Regional Director, UPP – (Remote – California)

About NovaSource

NovaSource Power Services is the service partner for renewables asset owners ready to fuel smart growth. As an O&M-focused company with 20 years of operating experience, NovaSource has the global reach and strategic capabilities to achieve our clients renewables goals around the world.

To serve our clients, we invest into our people. On hire, we assess each employees experience and expertise, then mentor them to grow engaging and satisfying careers.

Our turn-key services optimize each step of our clients project lifecycles from commissioning to decommissioning and everything in between. Our approach delivers creates success for our clients, stability for our teams, and enables us to build a world-class culture of excellence. And thats how we empower a renewable world.

Basic Job Functions:

This position will be responsible for the management of assigned power plants within the US Region 1 covering all of California, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho. Will ensure sites adhere to all regulatory, company, and department policies and procedures. Guide plant personnel in the areas of safety, production, maintenance, and business, including annual budgets. Will manage timing and execution of the assigned sites staffing strategy in the US region, as per the AOP and department requirements. Will work closely with Contract Management to ensure adherence to negotiated obligations for each site within the US region. Will also support O&M BD to supply technical, inventory, mobilization, and staffing strategies to help secure future growth in the O&M portfolio.

Experience:

• Minimum 7 years relevant experience.
• Minimum of 5 years management in the utility or energy industry encompassing operations, maintenance, performance reporting, and outage management.

Education:

• Preferred: BS in business management or equivalent experience.
• Preferred: MBA or other related Business qualifications is highly desirable.

Required Skills:

• Working knowledge of Construction, Commissioning, Power Plant Maintenance, Power Plant Operations, and Electricity Markets.
• Ability to generate and present concise and coherent reports and presentations to executive-level senior management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are critical.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of commitment to the customers success.
• Ability to share technical expertise with team members and the customer.
• Ability to interpret and understand contractual requirements.
• Ability to develop annual capital and operation budget and manage costs.
• Demonstrated understanding of power plant, EH&S compliance, budgeting, personnel management, operations, and maintenance.
• Thorough knowledge of the power generation business.
• Thorough knowledge of regulatory issues, and relationships with utilities and other customers.
• Strong Leadership Skills In the context of a high-growth company and results-oriented culture, he/she will achieve team and career success through developing and motivating their team.
• Detail oriented with a high degree of focus on resolution of day-to-day issues.
• Embodies a can-do attitude and meets goals despite roadblocks.
• Proficient use of all Microsoft Office Suite programs.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with the Sr. Vice President of Global Operations to ensure consistency throughout the US region.
• Management of all assigned US region sites.
• Develop and maintain regional staffing strategy and ensure the plan is executed as required to successfully support the O&M contractual requirements.
• Manage policies, programs, staffing levels, training efforts, environment, and safety issues.
• Collaborate closely with all assigned sites to develop budgets, reporting, analysis, engineering, and general conduct of business in accordance with the O&M business requirements.
• Ensure that the assigned power plant costs are managed according to AOP and all applicable project budgets.
• Ensure all aspects of the assigned power plants O&M agreements are adhered to.
• Ensures strict adherence to corporate values in complying with all regulatory requirements including safety, environmental, reliability and applicable laws and regulations.
• Manage the mobilization of all new US Power Plants.
• Manage the fleet inventory strategy and process for all NA sites.
• Estimated travel expected = 25%.
• Territory defined; Region 1 = California, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Job Description subject to change at any time.

Office Physical Requirements:

All positions in our office require interaction with people and technology while either standing or sitting. In order to best service our customers, internal and external, all associates must be able to communicate face-to-face and on the phone with or without reasonable accommodation. NovaSource is committed to compliance with its obligations under all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, it attempts to reasonably accommodate applicants and employees in accordance with the requirements of the disability discrimination laws. It also invites individuals with disabilities to participate in a good faith, interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made without imposing an undue hardship.

Potential candidates will meet the education and experience requirements provided on the above job description and excel in completing the listed responsibilities for this role.

US: Diversity Statement Equal Employment Opportunity

It is NovaSources policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees. NovaSource disapproves of, and will not tolerate, unlawful discrimination against any applicant or employee because of race, color, national origin or ancestry, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, age, religion, disability, family care status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws.