Lead and manage a best-in-class field service team, ensuring they meet customer needs, and are operationally efficient
Maintain sites and expansion within the region to achieve industry leading uptime targets in the most cost-effective manner
Responsible for the creation, delivery, efficiency, and productivity of the service programs in the field, both directly and with select service partners
Be available for emergencies and be capable of pivoting resources on for a rapid response
Works closely with customer support team to help resolve escalated issues and challenges and creates an internal support network to collaborate and help solve problems
Determines and drives the development of best practices for all field service programs, with special attention paid to the overall customer experience
Monitor overall regional spend and continuously propose cost effective solutions
Develop training programs, including generation and maintenance of training course content, establish training requirements, and updates and monitors progress for all stakeholders
Ensure, with the HR Manager, that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed. Guide, motivate, and develop direct and indirect subordinates within HR policies
Maintain high levels of communication and feedback within the service organization; prepare daily updates of work completed, problems identified, and future timelines
Complete headcount planning, interviews, and candidate selection to attract, develop, and retain top talent to create an exemplary field service organization to strengthen your team
What You’ll Bring
Qualified Electrician or BS Degree in either Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Mechatronics) or equivalent experience professional experience
Minimum of 10+ years of relevant work experience, 3 of which in a comparable role preferably managing field teams
Exceptional communication abilities across all facets of an organization (senior leadership, peers, sales, deployment, and engineering teams)
Previous experience in establishing and scaling a highly successful service/operations & maintenance organization
Knowledge of methods, techniques, parts, tools and materials used in the maintenance and repair of power systems including testing, diagnosis, HVAC service, inverters and repair of electronic systems and photovoltaic modules a plus
Excellent judgement in solving critical problems, ability to independently make decisions with limited direction
Will have 2+ years’ experience creating scopes of work for maintenance or electrical services
Excellent written and verbal skills both from a technical and client facing perspective
Ability to work well with others in a collaborative team environment