Director, Asset Management

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🕒 October 10

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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Lydian Energy

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11 - 50 employees

🏭 Manufacturing

🏗️ Construction

⚡ Energy

Manufacturing • Construction • Energy

Lydian Energy is a company that develops, constructs, and operates utility-scale solar and battery energy storage system projects across North America. The company aims to contribute to a more resilient and interconnected future through innovative energy solutions.

📋 Description

• Maximize the long-term safety, reliability, performance, compliance, and financial returns of Lydian’s operating renewable energy portfolio • Oversee third-party O&M provider management, operating performance, revenue optimization, operating cost control, NERC/FERC compliance, construction-to-operations transitions, warranty and insurance claims, lifecycle planning, and stakeholder reporting • Serve as Lydian’s owner-level operating authority while retaining accountability for contractor performance, safe and reliable operations, 98% portfolio availability, operating budgets, regulatory compliance, contractual obligations, and long-term asset value • Oversee energy production, availability, performance ratio, capacity, round-trip efficiency, degradation, state-of-health, throughput, and related portfolio metrics • Manage O&M provider relationships, SLA enforcement, contract compliance, staffing, response times, reporting, and contractor scorecards • Direct preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance planning, outage coordination, root-cause investigations, reliability programs, and corrective-action closure • Implement remote monitoring and SCADA-driven performance analytics to identify and remediate underperformance • Oversee spare-parts strategies, critical inventories, work-order performance, and long-term reliability planning • Lead annual O&M budget development and cost-control initiatives • Oversee PPA, tolling, interconnection, utility, and other operating contract compliance, including metering, billing, and settlement • Own operating expense budgets, forecasts, major-maintenance plans, expenditure monitoring, variance analysis, and corrective actions • Prepare reporting packages for lenders, tax equity partners, investors, and offtakers • Ensure compliance with lender covenants, insurance obligations, reserve accounts, operating budgets, and certifications • Oversee warranty management, insurance claims, reserve planning, diligence requests, lender reviews, inspections, and audits • Manage construction-to-operations handovers, O&M mobilization, transition exception logs, and 30/60/90-day post-COD stabilization reviews • Lead lifecycle planning for battery augmentation, repowering, equipment upgrades, controls modernization, and life-extension initiatives • Manage landowner relationships, land-related payments, decommissioning planning, and security obligations • Support M&A diligence for potential acquisitions and divestitures • Ensure compliance with NERC standards, FERC reporting requirements, utility tariffs, ISO/RTO rules, interconnection agreements, permits, and contracts • Establish compliance calendars, evidence requirements, internal controls, audit readiness, and escalation protocols • Manage compliance consultants and coordinate with Legal, Engineering, IT/OT, O&M providers, utilities, balancing authorities, and market participants • Manage property tax assessment appeals and real estate obligation compliance • Oversee environmental compliance, including SPCC, stormwater, wildlife commitments, waste management, inspections, reporting, and corrective actions • Direct asset management systems, CMMS, performance databases, operating dashboards, and reporting platforms • Ensure data integrity across metering, SCADA, EMS, PPC, historians, maintenance, settlement, and financial reporting systems • Establish standards for asset hierarchies, outage codes, equipment records, performance calculations, warranty data, and document retention • Drive predictive analytics and machine-learning adoption for forecasting, anomaly detection, degradation analysis, and maintenance optimization • Coordinate with IT/OT and cybersecurity resources on remote access, communications, software changes, data retention, and incident response • Report to the Vice President of Asset Management

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in renewable energy operations, asset management, utility operations, power generation, or power project management • 3+ years in a senior asset management or operating leadership role with direct responsibility for operating portfolios exceeding 500 MW • Demonstrated track record managing third-party O&M providers, service-level obligations, operating budgets, and project-level financial reporting • Direct experience with project finance structures, lender reporting obligations, lender covenants, reserve accounts, and tax equity partnership requirements • Experience managing utility-scale solar PV and BESS assets, warranties, insurance claims, major maintenance, and construction-to-operations transitions • NERC compliance and utility-scale generation operations background • Experience managing portfolios across multiple ISO/RTO or utility markets, including ERCOT and one or more of SPP, CAISO, PJM, MISO, NYISO, ISO-New England, PacifiCorp, or WECC • Deep understanding of solar PV and BESS performance metrics, degradation modeling, operational benchmarking, battery cycling, state of health, throughput, efficiency, and augmentation planning • Expertise in power-market operations, ISO settlement processes, ancillary-service markets, merchant BESS operations, and contractual performance requirements • Working knowledge of SCADA, EMS, PPC, computerized maintenance management systems, asset management platforms such as PowerFactors, Greenbyte, or Locus Energy, and PI historians • Proficiency in financial modeling, budget development, cost forecasting, reserve planning, variance analysis, and operating performance reporting • Ability to interpret O&M agreements, warranties, financing documents, PPAs, tolling agreements, interconnection agreements, and regulatory requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field required • Strong safety leadership and owner-level accountability for reliable operations • Commercial acumen and understanding of the intersection between technical performance and financial returns • Exceptional stakeholder-management skills with lenders, investors, offtakers, utilities, O&M providers, OEMs, regulators, landowners, and project partners • Analytical and data-driven approach to portfolio performance, risk management, and decision-making • Collaborative ability to work with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, Finance, Commercial, Legal, IT/OT, and Safety teams • Ability to build scalable processes and systems for a rapidly growing national portfolio

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal-employment principles and commitment to diversity and workplace strength • Travel to domestic locations (25% to 40% of the time)

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