Director of O&M Services

<p><em><strong>Opportunity</strong></em></p> <p><em> </em></p> <p> </p> <p>Adapture Renewables, Inc. is on a mission to be a leader in this new era of sustainable energy. Drawing upon an extensive knowledge base, we develop, finance, engineer, build, own, and operate high quality utility-scale photovoltaic projects and battery energy storage projects. Our Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team is looking for an experienced Director of O&M Services to lead and elevate the technical, financial, and operational management of our growing operating fleet. Adapture Renewables is owned by KIRKBI Climate – the private holding and investment company of the Kirk Kristiansen family founded to build a sustainable future for the LEGO® brand through generations.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>Overview</em></strong></p> <p><em> </em></p> <p> </p> <p>This position leads the O&M Services function within our Asset Management team, which is responsible for the technical and financial management of a growing portfolio (currently approximately 650 MW) of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects located across the United States. This is an opportunity to continue to build on ARI’s O&M function by modernizing how the fleet is operated through data, automation, and disciplined financial management as the portfolio scales. The Director of O&M Services owns the strategy, operating budget, and vendor relationships that keep the fleet safe, available, and performing, partnering closely with the O&M Performance & Optimization, Asset Management, Engineering/EPC, and Project Finance teams. This is a leadership role that sets direction and holds execution accountability rather than performing day-to-day field tasks. This position reports to the VP of Asset Management and manages a small team (1–2 direct reports), including the O&M Manager.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>Core Responsibilities</em></strong></p> <p><em> </em></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><strong>Strategy & fleet performance: </strong>Own the strategy and roadmap for the O&M Services function across the operating fleet. Define availability, performance, safety, and cost targets and the plan to achieve them.</li> <li><strong>Budget & P&L ownership: </strong>Build, own, and manage the annual O&M operating budgets and the O&M P&L. Lead a monthly budget-vs-actual cadence with rigorous variance analysis, root-causing, and reforecasting; benchmark cost-per-MW and cost-per-MWh across the fleet; and tie O&M spend to production and revenue. Report financial and operational performance to Asset Management leadership and ownership.</li> <li><strong>Data- & AI-enabled operations: </strong>Advance condition-based and predictive maintenance across the fleet by using fleet monitoring and operational data. Leverage analytics and AI tools to automate performance reporting, accelerate root-cause analysis, streamline contract and warranty review, and document recurring fixes and operating procedures.</li> <li><strong>Vendor & contract leadership: </strong>Lead the negotiation, structuring, and management of O&M service contracts, warranty agreements, and parts/service procurement. Hold third-party providers accountable through data-driven performance scorecards and KPI-based service levels, and use performance data to inform make-vs-buy and self-perform decisions as the fleet grows.</li> <li><strong>Systems & process architecture: </strong>Own the work-management and CMMS strategy for the function, consolidating monitoring tools into a single, reliable source of plant data. Standardize O&M processes so the function scales efficiently with a growing portfolio.</li> <li><strong>Team leadership: </strong>Lead and develop the O&M Services team (1–2 direct reports), including the O&M Manager. Set clear success criteria, give the team autonomy to operate, and build hiring and capability for a growing fleet.</li> <li>Set the standard for fleet monitoring, troubleshooting, and work-order management; ensure issues are correctly identified, prioritized, and tracked to resolution with documented fiscal impact.</li> <li>Direct spare-parts inventory strategy and supply-chain readiness across the fleet, addressing deficiencies before they affect availability.</li> <li>Build reliability-engineering practices, including fleet-wide failure-mode trending and root-cause analysis.</li> <li>Manage escalations and relationships with equipment suppliers and OEMs to secure warranty support and resolve recurring issues.</li> <li>Partner cross-functionally with the O&M Performance & Optimization, Engineering/EPC, and Quality teams; feed O&M lessons learned into future project designs and reviews.</li> <li>Own O&M readiness for the commissioning and onboarding of new projects entering the operating fleet.</li> <li>Oversee site-services contractors and obligations, including regular and special (habitat) vegetation management; ISO connectivity (CAISO, ERCOT, PJM, etc.) issues; and fencing, gates, security, site access roads, erosion, tree trimming, neighbor relations, and related site activities.</li> <li>Establish and maintain reporting standards: scheduled technical operating reports, periodic performance assessments, and budget/variance reporting for management and ownership.</li> <li>Regular travel to operating sites is required.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>Qualifications and Experience</em></strong></p> <p><em> </em></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>7+ years of experience in solar O&M or operations with progressively increasing leadership responsibility; utility-scale strongly preferred.</li> <li>Demonstrated people-leadership experience, including managing teams and/or third-party service providers.</li> <li>Strong financial acumen, including P&L ownership, monthly budget-vs-actual and variance analysis, cost benchmarking, and building data-backed capital expenditure business cases.</li> <li>Demonstrated use of data and analytics, and ideally AI tools, to improve operational outcomes such as availability, performance, and cost-to-resolution.</li> <li>Direct experience negotiating and managing vendor and contract relationships, including O&M service agreements, warranties, and parts/service procurement, and KPI-based performance management.</li> <li>Strong technical grounding across utility-scale PV and BESS systems, including troubleshooting strings/modules, inverters, combiner boxes, feeder lines (direct burial or conduit), racking hardware, tracker motors, actuators, bearings, controllers, sensors, and DAS/SCADA components.</li> <li>Experience operating and maintaining battery energy storage systems strongly preferred, including familiarity with degradation, augmentation, and storage warranty management.</li> <li>A continuous-improvement or reliability-engineering mindset, including root-cause analysis, failure-mode trending, and process standardization.</li> <li>Excellent communication skills, a high level of organization, and the ability to lead cross-f