Director of Operations

Job Description

Plankton Energy is seeking a Director of Operations to oversee procurement construction and asset management. This is an exciting for an experience solar professional to join a growing C&I solar developer, owner-operator, and fund manager as we scale.

About Plankton Energy

Plankton Energy is a leading commercial and community solar development firm based in Brooklyn, NY with a nationwide project footprint. We focus on developing distributed solar projects located on the built environment; serving large real estate investment trusts, private equity real estate owners and other real estate owners across multi-family, industrial, self-storage, office, education, healthcare and houses of worship. We are turnkey developer and owner; we originate, develop, design, finance, install, and own and operate. Our mission is to increase access to and participation in the clean energy economy.

We have raised our own captive private equity yield co., Plankton-Gratitude Yield Co LP (“PGY”), to own our projects. Fund I has reached a final close and will support $40 million - $50 million of solar projects that will reach NTP in 2025 and 2026 and beyond. We launched this fund in partnership with Gratitude Railroad, an asset manager with a focus on market rate impact investments in funds and direct investments.

Our team has developed, financed, and installed over 100 MW of distributed energy projects and arranged financing for over $5 billion of utility and energy projects. We are engineers, developers, electricians, and investors and we are devoted to providing access to our customers so they can serve as leaders in their communities and participate in the clean energy economy.

Responsibilities

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      Lead the construction and operations teams with four direct reports

·      Manage procurement of solar equipment

·      Lead selection and oversight of subcontractors and construction subcontracting including establishment and enforcement of best practices

·      Establish and continuously improve scalable, standardized processes and digital systems for monitoring, work management, reporting, and vendor oversight

·      Lead the construction team in reviewing schedules and scope of work.

·      Review and approve project construction schedules for feasibility and accuracy.

·      Identify and implement opportunities to optimize project budgets

·      Review and approve potential value engineering items.

·      Assist and oversee Asset Manager to optimize operational portfolio and to Track and improve overall operational performance, including availability/uptime, production actuals vs. forecast, degradation

·      Work with management to strategically grow the operations team, including bringing installation and electrical trades in-house

·      Identify and implement opportunities to optimize project maintenance

Qualifications

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      Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, construction management or related field

·      Minimum of 5-10 years of direct construction management experience for solar energy projects

·      Experience managing teams

·      Must have valid work authorization for the US

·      Based in the New York City Metro area

·      Self-starter who thrives in an independent work environment

·      Passionate about renewable energy and the environment

Benefits

·      Base salary commensurate with experience

·      Annual Bonus and profit sharing

·      15 Paid vacation days plus 14 national holidays

·      Hybrid work environment

·      Continuing education support

·      Health/vision/dental insurance covered