Manager - Solar Operations

Company Description
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (“Greenbacker”) is an energy transition, renewable energy and investment management company that acquires, constructs and operates renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, as well as finances the construction and/or operation of these and other sustainable development projects and businesses and provides, through GCM investment management, services to funds within the sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy industry. Since its founding in 2011, Greenbacker has grown to over 180 employees, located in four offices (New York City, Portland, ME, Denver, CO, and Montpelier VT), with many additional individual locations throughout the United States. With over 60 years of combined infrastructure investment experience and more than $20 billion in combined transactions across the investment team, we are positioned as a market leader in sustainable infrastructure and investment management services. As of December 31, 2022, the Company’s fleet comprised 456 renewable energy projects with an aggregate power production capacity of approximately 3.1 GW when fully operational. Additionally, we provide investment management services to four investment entities and will continue expanding our platform to invest in the ever-growing sustainable infrastructure industry. Greenbacker is a non-traded publicly reported company required to file with and regulated by the SEC.
Greenbacker strives to create a workforce that encourages a supportive and inclusive culture by promoting diversity and excluding all forms of discrimination. At Greenbacker we strongly value the unique talents of our employees and endeavor to foster an environment in which every employee is respected and valued regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, marital status, and pregnancy or maternity. Greenbacker seeks candidates for employment, promotion, training, or any other benefit, based on their aptitude and ability, and aims to provide support and resources for all employees to reach their full potential. Please visit our website at www.greenbackercapital.com to further understand our company, team, and portfolio of assets.
Greenbacker is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Greenbacker will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Nicole Giangiulio ([email protected]).
Requirements
Job Purpose/Background:
As Greenbacker continues to raise capital and grow our investment portfolio, an opportunity has arisen to join Greenbacker Capital Management as Manager, Solar Operations. The selected individual will work and train closely with the Field Operations team while also working independently to manage day-to-day operations of our maintenance subcontractors, analyze asset performance, improve standard operating procedure, assess deliverables, and help Field Operations with construction monitoring and technical due diligence of pre-COD assets. The Field Operations team is responsible for operating our existing solar & wind assets as well as conducting technical diligence on new acquisitions. As a small and evolving firm, the responsibilities will be broad, varied, and all encompassing. Additionally, in joining a growing team there is significant opportunity to gain responsibility and perform high-level tasks earlier than what is typical at larger organizations; such opportunity will be based solely on the merits of the individual joining our team.
Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor the performance of portfolio assets and assist with the overall optimization of returns on the portfolio.
• There may be occasional project-related travel for onsite objectives and industry events.
• Identify opportunities to improve asset health through inventory, sustainability, and partner management.
• Enforce consistent, high-quality deliverables to our asset management software platform from subcontractors and internal staff.
• Work with Performance Engineering to optimize our monitoring platforms.
• Serve as Field Operations point of contact for daily operation of a 100-200+ MW solar and/or BESS asset portfolio. This includes ensuring timely dispatch, remote technical support, coordinating follow-up actions, and expense approvals with contractors.
• Plan, manage and review all maintenance activities for our C&I solar assets.
• Help refine departmental processes and procedures with the goal of providing organized and successful operation of our fleet, projected to grow to over 3GW of installed capacity over the next several years.
• Flexibility through proper time management to support the team or specific members with high-priority items not exclusive to the defined portfolio.
• Proactively identify potential issues that could cause asset performance or otherwise affect forecasted revenue and make strategic decisions to avoid and prevent these issues from arising.
• Assist with complex technical due diligence and risk assessment for new assets being acquired or achieving permission to operate.

Qualifications, Skills and Attributes:

• Ability to manage workload autonomously and effectively.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to apply commercial judgment. Inquisitive, detail-oriented, self-motivated.
• A true “self-starter”. We are a small team and need someone to bring the full breadth of their skills, expertise, and intellect to work every day to help the business grow and improve, and not just be a person content to complete tasks and wait for direction.
• Experience with renewable energy project construction and/or operation.
• Practices excellent time management with a strong ability to multitask.
• Detail-oriented. Someone who will get the small things right, leave no stone unturned in the quest for precision and accuracy and document the process thoroughly.
• Experience with renewable energy data acquisition equipment and an ability to navigate the platforms with ease.
• Experience in a problem-solving role exclusive to the renewable energy industry.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• A team player who enjoys a friendly but professional team dynamic.
• Willingness to work with a highly motivated, experienced group of professionals in an open office environment a must.
• Highly proficient in learning new software tools and their advanced capabilities. It will be expected that you become an expert at our platforms in short order.
• Interested in and have 2-3 years management experience in renewable energy and energy markets.

Benefits
Medical: Insperity/ 5 United Health Care options (3 PPO’s and 2 High Deductible Health Plans) / 100% employer paid for employee; 50% employer paid for spouse and children
Dental: Guardian – two options / 100% employer paid for employee; 50% employer paid for spouse and children
Vision: Guardian / VSP – two options / 100% employee paid
Life and AD&D: Unum / 100% employer paid / 2 times annual up to $700K
Short term disability: Unum / 100% employer paid / 60% base; $1,500 weekly max
Long term disability: Unum / 100% employer paid / 60% base; $15,000 monthly max
Retirement: Insperity ~ various stock, bond and lifestyle fund options / 50% match up to 6% of salary
Other: Medical and dependent care / Health Savings Accounts / Pre-tax commuter benefits / 20 days paid time off & 7 sick days, Modern Health: 24/7 access to Coaching and Therapy sessions for employees' and dependents
Parental Leave Benefits: 16 weeks paid leave for employees who have been with the company for 1+ years
Family Building Benefits/Fertility Benefits Provided through a Fertility HRA of up to $25,000 annually
Adoption/Surrogacy: financial support to employees who are growing their families through the adoption of a child or a surrogacy parenting arrangement. Through this program, Greenbacker offers partial reimbursement for up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the costs, limited to twelve thousand dollars (USD 12,000) per adoption or birth by surrogacy to cover related expenses.