Renewable Energy - Snr. Associate, Asset Management - Chicago

About Our Client

My client are the operations side of a Renewable Energy focused Private Equity who acquire large utility-scale projects across N. America.

They focus on acquiring 400MW+ projects in Solar, Wind, BESS, and Pump Storage.

Job Description

• Management of third-party O&M Providers and Asset Managers contracted through the Project Companies to ensure performance in line with company expectations and contracts.
• Administering and overseeing compliance of all project level agreements including O&M, EPC, & Financing Agreements, ensuring all filings and reports are completed accurately and on-time, and delivering recommendations to senior management and investors related to any dispute or noncompliance within the agreements.
• Management of relationships with key project-level stakeholders including Managing Members, Tax Equity Investors, local stakeholders (e.g. landowners) and third party providers
• Leading cross-functional teams in the resolution of material issues affecting assigned assets (e.g. commercial disputes, warranty claims, environmental or regulatory violations, and tax matters)
• Monitoring wind and solar plant operational performance by working closely with the operations teams to identify and prioritize improvement initiatives as well as ensuring significant offline events are remedied in a timely fashion.
• Monitoring of project level profit & loss (P&L) activities to ensure that the projects are delivering expected financial returns.
• Ensuring the management framework that's been developed, is implemented consistently across all projects in the assigned portfolio.
• Identifying and executing on opportunities to generate incremental value from existing assets.
• Providing Operational knowledge and expertise to the Investment and Investment Management teams to support new project acquisition and project divestment activities.
• Acting as the SME in all Operational and Commercial discussions related to the Operating portfolio, communicating clearly and succinctly to investment team to inform major decisions that affect investor returns.

MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

The Successful Applicant

The right candidate will have:

• Bachelor's degree within a relevant commercial or engineering field of studies.
• 4+ years of a blend of Technical (Engineering, Project Management, etc) and Asset Management experience. All of most of this in Renewable Energy.
• Must demonstrate experience and aptitude in both the technical and commercial aspects of Asset Management - communicating with and distilling information from project-level partners (e.g. O&M Providers) and applying operational knowledge to complex legal agreements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead a team of cross-functional 3rd parties towards a common goal of optimizing operational performance.

What's on Offer

• Base salary up to $165k, dependent on experience.
• Annual bonus 25%.
• Very strong benefits and great company culture.
• Based in, or relocate to Chi., IL - relocation assistance if needed.