Associate Director - Solar (PV)

As an Associate Director at Atwell, you will support and lead a team focused on diverse projects with various sizes, scope, and detail. You will work in a flexible and entrepreneurial environment with a vibrant office culture and a national presence. Atwell is looking for electrical engineering leaders who are interested in being subject matter experts in utility-grade solar projects.  

Responsibilities:

• Manage business operations for your team
• Create annual business plan with your Project Manager(‘s) and present to VP/Regional Leader
• Establish department objectives by collaborating with team members and management
• Manage and support business development activities and support internal BD training
• Establish team plan:
• Maintain key client relationships.
• Develop future business and proactively build and maintain relationships with current and future clients.
• Achieve financial objectives:
• Manage revenue goals
• Team utilization, invoice ratio, EM, profitability
• Management of respective PM projects in terms of AR collections, effort vs. contract value, project profitability, change order submission, monthly invoicing
• Risk management; contract review, proposal review, licensing review
• Manage invoices/subcontractors as needed
• Establish product objectives:
• Ensure that current company and service sector standards are met
• Ensure company templates are utilized and functional
• Manage survey equipment/fleet to ensure operational excellence
• Recommend technology improvements and justification
• Ensure operational excellence and a repeatable process for deliverables.
• Communicate with employees:
• Maintain Open Door Policy
• Communicate company objectives, reports, and data
• Develop Staff:
• Performance Management: Initiate reviews, follow-up on reviews, address compensation of team members, review job titles vs. job duties, support and provide details for performance improvement plans, and monitor success
• Training: Follow up on any training requested by employees, and identify training tools for the team (Lunch & Learn, Red Vector, etc.)
• Mentor staff on industry knowledge, project knowledge, process knowledge, and best practices.
• Manage staff:
• Supervise and direct all members of the team with authority to recruit, interview, hire, onboard, train, review, and discipline (up to, and including, termination)
• Communicate with Human Resources:     
• Requisition: Responsible for identifying and communicating needs to the Talent Acquisition Team.
• Onboarding new employees: Complete an onboarding plan, present the onboarding plan, and assist with the first timesheet.
• Workers Compensation: Understand worker's compensation, remain in contact with employees, and review job duties for any modifications that can happen.
• ADA, changes in schedule due to medical conditions are coordinated with HR/VP.
• Communicate any performance issues to HR for documentation, and termination of employees once approved by HR.
• Offboarding employees: Contact HR immediately of any resignations, communicate about any licenses that the employee has, and collect the employee’s assets.
• Responsible for Health & Safety:
• Understand the safety manuals and protocols related to onboarding, training, enforcement, and reporting.
• Awareness of the safety aspects/requirements of projects from a team perspective and appropriate engagement, direction, and training with safety for the support needed
• Approve timesheets and PTO, expense reports, and corporate credit card expenses.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge:
• Attend educational workshops.
• Review professional and market segment publications.
• Establish personal networks.
• Participate in applicable professional societies and trade associations.
• Promote internal communication and encourage dialogue within project teams, across market sectors, and throughout the organization.
• Excellent communication skills; oral & written as well as listening skills.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required. JD, MBA or other advanced degree may be preferred
• Licenses and certifications highly desired (ex: PE, RLA, PS, PHR, etc.)
• Typically, a minimum of twelve (12) plus years of experience in related field
• Ability to train and mentor project team
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills required
• Experience utilizing Vision as a project management tool preferred.

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