Commercial Solar Operations Manager

• Nov 2022 - Present

Commercial Solar Project Manager

• Aug 2019 - Nov 2022

Managed 6.3 MW of commercial solar projects from the contract stage through final commissioning. Experience includes solar rooftops, canopies, carports, storage, new construction, retrofits, public, and private commercial.

Solar Project Manager

• Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

• Designed, quoted, permitted, ordered Bill of Materials, installed, inspected, interconnected, and commissioned over 1.4 MW of residential and commercial solar energy rooftop and ground-mounted projects. • Constantly engage with many project stakeholders including landowners, authorities having jurisdiction, engineers, and utilities to ensure timely project completion on a per project basis. • Manage 70+ active, diverse projects at a time with rigorous communication schedules including daily updates during client install and weekly project updates for all other clients. • Prepare job folder and materials and serve as the primary point of contact for installation crews. • Walkthrough jobs with sales coordinator to validate design and confirm details for permitting and BOM. • Perform company structural load and uplift engineering calculations using ASCE 7-10 building code, Google Earth, and county maps and databases. • Track and report project budget statistics, achieving an average profitability of 10% above margin. • Develop several continuous improvement programs related to inventory management, installation standards and safety training, customer experience, and BOM and permitting automation. • Create proposals using Helioscope, PV Watts, Sketchup, Energy Toolbase, and utility specific consumption data. Show less

Production Engineer - MeCl/Siloxanes

• Jun 2014 - Aug 2017

• Directed MeCl/Siloxanes operations team of 45+ to safely and efficiently meet production goals.• Prioritized and troubleshot daily competing production, maintenance, scheduling, and safety demands.• Lead an older, male union workforce during a time of extreme company-labor union strife.• Drove safety, reliability, and maintenance related construction projects totaling $750M to completion.• Managed project vendors, contractors, and resources to finish projects in a timely and cost-effective manner.• During a union strike, participated in emergency operation plan including direct supervision of plant operating processes, exposure to senior technical and operating staff, and minimal time off working 12 hour day and night shifts.Equipment: Reactors, decanters, distillation columns, crackers, scrubbers, chillers, cooling tower, furnaces, instrumentation and controls, pumps, heat exchangers, compressors, filters, railcars, trailers, storage tanks CBS and SPCC. Show less

Chemical Operations Material Logistics Leader

• Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

• Rapidly learned entirely new role in less than two weeks to cover a critical company finance position.• Analyzed and reported material production, inventory, and cost statistics for over half the Waterford plant. Accuracy was crucial as error could result in $100M+ process yield variances. Explained performance, which was used to make decisions regarding the plant's future at the corporate level. • Streamlined and automated various tasks which increased position productivity by 10%. • Coached a new hire for 2 months, resulting in a smooth role turnover.• Troubleshot and reconciled SAP inventories for 45 raw material grades field inventories.• Monitored the consumption of and ordered 7 key raw materials weekly. Show less