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Pivotenergy · Denver, Colorado

Location: Denver Preferred, Remote Candidates Considered

Type: Full-Time Employee

Reports to: SVP, Solar Operations

 

ROLE OVERVIEW

Pivot Energy is seeking an energetic, seasoned leader to support the build-out and management of our Operations and Maintenance (O&M) department. Reporting to the SVP of Solar Operations, you will take full ownership of asset operations, process development, and team building. This role is pivotal in shaping the operating cadence for a rapidly scaling portfolio of distributed solar and integrated storage (BESS) assets, ensuring high availability and optimized financial performance.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • BESS & Solar Performance: Provide technical expertise in preventive and corrective maintenance to maximize uptime and round-trip efficiency for hundreds of solar and storage assets.
  • Lifecycle Asset Management: Oversee the portfolio from through the asset operating lifecycle, utilizing robust operating plans and budgets to drive output.
  • Data Strategy & Systems: Drive the development of "best-in-industry" data and software tools to accommodate a scaling asset base. You will ensure data integrity across operating portfolio analytics and collaborate in the enhancement/integration of advanced monitoring platforms.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with Construction Management, Engineering, and Finance to ensure a seamless "handshake" as assets move from construction into operations.
  • Service & Infrastructure: Build and manage a scalable system and oversee external service providers for both planned and unplanned service activities.
  • Contract & Vendor Management: Negotiate high-value O&M contracts and manage RMA processes for faulty components, including critical BESS hardware.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Strengthen relationships with landowners, contractors, and internal asset management teams.
  • REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

  • Experience: 8+ years in solar/storage O&M or asset management.
  • Technical Mastery: Deep understanding of BESS technologies, solar equipment, and system design.
  • Data Expertise: Proficient in solar and storage monitoring (DAS) platforms (e.g., AlsoEnergy, SolarEdge) with the ability to interpret complex system drawings.
  • Financial Acumen: Demonstrated experience in budgeting, contract negotiation, and financial performance optimization.
  • Leadership: An "ownership mentality" regarding issue identification and resolution, with a proven track record of building and managing high-performing teams.
  • Communication: Exceptional relationship-building skills with a customer-service mindset for both internal and external stakeholders.
  • PREFERRED COMPETENCIES

  • Engineering Background: Experience with PVsyst, Helioscope, or storage modeling software.

  • Recruitment Agency Notice:
    We appreciate your interest in partnering with us; however, we are not seeking recruitment agency support for this role.

    ABOUT PIVOT

    Pivot Energy is a national renewable energy provider that develops, finances, builds, owns, and manages solar and energy storage projects that help decarbonize our nation’s electricity, increase equitable access to clean energy for local communities, and provide real cost-savings to American businesses and
    families.
     
    We are fiercely dedicated to accelerating the rapid transition taking place in the energy industry to a more decentralized and cleaner approach to power generation. We are committed to positively contributing to the local communities and people we serve with more than clean energy. We believe global warming poses an existential threat to our planet and that we have a responsibility to help mitigate the threat. Our portfolio includes projects that reduce energy burden for income-limited families, create workforce pathways for under-represented groups within the solar industry, and include robust community investment opportunities.
     
    As a Certified B Corporation and one of Denver’s “Best Places to Work”, we believe that company success is driven by a healthy environment, thriving society, and workplace where all individuals are respected. We evaluate every internal decision on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to determine if our actions will result in a net positive impact on the community, our employees, customers, shareholders, and the environment. Learn more in our annual ESG Report.
     
    At Pivot, our core values guide our work internally and externally:
    ·       Impact – We hold ourselves accountable to having a measurable impact on our people, communities, and the planet
    ·       Balance – Put family first; work hard/have fun
    ·       Determination – Find ways to be successful no matter how difficult the challenge
    ·       Professionalism – Impress everyone we touch, be a team player
    ·       Honesty – Be truthful and transparent, externally and internally
    ·       Kindness – Create an environment where kindness, empathy, and vulnerability are embraced
     
    DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION and JUSTICE STATEMENT
     
    At Pivot, we are proactively developing and maintaining an inclusive culture, rooted in mutual respect, that supports a workforce of different generations, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, ability statuses, religions, and cultures to work collaboratively together for greater impact. We seek to build a team that invests in relationship building, celebrates each other’s successes, and makes space for the unique contributions and working styles people bring into Pivot. 
    Pivot invests in company-wide trainings, assessments, and programs to advance internal inclusion and equity practices, such as employee allyship building, cross-cultural communications, and equitable hiring and management protocols to increasingly recognize bias and ensure mutual respect and belonging.
     
    EEO STATEMENT
    Pivot Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce. We actively work to cultivate an inclusive culture that welcomes, empowers, and enables equitable career growth for employees regardless of background.


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