Asset Manager - Wind

Summary

Join Exus Renewables North America, a leading Independent Power Producer, as an Asset Manager! You will be responsible for managing a fleet of wind plants, overseeing commercial aspects, budgeting, contractual compliance, and overall project management. This role offers the flexibility of being remote or a hybrid position in our downtown Pittsburgh office. Key responsibilities include maximizing portfolio profit, optimizing performance, ensuring compliance, and developing comprehensive commercial awareness. You will also manage contracts, interact with various internal and external teams, and assess project risks. A Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience are required. Exus offers a competitive benefits package including free parking, in-office amenities, and a newly designed office space.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or related field required
• 5+ years’ experience in asset management of energy assets
• Ability to read, understand and implement legal contracts

Responsibilities

• Be the main point of contact for investors and project equity partners
• Project manage all aspects of the portfolio
• Interact with proper internal and external teams to: Maximize profit of the portfolio
• Optimize the performance of the portfolio
• Ensure compliance with all aspects of the portfolio
• Oversee and timely delivery of appropriate reporting as required by project financing and compliance entities
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive commercial awareness of projects and driving the asset to achieve superior financial performance on behalf of the investors
• With help of site managers and O&M providers, be involved in day-to-day decisions of project operations
• Develop and maintain a strong sense of project’s profit & loss statements , budget variance, and being able to clearly communicate the drivers behind project financial performance
• Assess project risks and ensuring appropriate risk mitigations are put in place to protect from adverse situations
• Identify opportunities to improve the financial performance or risk profile of assets and develop a plan and execute on those opportunities
• Support/oversee/develop as needed, any Asset Management / Operations reporting activities including, monthly project reports, quarterly reports, compliance reports and other reporting activities as required
• Provide contract management services for key commercial contracts (such as O&M contract, PPA, Interconnection Agreement, LLCA, Land Leases, etc.) for the portfolio, including contractual compliance by responsive parties, negotiating new contracts and amendments, handling contract questions or disputes, and interfacing with contract counterparties as required
• Manage the on-going contract compliance obligations in the company's Project Agreement Compliance Tracker. Ensuring that compliance task owners perform periodic updates, compliance assessments and compliance implementation
• Providing business services for portfolio including interfacing with insurance, tax, legal, accounts payable, IT, etc. as needed
• In conjunction with Commercial department, understand any ISO market rules and the impacts on the assets and assessing new or changing market design regulations
• If required, in conjunction with site personnel and other internal teams, manage the NERC compliance requirements of the project, including any regular filing
• Interact with Asset Optimization, Commercial, and accounting groups to drive continuous improvements from technical and financial perspectives

Preferred Qualifications

• Wind/Renewable assets preferred
• Deep understanding of plant operations, financial, and technical reporting of energy assets, Wind/Renewable assets preferred
• Experience with technical operational matters and translating them to commercial and financial analyses and decision making

Benefits

• Free Parking as available
• In-office beverages & snacks and frequent lunches
• Newly designed office space
• Office closed between Christmas and New Year