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If you want to shape the future of energy, we are looking for a Site Manager, Solar and BESS to join our Enel Green Power team!

The Operations Manager Solar & BESS is responsible for ensuring the effective implementation, execution, monitoring, and continuous improvement of operational processes across the Solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) fleet. This role operates in a cross-functional capacity, ensuring that site teams consistently execute standardized operating processes, comply with regulatory and market requirements, optimize plant outages and produce timely, accurate, and high-quality operational data. The position plays a critical role in enabling enterprise-level performance monitoring, operational efficiency analysis, and data-driven decision-making. This role is responsible for assessing site performance and working in collaboration with Technical Services and Site Operations, implementing actions that maximize production, availability, and efficiency, while minimizing costs and lost revenues. The position acts as the operational execution counterpart, translating operational strategy into disciplined site-level execution while driving performance improvements and providing structured operational feedback to central teams.

Ensure Solar & BESS plants operate in alignment with approved operational processes, procedures, and standards.

Ensure consistent execution of daily, weekly, and monthly operational routines across sites.

Ensure that operational practices support safety, high availability, reliability, optimal commercial performance, and regulatory compliance.

Serve as a primary operational interface between Site Teams, Operational Efficiency, Technical Services, Control & Monitoring Room, ETNA, and other O&M stakeholders.

Coordinate operational priorities to align site activities, outages, and constraints with performance and revenue objectives.

Support alignment between operational execution and planned maintenance activities.

Monitor operational KPIs, availability metrics, dispatch adherence, and other operational performance indicators.

Identify gaps to target (production, cost, availability), operational inefficiencies, main contributors to production losses, and recurring events.

Support root cause analysis by ensuring availability, accuracy and quality of operational data and event documentation.

Drive implementation of corrective actions at site level, verify effectiveness and quantify impact.

Ensure operational execution complies with applicable regulatory, market, and grid requirements.

Act as a reference point for operational compliance issues in coordination with senior O&M leadership.

Support preparation of operational documentation, reporting, responses, and data requests related to audits, inquiries, BI insurance claims, warranty claims, or market reviews.

Support development and execution of short- and medium-term plant outage plans.

Support coordination and optimization of planned and unplanned outages to reduce production and revenue losses, minimize additional operational costs, and effectively address safety and high-risk operational concerns.

Manage OEM and maintenance vendor performance to ensure compliance with contractual response times, availability guarantees, service obligations, and liquidated damages (LD) provisions.

Ensure visibility, tracking, communication and escalation of operational constraints.

Promote standardization of operational practices across the fleet.

Identify improvement opportunities through operational performance analysis and benchmarking.

Support implementation of new operational processes, tools, and digital enhancements.

Reinforce a culture of safety, reliability, operational discipline, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Ensure effective knowledge retention and operational competency development across Solar & BESS sites through technical competency mapping, training coordination, and structured knowledge-sharing initiatives.

Ensure proper document management processes across Solar & BESS sites, ensuring the adoption of digital tools and coordination with Site Operations and Technical Services.

The minimum requirements for this role are:

Minimum of 5 to 7 years related experience; with specific background in Solar & BESS operations in ERCOT a plus

Strong understanding of Solar & BESS operational processes.

Experience working with operational systems such as SCADA, SAP, PI, and reporting platforms.

Ability to analyze operational data and translate insights into actions.

Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills.

Good knowledge of a variety of the electrical field's concepts, best practices, and procedures including the technical ability to understand and interpret Electrical Codes, Life Safety Codes, NFPA, Uniform Building Codes and Design related drawings.

Demonstrated initiative and drive for high achievement and continuous improvement

Good communications, interpersonal, and organizational skills required with a focus on Customer service.

Ability to influence execution without direct authority.

Structured, proactive, and improvement-oriented mindset.

Comfortable operating in a dynamic, compliance-driven environment.

Ability to work off hours as needed.

Ability to comment on legal documents and agreements.

25% travel required (domestic & international).

Experience working with Microsoft Word, Project and Excel.

IT Tool Knowledge required: SAP, SAP PM, Power BI.

Enel North America offers its regular full-time employees affordable, quality healthcare for you and your family, life insurance and disability benefits to provide security, and retirement benefits to help you plan for your financial future. In addition, we offer an array of other benefits such as flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement and professional development allowance.

Benefits are effective as of day one!

Some additional perks to working with Enel North America include:

401k with match fully vested as of day one. Enel-NA matches 100% of the first 4% that you contribute up to set IRS limits.

Generous PTO that supports work/life balance including: 4 weeks annually of vacation as well as personal days, volunteer days, your birthday off, paid holidays, and sick time. Proration may apply during first year of employment.

Paid leave programs

The opportunity to grow and develop your career with the support and mentorship of senior leaders.

The opportunity to work for one of the world's most recognizable and respected brands in the energy industry that believes by working together we can create a new energy era in which the world can become more sustainable.

An employee's eligibility for these benefits shall be subject to the governing documents for such plans and programs and/or company policy. The benefits described above may be modified or eliminated with or without notice in accordance with the governing documents and applicable law.

Enel North America is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information. We will not discriminate, in any employment decision, against any individual or group on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veterans/national guard/military reserve status. This shall be done in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws in every location in which Enel North America has facilities. Enel North America maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law. Accessibility If you require accessibility assistance applying for open positions please contact EnelApplication@enel.com. The selection process includes an initial introductory interview with the Recruiting team, followed by an interview with the relevant business line. If your profile matches the requirements of the role, we will contact you to share all the details of the next steps. Enel North America is committed to providing a fair and transparent hiring process for all job seekers. We will never ask you to pay money or provide sensitive information, such as your social security number or bank account number, as part of the application process. We only hire through our official channels, which include our website and LinkedIn page. If you receive a job offer that did not come through one of those channels, it is likely a scam, and we suggest reporting it to the authorities. We are looking for individuals who embody our values: trust, respect, innovation, proactivity, and flexibility. Do you want to be a part of change? Apply now and join the Enel Green Power team to help drive the energy transition with us!

Enel North America has an internal talent acquisition department and designated career site for individuals looking to join our team. Enel North America will not accept unsolicited resumes from any external recruiters, staffing firms, search agencies or any fee-based referrals. Any unsolicited resumes sent to directly to Enel North America, in any capacity will be considered property of Enel North America. This policy is applicable to all Enel North America locations and will be the responsibility of third parties and vendors to understand this policy. Enel North America will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

Enel North America: Enel North America is a proven renewables leader delivering clean, flexible and sustainable energy solutions. As part of the Enel Group, we develop, build, own and operate renewable power plants and demand response solutions,