Operations Manager/VP - Wind Turbine Experience A Must - Houston Onsite

MUST BE LOCAL FOR ONSITE POSITION IN HOUSTON, TX. MUST HAVE BACKGROUND WITH WIND TURBINE/RENEWABLES.

As a Wind Turbine Manager, you will manage all duties needed on the wind farm. While providing leadership and technical direction at all times, maintaining excellent customer relationships, and demonstrating advanced leadership and management skills. This managerial position will oversee performed maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of wind turbine mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems. You will be responsible for site customer relations, the site budget, site technicians, reporting, service logs, and overall optimization of turbine performance.

• Direct all wind farm operations at the site for maintenance and repair, focusing on customer relations, performance, and profitability.
• Recognize occurrences of wind turbine error codes and appropriately report the problem to engineer colleagues.
• Demonstrate responsibility for all phases of timely financial reporting, maintenance/repair, and availability of turbines.
• Direct the performance of the site team within the assigned contractual scope to the customer.
• Develop site personnel/ subordinates and ensure a high capture rate on out-of-scope service opportunities.
• Work with engineering to develop a strategy for improved maintenance, diagnostics, and operation to provide additional customer value and reduce the cost of service.
• Work closely with internal team members to develop and implement operationally focused feedback for configuration, planned and unplanned maintenance, and financials.
• Oversee and take ownership of the financial performance of the project (P&L).
• Write/complete routine reports, correspondence, relevant paperwork, including service orders, checklists, and AWPs etc.
• Serve as direct line manager for all site personnel.

• High School Diploma or GED. Bachelor’s Degree is a bonus, but not required.
• 3+ years’ experience in the wind industry with a minimum of 2 years of managerial experience.
• Valid driving license (NON CDL / CDL).
• Advanced MS Office skills required.
• Ability to read and interpret documents, and follow instructions, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, given proper instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving at least one concrete variable in standardized situations.
• Must be able to pass a physical exam and drug/alcohol screening.
• The employee must be capable of lifting and/or moving up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus because of potential work in close confines.
• Employees must be physically fit enough to free climb 300 ft multiple times a day while wearing 25+ lbs. of climbing gear and working in extreme weather conditions.
• Must be capable of rescuing teammates anywhere in the tower in the event of an emergency.