Head of Energy Operations & Maintenance (Solar & BESS)

TRINITY STRUCTURES LLC; Northwest Snohomish (WA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

401(k) matching

Bonus based on performance

Paid time off

Training & development

Employee discounts

Job summary

Trinity Energy is seeking a Director of Energy Operations & Maintenance to lead the in-house O&M for a growing portfolio of solar, BESS, and microgrid assets. The role focuses on maximizing asset availability, energy yield, safety, and long-term performance while managing the O&M budget.

You will design and stand up the internal operations function, build a high-performing team, and drive continuous improvement across multi-site facilities with a hands-on leadership approach.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in renewable energy operations, solar PV and BESS; microgrid/islanded systems preferred.
• Experience with SCADA platforms; SEL RTAC preferred.
• Proven leadership of field service teams and remote operations centers.
• Strong commercial acumen, safety leadership, and multi-site logistics management.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; OSHA certification preferred.
• Willingness to travel to portfolio sites.

Responsibilities

• Establish and operate a 24/7 remote monitoring and operations center covering alarm management, access control, and dispatch coordination of third party technicians and electricians
• Define and execute maintenance programs for PV arrays, inverters, transformers, BESS, and microgrid controls/EMS
• Develop and maintain MOPs for load shedding, protocol refresh, shutdown/isolation, blackstart, and remotely executed procedures
• Own CMMS implementation, asset hierarchy, work-order processes, spare-parts strategy, and warranty management
• Drive KPI dashboards for availability, performance ratio, alarm response times, and MTTR
• Manage O&M budget, track costs vs third-party, and transition from external providers
• Interface with OEMs to schedule repairs, inspections, and retrofits during warranty
• Maintain and update as-built drawings and network mapping/IP schemes
• Serve as project owner during handover and audit deliverables for long-term O&M

Skills

SCADA platforms

Leadership

Remote operations

O&M management

Safety leadership

Team building

Multi-site logistics

Education

Bachelors in engineering/CS

OSHA certification preferred

Tools

SEL RTAC

CMMS

Job description

Trinity Energy is seeking a Director of Energy Operations & Maintenance to lead the in-house O&M for a growing portfolio of solar, BESS, and microgrid assets. The role focuses on maximizing asset availability, energy yield, safety, and long-term performance while managing the O&M budget.

You will design and stand up the internal operations function, build a high-performing team, and drive continuous improvement across multi-site facilities with a hands-on leadership approach.