Senior Manager, O&M (Growth & Optimization)

At AES, we raise the quality of life around the world by changing the way energy works. Everyone makes an impact every day in our small, global teams. Apply here to start an extraordinary career today.
At AES, we raise the quality of life around the world by changing the way energy works. Everyone makes an impact every day in our small, global teams. Apply here to start an extraordinary career today.
AES Clean Energy (AES CE), a subsidiary of The AES Corporation, specializes in developing, owning, and operating utility scale PV solar projects, distributed generation PV solar projects, PV solar projects combined with battery energy storage systems (BESS), stand-alone battery energy storage projects and wind generation projects. AES CE currently has over 5 GW of solar, wind and storage projects in operation in the U.S., with an additional 1 GW+ in construction.
With a business goal to grow our operating portfolio to 15+ GW by 2025, and a development pipeline to support achieving that goal, now is an amazing time to join the AES CE team as it continues its exponential growth.
AES CE is seeking an O&M leader focused on preparing for our growth and optimizing performance at existing sites. This role is responsible for planning and executing staffing plans for sites in late-stage construction and commercial operation, supporting training activity required for successful site launch and operation, identifying and executing site-level process improvements to improve safety, performance and reliability, and delivering plans to supply sites with the technical, office, warehousing and administrative tools to be effective.
This role will support the O&M team across all technologies, including current wind, solar, & solar + BESS projects, and all geographies. Specific responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring project/program from initiation through delivery. Organize interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project/program on schedule and within budget constraints.
• Partnering with regional leadership and the Director, Transition & Warranty in planning site staffing levels; identify any possible variances from the baseline labor cost approval case.
• Working with field operations to develop standard template for tools, equipment, safety gear for existing sites, broken done by type and size of project.
• Supplying existing field regions with the technical, office, warehousing and administrative tools to be effective. This includes developing and implementing a plan to provide administrative and repair space for current regions.
• Identifying site-level process improvement initiatives that optimize staffing levels and enhance site performance and reliability.
• Identifying opportunities for site-specific training needs and presents needs to Director, Transition & Warranty in order to meet O&M goals in terms of safety, quality, output and cost.
• Developing and delivering standardized reporting on O&M labor costs in conjunction with FP&A.
• Analyzing O&M assumptions in the approval case for each project and establishing reports on the baseline O&M cost structure related to site personnel.
• Working with other departments, such as portfolio management and commercial teams, to determine and communicate critical project deliverables that if not met could lead to default and/or termination of critical project agreement, such as power purchase agreements or financings.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Ability to cooperate and collaborate efficiently across multiple professional disciplines, while creating results through team work as well as independently
• Renewable energy industry (solar, wind and energy storage) experience is preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and an honest open communication style
• Ability to understand legal, commercial and technical issues in detail and negotiate successful outcomes with stakeholders in a trustworthy atmosphere
• Demonstrated experience in managing challenging situations and coming up with long term fixes.
• Bachelor's degree in related field or significant renewable energy related experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Project, Word and ability to learn new software programs.

Behavioral Attributes:

• Personal values consistent with those of the AES Corporation: Safety First, Highest Standards, and All Together.
• Able to make timely decisions, apply seasoned judgment, and display personal responsibility
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing teams
• Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written
• Committed to supporting a strong safety culture that delivers an incident-free work environment
• Possess technical expertise and capable of sharing with team members and vendors
• Detail-orientated and the ability to keep accurate and thorough records
• Displays passion to learn/discover new things with the ability to bring positive energy into the team
• Always seeking improvements (technical, personal, soft skills) in oneself and welcomes challenges by setting higher goals
• Self-starter with strong organizational skills and the ability to work well in a matrix work environment with little supervision.

Physical Demands/Working Conditions:

• This job operates in a professional office environment and requires periodic visits to operating power projects and power projects under construction.
• This job may involve occasional travel to operating facility locations and facilities under construction.

Compensation:

• Commensurate with experience; competitive

AES is an Equal Opportunity Employer who is committed to building strength and delivering long-term sustainability through diversity and inclusion. Respecting all backgrounds, differences and perspectives enables us to improve the lives of our people, customers, suppliers, contractors, and the communities in which we live and work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and/or expression, race, national origin, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. E-Verify Notice: AES will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.
The expected salary for this position, at commencement of employment, is between $140,000 and $170,000/Annual; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements such as annual bonus, in addition to a full range of medical, dental, vision, life, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if a candidate receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
Safety comes first at AES. To protect the health and safety of our people, customers, communities and partners, and to provide and maintain a workplace that is free of known hazards, AES requires all newly-hired people or current AES people applying for U.S.-based role(s), to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or be willing to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by their date of hire. Except where prohibited by law or not specifically covered in a collective bargaining agreement, new hires and transfers will be required to provide proof of vaccination during onboarding and periodically thereafter. This policy will comply with all applicable laws and is based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health authorities, as applicable.
AES is an Equal Opportunity Employer who is committed to building strength and delivering long-term sustainability through diversity and inclusion. Respecting all backgrounds, differences and perspectives enables us to improve the lives of our people, customers, suppliers, contractors, and the communities in which we live and work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and/or expression, race, national origin, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. E-Verify Notice: AES will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.
The expected salary for this position, at commencement of employment, is between $140,000 and $170,000/Annual; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements such as annual bonus, in addition to a full range of medical, dental, vision, life, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if a candidate receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
Safety comes first at AES. To protect the health and safety of our people, customers, communities and partners, and to provide and maintain a workplace that is free of known hazards, AES requires all newly-hired people or current AES people applying for U.S.-based role(s), to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or be willing to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by their date of hire. Except where prohibited by law or not specifically covered in a collective bargaining agreement, new hires and transfers will be required to provide proof of vaccination during onboarding and periodically thereafter. This policy will comply with all applicable laws and is based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health authorities, as applicable.