Head of Operations & Maintenance

Overview

Lead O&M of 500MW UK solar PV portfolio, ensuring performance, safety, profit.

Key Responsibilities

• grid compliance
• predictive maintenance
• scada monitoring
• budget management
• team leadership
• digital innovation

Tasks

The Head of O&M will take full accountability for portfolio performance, leading a multidisciplinary engineering and field operations team to deliver excellence across safety, reliability, and profitability. This includes optimising energy yield, minimising downtime, and ensuring full compliance with all statutory, contractual, and safety requirements. -Ensure compliance with grid codes, safety standards, and environmental legislation. -Drive predictive and preventative maintenance strategies. -Lead and develop the O&M team across all operational solar sites. -Support strategic initiatives in digitalisation, innovation, and operational efficiency. -Monitor asset performance through SCADA and data analysis to maximise yield. -Manage budgets, contracts, and supplier performance to achieve cost and margin targets. -Oversee maintenance, performance monitoring, and fault response

Requirements

• hv systems
• scada
• engineering qualification
• commercial acumen
• 5+ years
• leadership

What You Bring

Piper Maddox are working with a brilliant IPP who are seeking an experienced Head of O&M to oversee the operation and maintenance of its growing UK solar PV portfolio currently standing at 500MW. This is a key leadership position, responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, and cost-effective performance of operational assets while driving continuous improvement in technical and financial outcomes. -Strong technical knowledge of HV systems up to 132kV, SCADA, and grid operations. -Engineering qualification or equivalent vocational background. -Demonstrable commercial acumen with experience managing budgets and P&L performance. -5+ years’ experience managing O&M for utility-scale solar PV or power generation assets. -Proven leadership of multi-disciplinary technical teams and contractors.

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Benefits

Employment Type: Permanent, Full-time Salary: £100,000 DOE

About Piper Maddox

-Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, Piper Maddox has grown into a global clean-energy recruitment specialist. -Born to serve the renewable transition, it places professionals in solar, wind, storage, hydrogen, and e-mobility projects. -Their footprint spans major clean-tech hubs: UK, Benelux, Nordics, DACH, North America, and now expanding in Miami. -They maintain niche divisions—solar, storage, hydrogen—each led by dedicated specialists, delivering deep domain hiring.

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