Operations Director

Company: Solar Impact, Inc.
Location: Gainesville
Posted on: September 4, 2024

Job Description:

Overview: The Director of Operations (DO) will bring leadership, direction, and oversight to residential and commercial solar project execution and service to achieve the lowest possible cost of goods sold. The DO will exercise competencies around safe working conditions, a quality project, developing leaders, sound construction methods, fundamental project management, planning, budgeting, contract negotiations, procurement, engineering, managing sub-contractors/suppliers and change management. This individual must demonstrate the capability of building relationships and serving customers through excellent collaboration and communication.

Responsibilities:
--- Safety: The Director of Operations will establish a culture and attitude of safety within the company and projects that will not prioritize business goals over the health and welfare of our people. Find and encourage positive safety behaviors on each project. Endorse and support "No Compromise on Safety".
--- Leadership: The Operations Director will develop professional and respectful leaders and managers who will deploy our project management system to establish a leadership position in the market and facilitate excellence in everything we do.
--- High-Performance Teams: The DO will hire and facilitate the development of individuals who possess the required leadership and competency to produce a high-performing outcome for the company. All teams will be established and staffed in a manner that will produce an "A-team" result. Our teams will encourage and produce a positive and engaging work environment where all members can achieve their professional goals. The company will ensure all team members understand how each contributes to the success of each other, the project, and the company.
--- Quality Product: The Director of Ops will establish and lead a culture and program that produces a high-quality and high-performance solar energy system. We will honor our quality standards, engineering standards, and quality methods that produce the product we promised.
--- Customer Service: The Ops Director will establish a cohesive, connected, and collaborative relationship with the clientele. They will serve the client in a manner that promotes a trusting relationship where we anticipate their needs and follow through with our commitments on time and budget. They will look for and promote transparency around improving the client's bottom line.
--- On-time Execution: In this role, you will establish our project management program to ensure our schedules are used as a tool to proactively manage the on-time execution of projects.
--- Operational Excellence: The DO will execute our business strategy in a more consistent, predictable and reliable manner than the competition with operational excellence that creates value-add. This Director will establish a program that will produce lower operational risk, lower operating costs, and increased revenues relative to our competitors and a system that achieves results in accordance with our business strategy and plan.
--- The DO will lead in a manner that promotes continuous improvement incorporating all learning back into our procurement system and customer service program.
--- Fiscal Responsibility: The Ops Director will establish and lead our project management program to produce a predictable fiscal outcome for the company. This will be accomplished by employing fundamental budgeting, planning, monitoring, and forecasting processes that ensure that leadership and the company understand the financial status of each project. Our project management program will ensure the health of our company by establishing positive cash flow and on-time AR.
--- Talent Development: The Director of Operations will intentionally lead and develop others toward the growth of our greatest asset: our people. They will ensure this development through a regular and consistent coaching and feedback system that provides regular and direct feedback on performance and goal progress.

Qualifications:
Required
--- Demonstrated experience in solar residential and commercial construction management and leadership of people (5 years at mid to senior level)
--- Demonstrated experience in solar residential and commercial service
--- Journeyman or Master Electrician License
--- Fundamental project management, budgeting and expenditure control
--- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
--- Ability to multi-task, detail oriented, reliable, analytical
--- Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills
--- Strong planning and coordination skills


Preferred
--- Bachelor's Degree: Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical or Industrial Engineering
--- Proficiency in Apple products and iOS


Physical Requirements:
--- Able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds unassisted and over 50 pounds with assistance
--- Capable of safely climbing ladders and being on roofs

About Company:
Solar Impact, Inc. is a licensed electrical and solar installation contractor in North Central Florida with a seasoned team of solar professionals. Founded in 2007, we have successfully installed hundreds of solar arrays, including landmark solar projects around the state of Florida.



We proudly operate an employee-owned company that provides PTO, Group Health, 401(k), and Profit-Sharing benefits to our team members. Our customer base includes homeowners, small businesses, public schools, multi-national companies, agricultural businesses, utilities, and many of our own employee-owners. We have been voted Gainesville Business of the Year for our Commitment to the Environment.

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