Operations and Maintenance Sr. Manager - Solar

The Senior Manager for Solar Operations and Maintenance is responsible for overseeing the performance and operational excellence of a portfolio of solar power plants. This role ensures that all assets deliver optimal energy generation, reliability, and profitability. It assures compliance with all Government regulations and executes work within quality, schedule, and budget objectives for all of the plants in the portfolio. The Senior O&MGrid Manager is functionally reporting to the SAVP – Operation and Maintenance of Solar and Wind Group.

• Monitor, analyze, and report on the operational and financial performance of the solar power plant fleet.
• Leads in operation meetings, and general PV plant operation & maintenance, inspection, management and coordination.
• Define, track, and optimize KPIs such as availability, performance ratio, capacity factor, yield, and O&M efficiency on a portfolio level.
• Identify underperformance, investigate root causes, and drive corrective action plans.
• Monitor operation and maintenance activities and functions to ensure compliance with the scope of works and quality objectives of all the PV plants.
• Coordinates all technical reviews and improvement both with stakeholders and internally within the PV plants.
• Ensures that there is Communications Management in the organization portfolio wise.
• Regularly provides clear reports to management and clients.
• Effectively communicates with the design team, related organizations, vendors and third parties.
• Accurate, timely and effective reporting to the SAVP - Operations and Maintenance.
• Benchmark fleet performance against industry standards and peers.
• Support decision-making for repowering, retrofitting, or technology upgrades.
• Review and standardize O&M practices across the fleet to align with global best practices.
• Act as the key liaison between executive management, plant-level O&M teams, contractors, and external stakeholders.
• Support negotiations with service providers and contractors by providing technical and performance inputs.
• Drive fleet-wide initiatives in sustainability, safety culture, and cost optimization.
• Directs and monitors the implementation of established policies, standards and guidelines on the safe and efficient operations and maintenance of photovoltaic cells.
• Initiates review and update of policies, guidelines and procedures when required. Cascades approved new policies and procedures to employees.
• Ensures the fleet-wide implementation of Environment, Health and Safety programs and procedures to protect the health and safety of all employees and visitors in the plant.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be a Bachelor’s Degree holder in Engineering, preferably Electrical Engineering.
• Must hold a valid PRC License, preferably PME or PEE.
• At least 8 years of professional experience, with a minimum of 5 years in power generation.
• At least 3 years of leadership experience.
• With direct experience in Photovoltaic (Solar) operations.
• With background in power plant O&M and construction, and familiarity with EPC contracts and large infrastructure/power plant management.
• Must be willing to travel onsite to Pangasinan, Central Luzon, and Negros Occidental
• 1 vacant position available in Makati