Wind Hub Manager - Iowa 6 (Central Iowa)

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Requirements:

• High School Diploma/or GED
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience inclusive of leadership,
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a field services or equivalent role in the energy industry
• Ability and willingness to travel within the hub, may require overnights.
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license.
• Associate or Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Technical Certification in Wind Energy or Electrical/Electronic field
• Advanced computer skills utilizing word and spreadsheet processing, e-mail programs, facility control and management systems, and computer diagnostic and troubleshooting tools
• Wind turbine or energy industry experience
• Advanced electrical, mechanical, and/or hydraulic experience, including use of hydraulic power tools
• Experience with heavy equipment required for facility maintenance with a working knowledge of crane and rigging requirements
• Comprehensive writing skills to meet contractual reporting obligations, as required
• Strong functional knowledge in Operations and Maintenance best industry practices, planning, organizing, coordinating, executing, and controlling the wind hub activities, productivity improvements, operational excellence in outage management.
• Strong leadership skills, ability to embrace and adapt to change and influence others.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability, willingness, and adaptability to take initiative and work without direct supervision
• Ability to work with a wide variety of personnel at all levels inside and outside of the Wind Hub.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to support multi-site service hub- Initiate and support staffing requirements, coaching, training, and corrective action concerning employees and contracted partners; and succession planning.
• Own the safety culture within the hub- inclusive of contracted partners and customers.
• Execute daily Plan of the Day calls – prioritize and manage dispatch schedule.
• Customer focused approach to build long term relationships with customers to deliver business objectives and meet contractual requirements.
• Partner with CPM | Customer Performance Manager
• Escalate customer concerns with priority
• Partner with cross-functional teams like Sales, Commercial Operations, Sourcing, Finance, HR to meet the deliverables.
• Prioritize turbine performance to meet/exceed performance commitments.
• Be innovative and engaged in all areas of facility operations aligned with individual site plans to include creative problem solving with LEAN thinking.
• Lead operations within multi-site service hub ensuring weekly visits to each site;
• Drive safety focus
• Continue to grow customer relationship
• Team engagement and development