – Accountable

If these characteristics describe you, join our team’s exciting journey!

A day in the life of the Regional Manager will include, but is not limited to:

Based out of your home and our sites’ field offices, develop, lead, and support the electrical Team Leads and Land Maintenance Supervisors, as well as their electrical and landscape technicians, in California. Plan, coordinate and manage the safe, efficient, and reliable delivery of field services to AES Clean Energy facilities with a focus on preventative and corrective maintenance and some limited support for ongoing construction activities. Assist the Field Services Manager in planning to meet regional maintenance obligations, including NERC obligations. Work closely with the Field Services Manager, the field teams, Technicians and other parts of the Clean Energy O&M organization to identify and remediate site issues and improve the operating portfolio’s performance. Coordinate and manage contractors engaged to support maintenance activities.

The successful candidates will have a depth of technical and leadership experience in the energy industry with a solid background in safely and optimally operating utility-scale facilities and distributed assets, as well as a strong understanding of the commercial aspects of energy facilities. The position is based in Mojave, CA and flexible on location within the region and will require regular regional travel to attend to site and team needs.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide performance and developmental leadership and feedback to the members of the region’s growing team.

Actively connect with other regional Field Service teams and pursue opportunities for collaboration. Participate in strategy development exercises to improve organizational structure, talent retention, general skill level, and resilience.

Ensure timely, complete, and high-quality reporting of field service activities.

Support, or lead as necessary, warranty claims processes with EPC providers and equipment vendors.

Develop strategic plan, including budget and headcount, for addressing needs of assets throughout the region

In collaboration with the Maintenance Support team, assist in integration of new Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and facilitate its use for outage and work planning, ticket processing, warehouse materials management and re-ordering, and the tracking of team skills and equipment inspections.

Support Field Services staff in communicating with staff and local offtaker and authorities regarding operations and maintenance events on a routine basis through phone calls, emails, and other business software such as our CMMS.

Ensure that Team Leads establish and maintain work schedules, including on-call schedules, and communicate those schedules as needed to internal