AVP - Operations and Maintenance Solar

This position is responsible for leading and managing the generation assets of the plants to maximize revenue based on available irradiance, reduce operating costs, minimize generation losses and maintenance expenses, and maintain industry-standard or higher plant availability and reliability factors.

• Directs and orchestrates operations and maintenance  of all the plants in the grid within company policies  and procedures.

      
PLANT OPERATIONS

• Strategize on how the grids can attain productivity,  plant availability, efficiency, reliability, profitability,  and resource requirements for Operations and  Maintenance to support the company's strategic  directions     
• Ensures that the plants generate to the maximum level allowed by the available irradiance, without wastage,  to maximize energy production and, hence, the revenue stream by reviewing and monitoring operations reports and KPIs from Team Leaders.
• Ensures that operating procedures and processes are fully documented with manuals, instructions, and procedures to ensure generation assets' safe,  repeatable, and managed operation.
• Ensures that the plants are operated, dispatched, and logged following EPSA, NGCP, and customer requirements.

MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

• Develops and recommends maintenance programs that achieve plant objectives, allow full control of plant performance, and ensure plant availability and reliability to meet the business's needs.
• Manages the proper implementation of maintenance programs by ensuring the maximum usage of the  Maintenance Management Software tool (CMMS) and expanding its usage to operations and other technical services. Guides Grid Managers in analyzing the output of CMMS to achieve the desired efficiency and safety of all the generating units.      
  Reviews maintenance schedules for significant equipment such as transformers, MV stations,  inverters, and substations to ensure there is enough time to take corrective or preventive measures or source service providers in case unfavorable conditions are detected.
• Ensures that scheduled equipment tests are conducted, test results are reviewed, trends are established, and values are compared to standard allowable values.

ASSET MANAGEMENT

• Performs the duty of Chief Asset Manager and reports  to AM-Asset Owner
• Accountable for implementing a Solar-specific Asset  Management Plan
• Ensures assets are managed following design  performance & specifications, including legal,  environmental, and safety requirements    
  Ensures implementation of asset condition assessment. 
• Ensures the conduct of asset prioritization and  criticality for grids specific asset strategies
• Ensures the development and implementation of grid specific asset strategies. 
• Ensures development of grid-specific spares  management system in coordination with SCM 
• Reviews root-cause analysis of asset/s and asset  system/s failures or incidents; identifies lessons  learned, including recommendations to the Technical  Services Department and AM Committee 
• Prepares budgetary requirements per Finance's  budgeting process.

INVENTORY, SUPPLY AND LOGISTICS

• Ensures availability and accessibility of appropriate  resources, tools, equipment, transportation, and  services to ensure sustained optimized operations and  maintenance of the plant
• Periodically reviews current plant spare parts  inventories and recommends procurement to minimize generation losses in planned or corrective  maintenance cases. 

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

• Develops and enhances workforce maintenance and  operations capability and qualifications to ensure  sustainability and development of the maintenance  and operations functions.
• Identifies reviews and recommends staff training needs to enhance skills, abilities, knowledge/awareness, and teamwork.
• Evaluates the performance and contributions of direct reports based on targets. 

RISK MANAGEMENT

• Develops and maintains emergency response and  management plans to ensure risks are managed and  mitigated 
• Ensures all accidents are thoroughly investigated, the  root causes determined, and corrective actions taken  to prevent recurrence.

     
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Reviews and recommends operations plans, annual  budget, and projections for the succeeding year based  on forecast, including preparation and monitoring of  CAPEX.
• Monitors monthly expenditures for Operations and  Maintenance and provides variance explanations to  Management as needed.

      
IMPROVEMENT

• Ensures that the principles of quality management are  inculcated into the operation to drive continuous  improvement in all aspects of operations and  maintenance by encouraging Quality Improvement  Projects from Team Leaders
• Ensures that internal audits are conducted periodically  on operations and maintenance procedures, including  safety aspects, non-conformance reports are  documented, and corrective measures are  implemented as necessary.

      
COMMUNITY AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS 

• Assists and participates in Community Relations  Programs approved by Management to maintain and  improve relationships with host community residents  and local government unit officials

      
COMPLIANCE MONITORING TO GOVERNMENT REGULATORY

• Ensures compliance of the plants to the DOE, ERC, Grid  Code, EPIRA Law, ERB, NGCP, PSALM, and WESM  requirements, as with ECC, EPSA, and all MOA  obligations
• Helps ensure that all necessary permits and licenses  for an unhampered operation of the plants are  secured and complied with

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be a licensed engineer, preferably in Electrical, Electronics or Civil
• With at least 10 years of professional experience in Solar Power Plant and/or BESS operations
• With at least 7 years of leadership experience in a supervisory capacity within a power generation facility
• With involvement in at least one enterprise-wide project or a minimum of three function-related projects
• Preferably with a postgraduate diploma or master’s degree relevant to the field