Wind Farm Operations Lead

Enel North America; Satanta (KS); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with match

Generous PTO

Home office stipend

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Enel North America is seeking an experienced wind energy operations and maintenance leader to coordinate field work, manage budgets, and ensure safety and regulatory compliance across projects.

The role requires extensive hands-on maintenance, vendor management, and collaboration with SAP PM to plan notifications and work orders, with a strong focus on performance and reliability. Willingness to travel and work in varied weather conditions is expected.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of operations and maintenance or construction experience, wind energy background preferred.
• Experience managing third party service providers.
• Project contract management experience.

Responsibilities

• Insure and maintain a safe working environment covering all project work functions carried out by staff (internal and external). HSE incidents reporting.
• Perform Routine Annual Maintenance tasks for assigned project(s) including QA/QC inspections, project performance evaluations, assets condition management, on site predictive maintenance activities, End of Warranty audits.
• Assist with troubleshooting and evaluation of equipment for assigned project(s).
• Analyze site performance, identify problems, work with support teams to create and implement plans as needed to meet Enel’s key performance indicators.
• Collaborate with the Technical Support group on the evaluation of equipment failures analysis and for methods of procedures to prevent reoccurrence.
• Create annual operating budgets with 5yr projections.
• Ensure all facilities are maintained within all regulatory guidelines NERC, ISO, OSHA and EGP standards.
• Responsible for site inventory - accounting for all spare parts stored, consumed, refurbished, salvaged, etc.
• Work with SAP PM in the development of Notifications, Work Orders, maintenance planning and including entering pertinent information into the notification and time into the Work Order.

Skills

Operations & maintenance

Wind energy experience

Budgeting

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Enel North America is seeking an experienced wind energy operations and maintenance leader to coordinate field work, manage budgets, and ensure safety and regulatory compliance across projects.

The role requires extensive hands-on maintenance, vendor management, and collaboration with SAP PM to plan notifications and work orders, with a strong focus on performance and reliability. Willingness to travel and work in varied weather conditions is expected.