Job description
Urban Grid is a leading independent power producer (IPP) delivering reliable, utility-scale solar and storage solutions to help meet America’s unprecedented energy demand. We develop, own and operate projects that strengthen local economies through long-term partnerships and responsible land stewardship. By integrating agrivoltaics into our land management practices, we enhance soil health, support local farmers and benefit the communities we serve.
With a strong focus on execution and integrity, we are committed to being a trusted domestic energy provider and responsible corporate citizen. Urban Grid is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and operates across the United States with a growing portfolio that includes 12,000 megawatts of development assets. We continue to maintain our optionality to co-locate with battery storage based on customer demand, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness in our energy solutions.
Since becoming an IPP in 2023, we have successfully brought five solar projects online, begun construction on three additional projects and are actively advancing one gigawatt of capacity into pre-construction. To learn more, please visit www.UrbanGridSolar.com.
Urban Grid is a portfolio company of Brookfield. one of the world’s largest owners and operators of renewable power and climate transition assets.
Job Summary
As an Asset Manager, you will be responsible and accountable for the safe and reliable operations of the company’s operating assets. The Asset Manager will be responsible for management of solar assets and ensuring their optimal performance, efficiency, and profitability. This role will oversee O&M service providers as well as other external parties supporting the management of the assets. This role involves collaborating with various teams including finance, pre-construction, construction, engineering, and legal to implement effective strategies for managing and optimizing solar assets. The Asset Manager will also be responsible for the daily activities of the assets and ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and industry best practices.
The position requires limited travel up to 25%, and requires excellent communication, teamwork, report writing skills, attention to detail, the ability to manage and flex with multiple projects and schedules simultaneously, ability to shift priorities, meet deadlines, and develop good and maintain good relationships with both internal and external clients and drive to meet their needs.
Responsibilities
- Accountability for the safe operation of assigned assets, following corporate HSSE policies and procedures.
- Develop and implement comprehensive management strategies for solar assets, including performance optimization, risk management, and financial planning.
- Oversee performance management and optimization of O&M operators and contractors, ensuring all assigned assets meet or exceed performance targets.
- Ensure that all assigned assets fully comply with project agreements, regulatory and state requirements, by carrying out and tracking all owner/seller responsibilities outlined in relevant contracts such as PPA, land, interconnection, lender, permits, O&M, and warranty agreements.
- Maintain effective communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams, including reliability engineering, regulatory finance, pre-construction, construction, engineering, and legal, to ensure that solar assets are managed effectively and efficiently.
- Work with safety and other teams to maintain safe project operations and improve safety measures.
- Complete required safety reporting and compliance.
- Conduct budget analyses, including reporting, forecasting, and budget variance activities for assigned assets.
- Coordinate settlements and power marketing efforts with third parties and ensure compliance with regulatory and commercial obligations.
- Lead reporting efforts, including internal and external reporting.
- Track insurance requirements on existing policies and coordinate claims process.
- Maintain strong relationships with clients and partners, including offtake partners, RTO, landowners, and lenders, as well as with service providers to ensure completion of scope of work.
- Assist origination of O&M services (RFP to Contracting) for projects to support project financing.
- Coordinate with the project delivery team to develop and execute a project hand-off process to successfully transition assets from construction to operation.
- Travel to project sites to verify general condition of the projects, observe vendor safety and best practices.
- Ability to manage multiple solar generation assets
- Other responsibilities which may be assigned on occasion.
Location: Position is local to Houston with a hybrid office policy. Position may require periodic travel for team meetings, events or determined on an as needed basis.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Finance, or related engineering science.
- At least 5 years of professional experience in solar asset management or a related field, with a track record of success in managing large-scale solar assets.
- Strong knowledge of solar energy technology, finance, and operations.
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to work successfully across different levels of an organization.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to develop and implement effective solutions to complex problems.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Excellent organizational skills and able to shift and set new priorities in moment’s notice.
- Self-motivated, high energy, and has proven leadership skills in challenging environments.
- Excellent technical, analytical, computer, and oral and written communication skills. Strong in Microsoft Office Suite, advanced knowledge of MS Excel
- Maintain a valid driver’s license and safe driving record to support travel requirements and company operations.
Urban Grid offers an exciting benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending account, company-paid life insurance and short-term disability, voluntary life, and long-term disability, paid parental leave, and a retirement plan with matching. Full-time position with a competitive compensation package, including bonus.
