Operations Supervisor / BESS

BESS Operations Supervisor

Saber Power Services, LLC, (SPS) located in Houston, TX is a nationally recognized full service, EPC, specialty engineering, procurement, construction and testing and commissioning company specializing in complex medium and high voltage electrical infrastructure in North America. 

We are seeking a skilled and motivated BESS Operations Supervisor to perform BESS testing, maintenance, repair, and commissioning. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Schedule day to day technician work activities and keep scheduling system up to date with manpower, equipment and material.
• Work with the sales and estimating teams to deliver the best customer experience possible.
  1. Review client quotes for scope, manpower, material/equipment and cost.
  2. Reach out to client to compare quote to expectations.
  3. Use contacts and experience to secure more clients
• Serve as project manager for field service jobs
  1. Manage hours quoted vs. scheduled
  2. Ensure lead technicians and team have everything they need to complete the job.
     • Work with procurement to ensure POs have been issued.
     • Work with equipment specialists to verify material/equipment has arrived.
  3. Ensure all out of scope work has been captured during the job and change orders have been created and signed.
  4. Coordinate movement of all material, equipment and manpower if job is rescheduled or canceled.
  5. Follow the job to completion.
     • Confirm all project documentation is submitted in a timely manner to the appropriate Saber team members.
     • Confirm the preliminary and final job reports are completed and submitted to the client in a timely manner.
     • Confirm all equipment/material is returned in a timely manner.
     • Work with the field service and accounting teams to ensure all costs have been captured.

• Approve technicians’ hours and ensure they correlate with hours worked and are being charged to the correct job number.
• Perform bi-monthly safety audits on field service jobsites.
• Review and analyze your departments’ P&L. Identify concerns, discrepancies and trends; identify recommendations to address areas of concerns and implement those recommendations and/or seek the necessary approvals if required.
• Perform key business development activities to assist the sales team in growing sales and developing customer relationships and job opportunities.
• Proactively plan the workforce needs of the branch to effectively meet the current, future and ongoing workloads.
• Monitor the quality of work production and ensure that Standard Operating Procedures are being followed and ensure that quality issues are quickly addressed.
• Work with other branch/department managers in the coordination of customer solutions, to serve customers’ needs company wide.
• Review and monitor KPIs including but not limited to weekly job reviews, utilization, report completion, technician training/development, technician reviews, job budgets, turnover ratio and safety performance.
• Assist senior management as need and all other assigned tasks.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Above average written, oral and report capabilities are required 
• Excellent ability to review and understand electrical prints, drawings and work scopes
• Proven experience scheduling and managing resourcing (including people/staffing, equipment, financial, shared services)
• Proven experience growing and managing a BESS division

Education and/or Work Experience:

• AAS in Electrical or Electronics Technology, BSEE, BSEET or equivalent experience in the BESS industry.
• 7 years of professional experience in testing & commissioning BESS Equipment, including functional testing and commissioning of Batteries, SCADA, Fire suppression, HVAC, and associated equipment.

Safety is a Core Value with our organization. We work SAFELY or not at all.

Benefits:

Saber has an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, short term disability, life insurance, 401K with Matching, flexible benefit account; and an outstanding work environment. Check out our Total Rewards Plan here.

Saber Power Services is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.