Director Emea

About NovaSource

NovaSource Power Services is the service partner for renewables asset owners ready to fuel smart growth. As an O&M-focused company with 20 years of operating experience, NovaSource has the global reach and strategic capabilities to achieve our client’s renewables goals around the world.

Our turn-key services optimize each step of our client’s project lifecycles — from commissioning to decommissioning and everything in between. Our approach delivers creative success for our clients, stability for our teams, and enables us to build a world-class culture of excellence. And that’s how we empower a renewable world.

Summary of Role

The Director EMEA will plan, direct, coordinate, and oversee all solar operations activities in EMEA - ensuring development and implementation of customer centric, safe and efficient operations to meet current and future needs of the organization.

Key Responsibilities
- Establish, implement, and communicate the strategic direction of the organizations operations division.
- Develop annual strategic plan and 5-year budget forecasts
- Accountable for the annual P&L, cash management and risk management
- Establish and administer the department’s budget.
- Ensure all members of the services team have a defined career path and objectives established
- Collaborates with executive leadership to develop and meet company goals while supplying expertise and guidance on operations projects and systems.
- Collaborate with other divisions and departments to carry out the organization’s goals and objectives.
- Ensure that departmental decisions and project plans such as those for staffing, development, organization, material efficiency, hardware acquisitions, and facilities are in line with the organizations business plan and vision.
- Establish, communicate, and implement operational related policies, practices, standards, and security measures to ensure effective and consistent support and execution.
- Review and approve cost-control reports, cost estimates, and department staffing requirements/needs.
- Present performance reports and metrics to the ELT.
- Maintains knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in operations management.
- Identify training needs and ensure proper training is developed and provided.
- Coordinates activities to assure optimum safety and environmental compliance, plant and site efficiency and reliability, in accordance with established contracts, agreements, policies and applicable regulatory laws and procedures
- Foster customer relationships and maintain contract compliance
- Participate in resolving issues with customers concerning billings, plant/site performance, outages, and any potential shortfalls to meet expectations and/or contract requirements
- Maintaining plant/site capacity rates by adhering to an equipment performance program and providing adequate personnel to perform the program
- Keeping operating errors to a minimum by way of established detection, investigation, communication and corrective programs
- Responsible for ensuring compliance with federal, state, regional and local governing body and regulatory agency rules and regulations as they pertain to plant operation
- Maintain effective channels of communication and cooperation among and between plant /Site personnel and other departments and divisions in the organization as appropriate
- Perform other appropriate duties and special projects as assigned

**Qualifications**:

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Italian, French and English
- Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
- Extensive knowledge of the principles, procedures, and best practices in the industry.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of how to manage a dispersed fleet

Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Logistics, Engineering, or other industry-related field required; MBA preferred.
- At least 10 years of industry-related experience including three years in upper management required.

Location: Rome, Italy

Diversity Statement - Equal Employment Opportunity

It is NovaSource’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees. NovaSource disapproves of, and will not tolerate, unlawful discrimination against any applicant or employee because of race, color, national origin or ancestry, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, age, religion, disability, family care status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws.