Senior Operations Leader for Custom Solar & Battery

Blue Sky Energy; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Career advancement

Los Angeles projects

Job summary

Blue Sky Energy in Los Angeles is seeking an experienced General Manager to oversee operations, support Project Managers, and improve bid quality, project scoping, and client communication. This leadership role requires strong construction experience and a focus on craftsmanship, accuracy, and accountability.

The General Manager will manage field quality, troubleshoot issues, and drive process improvements across design through closeout, ensuring safe, on-time, on-budget project delivery for

Qualifications

• 7+ years in construction, operations, project management, solar, electrical, or renewable energy.
• 3+ years managing Project Managers, field teams, or construction crews.
• Experience with bidding, estimating, scopes of work, proposal reviews, job costing, change orders, and budget tracking.
• Experience with custom residential/high-end construction, retrofit work, or complex site-specific installations is preferred.
• Understanding of solar PV, battery storage, EV charging, residential electrical work, permitting, inspections, interconnection, and field execution.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Project Managers and ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to quality standards.
• Support PMs without replacing their leadership role.
• Evaluate field quality, workmanship, installation standards, and job-site execution.
• Independently troubleshoot project issues, construction challenges, client concerns, and bottlenecks.
• Improve speed, accuracy, and consistency of bids, estimates, scopes of work, and handoffs.
• Lead process improvements, SOPs, workflows, and Asana usage.
• Manage company-wide project flow from sales to closeout, including design, permitting, procurement, installation, inspection, and interconnection.

Skills

Construction management

Project management

Solar experience

Electrical work

Leadership

Client communication

Tools

Asana

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

QuickBooks Time

Job description

Blue Sky Energy in Los Angeles is seeking an experienced General Manager to oversee operations, support Project Managers, and improve bid quality, project scoping, and client communication. This leadership role requires strong construction experience and a focus on craftsmanship, accuracy, and accountability.

The General Manager will manage field quality, troubleshoot issues, and drive process improvements across design through closeout, ensuring safe, on-time, on-budget project delivery for