Area Manager - (El Paso, TX)

Overview

Manage daily O&M, safety, budget, staff and performance of a solar PV plant.

Key Responsibilities

• maximo management
• maintenance planning
• parts inventory
• regulatory compliance
• budget operations
• performance improvement

Tasks

-Ensures compliance with environmental standards and applicable governmental regulations. -Responsible for operating the Plant within the approved budget. -Responsible for all plant personnel, policies, and programs. Examples include employee morale, staffing levels, training efforts, and safety issues. -Communicates regularly with Management and all site personnel, both individually and as a group, to ensure excellent two-way communication concerning operational and maintenance issues. -Manages the plant programs based on best practices in the PV industry, with an emphasis on planning/scheduling and preventive/predictive maintenance. -Continuously strives to improve the condition and performance of the plant. -Interfaces with the various central support groups to review the operation of plant equipment and systems continuously, to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate, and solve problems in a timely manner, and to identify opportunities for improvement. -Oversight of site personnel, site supervisors, technicians, staff specialists, and subject matter experts. -Will assume all the duties of a Site Supervisor or manager and take charge when requested. -Ensures compliance with all contracts including LGIA, PPA and O&M contracts to protect the long-term interests of the company. -Assists in the hiring of site personnel and conducts employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to determine competency, knowledge, and contribution of the site maintenance personnel. -Manages the use of the enterprise asset management system (Maximo) at the site and assures the complete and accurate integration of the system. -Monitors and manages the use and inventories of spare parts, maintenance supplies, equipment, tools, and reordering as necessary. -Ensure adherence with company and department policies and procedures. -Will report to most senior site manager or supervisor depending on site organizational structure. -Will lead work groups and supervise plant evolutions.

Requirements

• microsoft office
• communication
• customer focus
• project management
• technical expertise
• on‑call

What You Bring

-Ability to demonstrate a high level of commitment to the customer’s success. -Ability to take direction, identify problems, develop solutions, conduct analysis independently and in collaboration with others. -Proficient use of all Microsoft Office Suite programs. -Available for 24-hour on-call duty to meet customer requirements. -Ability to work in difficult customer situations. -Ability to plan, organize, schedule, and direct the safe operation and maintenance activities of multiple complex projects. -Required to live within 50 miles of El Paso, TX -Ability to coordinate multiple activities and ensure safety, quality and schedule adherence. -Ability to share technical expertise with team members and the customer. -Outstanding communication skills both verbal and written.

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About Novasource Power Services

-It grew rapidly through major acquisitions—SunSystem, First Solar’s North American and Australian O&M arms—becoming the world’s largest solar O&M provider. -Projects span landmark sites like Topaz Solar Farm, Solar Star, Umbriel Solar and Australia’s Greenough River Solar Farm. -Specialties include utility‑scale solar, commercial & industrial PV operations, battery energy storage systems, aerial inspections and strategic supply‑chain logistics. -They offer predictive maintenance, real‑time monitoring, robotic cleaning, emergency response, equipment retrofits and asset repowering.

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