Senior Manager, Operational Excellence

Remuneration: Exempt

Our Operational excellence team has a mandate to drive down LCOE of future projects through delivery of operational and strategic levers. You will be tasked with working with business leaders across the organization to identify opportunities for transformative ideas and responsible for the delivery of the ideas that have the highest value

In this role, you will make an important contribution to the analysis, design and implementation of initiatives, developing tailor-made solutions and working closely with business leaders to ensure positive impact and sustainable results. You will be responsible for reducing the LCOE of the three primary technologies deployed in the US (Wind, Solar, Storage) through the delivery of multiple initiatives

Responsibilities:

• Develop and drive initiatives with the business leaders to reduce the LCOE of the technology type you are focused on
• Support the business leaders in estimation of value of each initiative. This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing models with the business leaders
• Support the business leaders in developing implementation roadmaps for the various initiatives identified; support the leaders in driving the initiatives to the maximum value for each projects
• Explore best practices across the industry to bring to RWE on the technology type
• Work with your Operational Excellence colleagues to bring in ideas from other technologies and business units
• Contribute to the codification of the approach for future waves of LCOE optimization; Capture an idea log to be used on future projects with impact sizing expectations

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science/Engineering or Business Administration or equivalent required
• Master of Science/Engineering or Business Administration or any equivalent certification is preferred
• Minimum 8 years of highly relevant experience in the Oil & Gas or Electric Power/Natural Gas or Chemicals or Metals & Mining and Agriculture industries preferred
• Experience in project management of large scale operations transformations across departmental or business borders
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem solving skills; Expertise with Microsoft Excel is a must
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Capable to communicate effectively verbally, visually and quantitatively, plus analytical and Consultive skills
• Expertise in designing & facilitating workshops and training sessions with a range of senior business stakeholders
• Willingness to travel for certain meetings and workshops across US offices is expected ( avg ~once a month)

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. Eligible employees also participate in short-term incentives, in addition to salary.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. No matter who you are, we welcome your application irrespective of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

RWE Clean Energy is one of the biggest names in the US renewables industry – and No.2 in solar. With a 1,500-strong team, the business has over 15 years’ experience of developing, constructing and operating renewable energy facilities, and ambitious plans for the future.

As part of the RWE Group’s Growing Green strategy to expand globally its green portfolio to more than 65 GW of installed capacity and to invest globally more than EUR 55 billion gross by 2030, RWE Clean Energy is determined to significantly increase its operating asset base in the U.S. This is backed by a project pipeline of more than 24 GW in onshore wind, solar and battery storage which provides for one of the largest development platforms in the United States.

Every project brings constantly-evolving technical, practical and social challenges – and drives a culture where everybody thrives, has fun and feels excited by each day. Our financial stability also means you’ll have the freedom to act with conviction and courage as we pivot to new technologies – and continuously improve, together.