Adapture Renewables

Adapture Renewables

Director of O&M Services

Oakland, CA · Director

Sponsorship not specified$200k-$225kDetected 14 days ago
SalesforceNegotiationProcurementCadenceLeadershipCommunicationMicrosoft OfficeVariance AnalysisRenewable EnergySCADAActuators

About the role

  • This is a leadership role that sets direction and holds execution accountability rather than performing day-to-day field tasks.
  • Define availability, performance, safety, and cost targets and the plan to achieve them.
  • Report financial and operational performance to Asset Management leadership and ownership.

Responsibilities

  • Drawing upon an extensive knowledge base, we develop, finance, engineer, build, own, and operate high quality utility-scale photovoltaic projects and battery energy storage projects.
  • Our Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team is looking for an experienced Director of O&M Services to lead and elevate the technical, financial, and operational management of our growing operating fleet.
  • This position leads the O&M Services function within our Asset Management team, which is responsible for the technical and financial management of a growing portfolio (currently approximately 650 MW) of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects located across the United States.
  • This is an opportunity to continue to build on ARI's O&M function by modernizing how the fleet is operated through data, automation, and disciplined financial management as the portfolio scales.
  • The Director of O&M Services owns the strategy, operating budget, and vendor relationships that keep the fleet safe, available, and performing, partnering closely with the O&M Performance & Optimization, Asset Management, Engineering/EPC, and Project Finance teams.
  • This position reports to the VP of Asset Management and manages a small team (1-2 direct reports), including the O&M Manager.
  • Own the strategy and roadmap for the O&M Services function across the operating fleet.
  • Lead a monthly budget-vs-actual cadence with rigorous variance analysis, root-causing, and reforecasting; benchmark cost-per-MW and cost-per-MWh across the fleet; and tie O&M spend to production and revenue.

Requirements

  • Regular travel to operating sites is required.
  • 7+ years of experience in solar O&M or operations with progressively increasing leadership responsibility; utility-scale strongly preferred.
  • Proficiency with MS Office and web-based monitoring and field-service platforms such as PowerFactors and Salesforce; able to manage department directories and standard business applications.
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field preferred.
  • Demonstrated people-leadership experience, including managing teams and/or third-party service providers.
  • Strong financial acumen, including P&L ownership, monthly budget-vs-actual and variance analysis, cost benchmarking, and building data-backed capital expenditure business cases.
  • Direct experience negotiating and managing vendor and contract relationships, including O&M service agreements, warranties, and parts/service procurement, and KPI-based performance management.
  • Strong technical grounding across utility-scale PV and BESS systems, including troubleshooting strings/modules, inverters, combiner boxes, feeder lines (direct burial or conduit), racking hardware, tracker motors, actuators, bearings, controllers, sensors, and DAS/SCADA components.
  • Experience operating and maintaining battery energy storage systems strongly preferred, including familiarity with degradation, augmentation, and storage warranty management.
  • A continuous-improvement or reliability-engineering mindset, including root-cause analysis, failure-mode trending, and process standardization.
  • Excellent communication skills, a high level of organization, and the ability to lead cross-functionally with contractors, suppliers, and internal teams.
  • Ability to take initiative and operate independently with limited guidance, with a drive to build and grow the function.

Nice to have

  • 7+ years of experience in solar O&M or operations with progressively increasing leadership responsibility
  • utility-scale strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated use of data and analytics, and ideally AI tools, to improve operational outcomes such as availability, performance, and cost-to-resolution.

Skills

  • Advance condition-based and predictive maintenance across the fleet by using fleet monitoring and operational data.
  • Standardize O&M processes so the function scales efficiently with a growing portfolio.

Compensation

  • Build, own, and manage the annual O&M operating budgets and the O&M P&L.
  • Annual base salary, commensurate with experience, from $200,000 - $225,000

Benefits

  • Competitive health, vision, and dental benefits
  • Attractive personal time off and company holiday package

Company info

  • Adapture Renewables is owned by KIRKBI Climate - the private holding and investment company of the Kirk Kristiansen family founded to build a sustainable future for the LEGO® brand through generations.
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