Manager I- IT USA
First Solar
Lead global MES software solutions, manage team, budget, and delivery.
8 days ago ago
$97,500 - $139,000
Intermediate (4-7 years)
Full Time
Perrysburg, OH
Office Full-Time
Company Size
3,700 Employees
Service Specialisms
Engineering
Project Management
Design
Construction services
Technical Services
Consulting
Turnkey
Sector Specialisms
Energy
Utilities
Commercial
Industrial
Role
What you would be doing
tech governance
mes solutions
sox compliance
incident management
portfolio management
team management
- This position will have direct reports of software engineers.
- Project Execution and Technology Governance: Review and approve project designs and staffing plans, ensuring adherence to IT processes and industry best practices. Supervise the evaluation and approval of new technologies to the IT landscape. Promote improvements to Scrum/Agile process implementation through leadership of cross-functional groups.
- Compliance: Execute Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls for software development lifecycle processes.
- Manages the design and execution of global software solutions for Manufacturing Enterprise Systems (MES). Ensures availability of needed infrastructure capabilities, provide technical governance, and manage MES Solutions Architect and Solutions/Operations developer team as direct reports.
- Software Solution Portfolio Management: Partner with key business leaders, and software engineering global team to plan capital solution budgets, consult with business to prioritize requests, propose innovative solutions, assist with the initiation, governance review, and preparation of software projects. Supervise architects and software development team members to ensure successful implementation, delivery, and operation of prioritized solutions to meet business goals and IT standards.
- Ensure resourcing and throughput of critical incidents and prioritized change requests as identified by business teams and program managers. Implement remediation strategies identified by the problem investigation process within specified timeframes.
- Software Development Team Resource Management: Manage team of 5-15 direct reports (architects, software developers, and Scrum Masters.) Provide annual and quarterly goal planning, manage work assignments and load balancing, hold frequent 1-on-1 meetings, manage performance assessments, pay planning, training planning and career development planning. Play a leadership role in interviewing, hiring, and onboarding of new team members, including interns and candidates for the broader MES department.
- Relationship Management with key global business stakeholders and executive leaders in Manufacturing, R&D, Quality & Reliability, and IT. Participate in recurring steering meetings.
What you bring
c#
sql server
itil
rabbitmq
kubernetes
agile
- Theory-Of-Constraints (desired)
- Minimum 6 years of related work experience in software development.
- Leadership and Managerial Competency – Ability to lead by example, mentor, motivate, inspire, set and measure goals, provide career guidance, and resolve conflicts between direct reports.
- Accomplished Communication Skills – Proficient in writing, speaking, hosting meetings and delivering presentations, demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with and convey technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences, assist with conflict resolution, and build consensus across the organization and between cross-functional teams.
- 5% - 10%
- MS Team Foundation Server use and administration (highly desired)
- RabbitMQ, Message Queuing or similar technology (highly desired)
- ITIL (ITSM Foundation Certification (required)
- SQL Server relational database applications, scripting, and reporting (required)
- Unit testing frameworks and software development best-practices (required)
- Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Software and Contract Software Development Integration Skills – Demonstrated expertise at performing industry/vendor searches, ranked functional scorecards, vendor evaluations, RFP analyses and contributing to contract negotiations. Successful track record of managing relationships and partnering with both global internal teams as well as Offshore Development Centers (ODC) in a distributed global enterprise, to deliver global solutions and transitioning those solutions to local operation.
- Software development and design in Microsoft technologies using C# (required)
- 3 – 6 years of software team lead or supervisory experience or 1 year of management experience.
- Service-Oriented Architecture (required)
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field or equivalent years of work experience.
- Project and Portfolio Management Skills – Successful track record of project and program management and/or supervision of project managers for complex projects. Enterprise capital budget planning and estimating of software development projects. Mastery of Agile/Scrum processes (Scrum Master and/or Product Owner certification highly desired.) Project management tool expertise required (Planview, Remedy, and MS Project desired.).
- Business Analysis Expertise – Provide the bridge from business needs to software solutions. Expert-level ability to understand and translate business strategies, capabilities and needs into high-level solution requirements.
- Proven understanding AI development concepts and experience developing AI-based solutions. (desired)
- OPC Data Access (highly desired)
- Technical Development Skills – Thorough understanding of and experience with the capabilities, trade-offs and design principles of modern software solution architectures. Successful track record of innovative and breakthrough solutions introducing new technology, lowering total cost of ownership, improving solution reliability and accelerating business value delivery.
- Proven experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerization concepts, including both platform-based development and deployment expertise. (desired)
- $97,500-$139,000 Annually.
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Company
Overview
20 GW
Solar Installations Completed
Completed over 20 gigawatts of solar installations globally, demonstrating significant contributions to renewable energy projects worldwide.
- Focuses on manufacturing advanced photovoltaic (PV) solar modules and providing utility-scale PV power plants.
- Offers a range of solutions, from manufacturing to large-scale solar power projects, emphasizing sustainability.
- Pioneers a closed-loop recycling process for solar panels, reducing environmental impact.
- Drives clean energy transformation with integrated solutions including development, financing, and operation of solar plants.
- “Responsible Solar” — commitment to environmental stewardship from sourcing through end‑of‑life management
- “Principled foundation” — zero tolerance for human rights abuses and strong governance
- Transparency — first solar manufacturer to publish onsite third‑party social‑audit findings globally
- Innovation & technical excellence — industry‑leading efficiency, ultra‑low carbon footprint, fastest energy payback
34% Emissions Reduction
GHG Target
Aims to reduce absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 34% by 2028.
Net-Zero by 2050
Long-Term GHG Goal
Company target to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.
100% Renewable Energy
US by 2026, Global by 2028
Commitment to using 100% renewable energy in U.S. operations by 2026 and globally by 2028.
88K Tonnes Recycling
Global PV Capacity
Annual photovoltaic recycling capacity reaching 88,000 tonnes.
- Since 2008, GHG intensity reduced ~77%; since 2020, energy per watt down 15%, water intensity down 48%
- 2023: manufacturing water recycling up 88%, 318M L recycled; water intensity down 6%, waste intensity down 28%
- Series 6 Plus and Series 7 TR1 modules achieved EPEAT Climate+ (≤400 kg CO₂ e/kWp)
- Manufacturing energy intensity per watt reduced 65% since 2009; goal: 74% by 2028
- Conducted RBA‑validated third‑party social audits across global manufacturing: U.S. and Vietnam received platinum rating; Malaysia facility assessed and corrective actions underway
- No detailed public gender statistics found
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